Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 398:5

  • governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
The governing body of any town, city, or unincorporated place may license suitable persons to carry on the business of pawnbrokers in said city, town, or place for one year, and may revoke such licenses, in their discretion, after a hearing on charges preferred.