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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 284:8

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
The lottery commission is authorized to employ such assistants and employees as it may deem necessary to provide adequate policing and to carry out the purposes hereof at such compensation per racing program as the lottery commission may prescribe, subject to the regulations of the state personnel commission. The lottery commission shall specify the duties to be performed by its assistants and employees and it shall have authority, for cause, to terminate the employment of any member of its personnel, subject to the regulations of the state personnel commission. It shall be unlawful, however, for the lottery commission to appoint to any position under its jurisdiction any state, county, city, or town official or employee, except police officers and public school teachers, whose total annual salary or compensation from said state, county, city, or town exceeds $1,000.