Section 47:1-a – Contracts With Firefighting Units.
47:1-a Contracts With Firefighting Units. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no city council shall contract with any private firefighting unit unless said unit has been certified by the state fire marshal pursuant to RSA 153:4-a. Source. 1983, 101:1, eff. May 24, 1983.
Section 47:1-b – Special Revenue Funds.
47:1-b Special Revenue Funds. – Cities may, pursuant to RSA 47:1-c, vote to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund separate from the general fund. Any surplus in such fund shall not be deemed part of the […]
Section 47:1-c – Procedure for Adoption.
47:1-c Procedure for Adoption. – I. Any city may adopt the provisions of RSA 47:1-b to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes in the following manner: (a) The legislative body may consider and act upon the question in accordance with their normal procedures for passage of resolutions, ordinances, and […]
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 […]
Section 47:3 – Election of Officers.
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 […]
Section 47:4 – Vacancies.
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 […]
Section 47:5 – City Property.
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 […]
Section 47:6 – Financial Supervision.
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 […]
Section 47:7 – Auditor.
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.