Section 303:21 – Custody of Records.
303:21 Custody of Records. – If in any town having 50 families or more settled therein there is no clerk of the proprietors of the common lands lying in such towns residing therein, the town clerk thereof shall demand and receive the proprietary records of any person having the possession thereof, and shall keep […]
Section 303:22 – Lands in 2 Towns.
303:22 Lands in 2 Towns. – If such proprietary records relate to lands lying in more towns than one, they shall be deposited in the office of the town clerk of the town first incorporated or in the office of the secretary of state. Source. RS 143:18. CS 151:18. GS 142:18. GL 156:18. PS […]
Section 303:23 – Records Filed With Secretary of State.
303:23 Records Filed With Secretary of State. – When the propriety of any town is dissolved, or when the meeting of the proprietors of any common and undivided lands shall be dissolved, and the clerk thereof shall resign, decease or become incapacitated, any person, the town clerk of any town having 50 or more […]
Section 303:24 – Redelivery of Records to Town.
303:24 Redelivery of Records to Town. – Whenever there are 50 families in any such town, and the town votes that the town clerk shall keep such records and documents, or whenever the proprietors duly appoint a clerk thereof, the secretary shall deliver to the town clerk or proprietors’ clerk, on demand, the records […]
Section 303:25 – Penalty for Violating Provisions as to Records.
303:25 Penalty for Violating Provisions as to Records. – If any person shall wilfully retain or keep any records or documents appertaining to the propriety of any common and undivided lands, contrary to the provisions of RSA 303:21 through 24, he shall be fined $100. Source. RS 143:21. CS 151:21. GS 142:21. GL 156:21. […]
Section 303:26 – Custodian’s Copies of Records.
303:26 Custodian’s Copies of Records. – While the records and documents aforesaid are in possession of the secretary of state or of any town clerk, he shall make out, certify and deliver copies of any part thereof, when required, upon the payment or tender of the legal fees therefor. Source. RS 143:22. CS 151:22. […]
Section 303:27 – Effect.
303:27 Effect. – All copies of such records and documents so made and certified shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as copies by other certifying officers. Source. RS 143:23. CS 151:23. GS 142:23. GL 156:23. PS 154:23. PL 235:27. RL 284:27.
Section 303:28 – Neglect to Make.
303:28 Neglect to Make. – If the secretary of state, or any town or proprietors’ clerk, shall not, within a reasonable time after the payment or tender of his fees therefor, make out, certify and deliver to any person a copy of any such record or documents in his possession he shall be fined […]
Section 303:29 – Secreting Board, Etc.
303:29 Secreting Board, Etc. – Any person who shall wilfully secrete or destroy any proprietary record or document, or shall carry any such record or document out of the state, shall be liable for damages to any person injured thereby, and shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of […]
Section 303:16 – Masonian Proprietors.
303:16 Masonian Proprietors. – The owners of the common and undivided lands purchased by John Tufton Mason, deceased, commonly called the Masonian proprietors, may hold their proprietary meetings at Portsmouth; and all proceedings of such proprietors at meetings so held shall be valid. Such meetings, except as to the place of holding the same, […]