Section 47:9 – Fire Chief; Deputy Chief.
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 […]
Section 47:10 – City Report.
47:10 City Report. – The city councils shall, once in every year at least, publish, for the use and information of the inhabitants, a particular account of the receipts and expenditures of the city and a schedule of its debts and property. Source. 1846, 384:18. 1855, 1699:18. GS 44:7. GL 48:7. PS 50:7. PL […]
Section 47:11 – Sewers.
47:11 Sewers. – The city councils shall have power to construct drains and common sewers through highways, streets or private lands, paying the owners such damages as they shall sustain thereby, the damages to be assessed by the mayor and aldermen in the same manner and with the same right of appeal from their […]
Section 47:11-a – Mass Transportation for Cities.
47:11-a Mass Transportation for Cities. – I. Power to Appropriate. The governing body of any city may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs II and III, raise and appropriate such sums of money as public convenience or necessity may require, to aid or to contribute to a mass transportation system. II. Optional Referendum. If […]
Section 47:11-b – Group Homes.
47:11-b Group Homes. – The city councils may appropriate money to support or aid group homes. For the purposes of this section, a group home is an institution or home which is supervised and licensed pursuant to the provisions of RSA 161:2, IV, and provides residential and counseling services to persons under the age […]
Section 47:11-c – Geographic Information Systems.
47:11-c Geographic Information Systems. – Any city may establish computer-based geographic information systems and control the distribution of that information, subject to RSA 91-A. The city may finance the completion and perpetuation of the system through establishing a special revenue fund under RSA 47:1-b and 47:1-c or through nonprofit corporations. The city may charge […]
Section 47:12 – Health.
47:12 Health. – All the powers vested in the board of health of towns shall be vested in the city councils, and shall be carried into execution in such manner, by such officers and with such powers, as the city councils shall determine. Source. 1846, 384:20. 1855, 1699:20. GS 44:10. GL 48:9. PS 50:9. […]
Section 47:12-a – Life and Health Insurance.
47:12-a Life and Health Insurance. – The city councils may appropriate money to provide, wholly or in part, group plan life, accident, medical, surgical and hospitalization insurance benefits, or any combinations of such benefits, for all regular employees of the city and their dependents. Any provision in a city charter inconsistent with the provisions […]
Section 47:13 – Executive Powers.
47:13 Executive Powers. – The executive powers of the city and the administration of police, except where vested in the mayor, shall be exercised by the mayor and aldermen; and they shall have the powers, and do and perform all the duties, which the selectmen of towns have, and are authorized or required to […]
Section 47:2 – Prescribing Offices; Disqualification.
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 […]