Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 432:13

  • 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
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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 governing body of the district shall consist of 5 supervisors appointed by the state conservation committee, who shall be land occupiers in the district. Associate supervisors, who shall be land occupiers in the district, shall be appointed by the governing body as deemed necessary and shall serve without vote when there is a quorum of supervisors present and voting. In the absence of a quorum, one or more associate supervisors may be designated by the chair to participate and to vote in place of any absent supervisors.