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Section 48:1 – Disqualification for Employment by City.

    48:1 Disqualification for Employment by City. – No publicly elected official of a city, except school district officers, who as such official is authorized to appropriate or expend public funds shall be employed during the term for which he is elected by any department, board or commission of the city in any other capacity […]

Section 48:1-a – Certification.

    48:1-a Certification. – Any report, form or assurance required to be submitted to the state by a city officer which requires the submitting officer to certify to the accuracy of information it contains shall use a statement for the certification in a form substantially similar to the following: "The information submitted on this form […]

Section 48:10 – Duties.

    48:10 Duties. – The city marshal shall, under the mayor, have the control and direction of the police of the city; shall attend upon the mayor and aldermen when required; shall be, by virtue of his office, constable and conservator of the peace; and in the absence or disability of the mayor shall have […]

Section 48:11 – Jurisdiction.

    48:11 Jurisdiction. – The authority of the marshal, assistant marshals, collector, constables, police officers and watchmen shall extend through any ward and to every part of the city. Source. 1860, 2359:1. GS 43:8. GL 47:8. PS 49:9. PL 53:10. RL 65:10.

Section 48:11-a – Extended Authority.

    48:11-a Extended Authority. – The authority of any duly authorized marshal, collector, constable, police officer or watchman of any city shall extend to any town or city in the state, provided that the chief law enforcement officer of the requesting town or city has executed with the chief law enforcement officer of the responding […]

Section 48:12 – Choice.

    48:12 Choice. – So many assessors may be chosen in each ward as may be prescribed by law or ordinance; or so many assessors may be chosen, in such manner and for such terms, as may be prescribed by law, or as the city councils may by ordinance provide, who shall hold their offices […]

Section 48:13 – Duties.

    48:13 Duties. – The assessors, however elected, shall constitute a board of assessors for the city, who shall perform all the duties relative to taking the inventory and the appraisal of property for taxation, and in regard to the assessment and abatement of taxes and issuing warrants for the collection of the same, as […]

Section 48:14 – Assistants.

    48:14 Assistants. – The city councils of any city may elect assistant assessors, not exceeding 6 in number, who shall assist the assessors of the city in the discharge of their official duties, when necessary for the seasonable completion of the inventory and assessment; and the assistant assessors shall act under the direction of […]

Section 48:15 – Warrants.

    48:15 Warrants. – The mayor and aldermen shall forthwith deliver to the chairman of the board of assessors all warrants for the assessment of state and county taxes which may be addressed to them, and all certified copies of the votes of school districts for raising district taxes which may be delivered to them; […]

Section 48:16 – City Treasurer; Duties.

    48:16 City Treasurer; Duties. – I. The city treasurer shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the city. The treasurer shall deposit the same in participation units in the public deposit investment pool established pursuant to RSA 383:22, or in federally insured banks authorized to accept deposits under RSA 6:8, I and I-a. […]

Section 48:17 – City Purchasing Departments.

    48:17 City Purchasing Departments. – The city councils of any city shall have power to establish an ordinance creating a purchasing department for the city. The administrative head of such department shall be called the city purchasing agent and he shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council, or […]

Section 48:18 – Appointment, Term.

    48:18 Appointment, Term. – In any city which adopts the provisions of this subdivision as provided in RSA 48:20, the mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen in cities with a strong mayor form of government, or the city manager, with approval of the city council in cities with a weak mayor […]

Section 48:19 – Qualifications.

    48:19 Qualifications. – The director of human services shall have the following minimum qualifications: A master’s degree from a recognized college or university with a major in social work or related studies, such as government, economics, business administration, sociology, psychology or education, and 4 years administrative experience, including personnel supervision and coordination; or a […]

Section 48:2 – Election.

    48:2 Election. – The city councils, being met in convention upon the day appointed by law or ordinance, shall by joint ballot elect a city clerk, who shall hold his office for the term fixed by law or ordinance, and until another is chosen and qualified, removable, however, at the pleasure of the city […]

Section 48:20 – Adoption of Subdivision.

    48:20 Adoption of Subdivision. – I. Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter to the contrary, the governing body of any city of a population greater than 80,000, according to the most recent census, may adopt the provisions of this subdivision as provided in paragraphs II and III. II. If the governing body of […]

Section 48:21 – Conflict With Charter.

    48:21 Conflict With Charter. – Whenever the charter of any city which adopts the provisions of this subdivision provides for a commissioner of welfare on either an elective or appointive basis, or a director of human services on an elective basis or on an appointive basis other than as provided for in this subdivision, […]

Section 48:3 – Clerk of Mayor and Aldermen.

    48:3 Clerk of Mayor and Aldermen. – The city clerk shall be ex officio clerk of the board of mayor and aldermen, shall keep a journal of all the acts, votes and proceedings of the mayor and aldermen, and also of the city councils when sitting in convention, and shall perform such other services […]

Section 48:4 – General Duties.

    48:4 General Duties. – He shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers incumbent upon or vested in the town clerks of towns, except where it is otherwise provided by law. He shall deliver to his successor in office, as soon as chosen and qualified, all journals, records, record books, papers, files […]

Section 48:5 – Invoices and Assessments.

    48:5 Invoices and Assessments. – The city clerk shall receive the invoice and assessments made, or a copy thereof required by law to be returned to his office, and keep the same there, open to public inspection, but need not record the same. Source. 1849, 837:3. GS 43:4. GL 47:4. PS 49:4. PL 53:4. […]