Citation Numbers: 62 N.H. 383
Judges: DOE, C. J.
Filed Date: 12/5/1882
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023
The amendment of the city charter was a local legislative question that could be submitted by the senate and house, either to the people of Concord, or to the city council elected by the people as their representatives for the general purpose of exercising such powers of local legislation and administration as may be delegated to municipalities. State v. Hayes,
There were seven aldermen. Four were a quorum. Six were present. Three voted for the adoption of the amendment, and the refusal of the other three to vote was inoperative. In the absence of express regulation, a proposition is carried in a town-meeting, or other legislative assembly, by a majority of the votes cast. St. Joseph Township v. Rogers, 16 Wall. 644, 664; Dill. Mun. Cor., s. 44, p. 63, n. 2; Richardson v. Society,
No illegality appears in the adoption of the amendment.
Judgment for the defendants.
All concurred. *Page 385
Kelley v. Kennard , 60 N.H. 1 ( 1880 )
Richardson v. Society , 58 N.H. 187 ( 1877 )
St. Joseph Township v. Rogers , 21 L. Ed. 328 ( 1873 )
Perry v. Keene , 58 N.H. 40 ( 1876 )
State Ex Rel. Kenney v. Ranslow , 21 Conn. Super. Ct. 294 ( 1959 )
Bezio v. Neville , 113 N.H. 278 ( 1973 )
Attorney-General v. Remick , 71 N.H. 480 ( 1902 )
Attorney-General v. Bickford , 77 N.H. 433 ( 1914 )
Frost v. Hoar , 85 N.H. 442 ( 1932 )
Goodrich Falls Co. v. Howard , 86 N.H. 512 ( 1934 )
United States v. Ballin , 12 S. Ct. 507 ( 1892 )
Meixell v. Hellertown Borough Council , 370 Pa. 420 ( 1952 )