47:2 Prescribing Offices; Disqualification. – The city councils shall have the power to provide for the appointment or election of all necessary officers for the good government of the city not otherwise provided for, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; but no person who is a member of the city councils […]
47:20 Form of Complaints. – It shall be sufficient in any such complaint to set out the offense plainly and substantially; but the bylaw or ordinance upon which the complaint is founded need not be recited or set out. Source. 1846, 384:17. GS 44:15. GL 48:14. PS 50:14. PL 54:16. RL 66:17.
47:21 Appeal From. – Any party so prosecuted shall have the right to appeal to the superior court in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for appeals from the judgments of municipal or district courts in other criminal prosecutions. Source. 1846, 384:17. GS 44:14. GL […]
47:22 Grant of Power. – The board of mayor and aldermen, or the corresponding governmental body of any city, is hereby empowered and authorized in the passing and adopting of ordinances, establishing codes, rules and regulations for the construction of buildings, relating to the installation of plumbing, the use of concrete, masonry, metal, iron […]
47:22-a Manufactured Housing. – The board of mayor and aldermen, or the corresponding governmental body of any city or the local legislative body of any town is hereby empowered and authorized to establish minimum construction standards for manufactured housing used as dwellings in the city or town, by adopting by reference any nationally recognized […]
47:22-b Manufactured Housing Foundations. – The authority granted under RSA 47:22-a to establish minimum construction standards for manufactured housing, as defined by RSA 674:31, shall not extend to imposing requirements that manufactured housing which is located in parks be placed on other than the structural carriers designed for that purpose. Source. 1977, 481:2. 1983, […]
47:23 Amendment. – Any such ordinance may be amended or supplemented in like manner, provided, that 3 copies of such ordinance, as amended or supplemented, shall be filed, as provided in RSA 47:22, in the office of the building inspector and 3 copies filed in the office of the city clerk for use and […]
47:24 Exception. – The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to permit the adoption by reference of penalty clauses which may be part of any nationally recognized code, rules and regulations. The said city councils shall have power to annex penalties deemed necessary, not exceeding $1000, for the breach of any violation […]
47:25 Examination by Public. – At least 30 days prior to the adoption of any such ordinance or any amendment or supplement thereto, not less than 3 copies of such code or regulation referred to shall have been filed in the office of the building inspector, and 3 copies in the office of the […]
47:26 Public Hearing; Notice. – No such ordinance or amendments or supplements thereto, as hereinbefore set forth, shall become effective or be altered until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing […]
47:27 Local Option for Oil Refinery Siting in Cities. – Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, an oil refinery shall not be located in any city without a vote of approval by one of the procedures specified in paragraphs I, II or III. I. A site plan for an oil refinery may be […]
47:28 Woodstoves. – The board of mayor and aldermen, or the corresponding governmental body of any city, is hereby empowered and authorized, in the passing and adopting of ordinances, to adopt the model code, promulgated by the state fire marshal pursuant to RSA 153:14, IV, relative to the installation and operation of solid fuel […]
47:3 Election of Officers. – The city councils shall, at the times fixed by ordinance for that purpose, meet in convention, and by joint ballot elect a city treasurer and all other subordinate officers who are not chosen in the ward meetings, appointed by the mayor and aldermen or otherwise appointed by law; and […]
47:4 Vacancies. – At a like convention, held by request of either branch of the city councils, they shall fill all vacancies that shall exist in the boards of assessors, overseers of the public welfare or school board, until an election shall be had, and all vacancies in any office to which they have […]
47:5 City Property. – The city councils shall have the care and superintendence of the city buildings, all city property and all public squares and streets; and the power to sell or let what may be legally so disposed of, and to purchase property, real or personal, for the use of the city, whenever […]
47:6 Financial Supervision. – I. The city councils shall take proper care that no money be paid from the city treasury unless previously granted and appropriated, and shall secure a just and prompt accountability from all persons entrusted with the receipt, custody or disbursement of the money or funds of the city, or the […]
47:7 Auditor. – Any city may, by vote of its councils, establish the office of auditor for the city, and may prescribe the auditor’s duties, and fix the compensation and term of service. Source. 1895, 8:1. PL 54:7. RL 66:8. 1996, 268:3, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.
47:8 Appointment. – The auditor shall be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, or, where there is no board of aldermen, of the city council. Source. 1895, 8:2. PL 54:8. RL 66:9.
47:9 Fire Chief; Deputy Chief. – The city councils of any city shall have the power to pass an ordinance which shall provide that the chief, or any deputy chief, of the fire department of such city shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time, that no person shall be appointed to such […]
