Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 622:6

  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
  • 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 governor and council shall be visitors of the state prisons and shall annually, and as much oftener as may be proper, visit the prisons and see that all regulations made for the government thereof are proper and properly executed.