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New Hampshire Constitution

Second

N.H. Const. pt. 2

Form of Government

State of New Hampshire

1Name of Body Politic 2Legislature, How Constituted 3General Court, When to Meet and Dissolve 4Power of General Court to Establish Courts 5Power to Make Laws, Elect Officers, Define Their Powers and Duties, Impose Fines and Assess Taxes; Prohibited from Authorizing Towns to Aid Certain Corporations 5-aContinuity of Government in Case of Enemy Attack 5-bPower to Provide for Tax Valuations Based on Use 6Valuation and Taxation 6-aUse of Certain Revenues Restricted to Highways 6-bUse of Lottery Revenues Restricted to Educational Purposes 7Members of Legislature Not to Take Fees or Act as Counsel 8Open Sessions of Legislature 9Representatives Elected Every Second Year; Apportionment of Representatives 9-aLegislative Adjustments of Census with Reference to Non-Residents 10Representation of Small Towns 11Small Towns; Representation by Districts 11-aDivision of Town, Ward or Place; Representative Districts 12Biennial Election of Representatives in November 13Qualifications of Electors 14Representatives, How Elected, Qualifications of 15Compensation of the Legislature 16Vacancies in House, How Filled 17House to Impeach Before the Senate 18Money Bills to Originate in House 18-aBudget Bills 19Adjournment 20Quorum, What Constitutes 21Privileges of Members of Legislature 22House to Elect Speaker and Officers, Settle Rules of Proceedings, and Punish Misconduct 23Senate and Executive Have Like Powers; Imprisonment Limited 24Journals and Laws to be Published; Yeas and Nayes; and Protests 25Senate, How Constituted 26Senatorial Districts, How Constituted 26-aDivision of Town, Ward or Place; Senatorial Districts 27Election of Senators 28Senators, How and by Whom Chosen; Right of Suffrage 29Qualifications of Senators 30Inhabitant Defined 31Inhabitants of Unincorporated Places; Their Rights, etc 32Biennial Meetings, How Warned, Governed, and Conducted; Return of Votes, etc 33Secretary of State to Count Votes for Senators and Notify Persons Elected 34Vacancies in Senate, How Filled 35Senate, Judges of Their Own Elections 36Adjournment 37Senate to Elect Their Own Officers; Quorum 38Senate to Try Impeachments; Mode of Proceeding 39Judgment on Impeachment Limited 40Chief Justice to Preside on Impeachment of Governor 41Governor, Supreme Executive Magistrate 42Election of Governor, Return of Votes; Electors; If No Choice, Legislature to Elect One of Two Highest Candidates; Qualifications for Governor 43In Cases of Disagreement Governor to Adjourn or Prorogue Legislature; If Causes Exist, May Convene Them Elsewhere 44Veto to Bills 45Resolves to Be Treated Like Bills 46Nomination and Appointment of Officers 47Governor and Council Have Negative on Each Other 48Field Officers to Recommend, and Governor to Appoint, Company Officers 49President of Senate, etc., To Act as Governor When Office Vacant; Speaker of House to Act When Office of President of Senate Is also Vacant 49-aProlonged Failure to Qualify; Vacancy in Office of Governor Due to Physical or Mental Incapacity, etc 50Governor to Prorogue or Adjourn Legislature, and Call Extra Sessions 51Powers and Duties of Governor as Commander-in-Chief 52Pardoning Power 53Militia Officers, Removal of 54Staff and Non-commissioned Officers, by Whom Appointed 55Division of Militia into Brigades, Regiments, and companies 56Disbursements from Treasury 57Accounts of Military Stores 58Compensation of Governor and Council 59Salaries of Judges 60Councilors; Mode of Election, etc 61Vacancies, How Filled, if No Choice 62Subsequent Vacancies; Governor to Convene; Duties 63Impeachment of Councilors 64Secretary to Record Proceedings of Council 65Councilor Districts Provided for 66Elections by Legislature May Be Adjourned From Day to Day; Order Thereof 67Election of Secretary and Treasurer 68State Records, Where Kept; Duty of Secretary 69Deputy Secretary 70Secretary to Give Bond 71County Treasurers, Registers of Probate, County Attorneys, Sheriffs, and Registers of Deeds Elected 72Counties May Be Divided into Districts for Registering Deeds 72-aSupreme and Superior Courts 73Tenure of Office To Be Expressed in Commissions; Judges to Hold Office During Good Behavior, etc.; Removal 73-aSupreme Court, Administration 74Judges to Give Opinions, When 75Justices of Peace Commissioned for Five Years 76Divorce and Probate Appeals, Where Tried 77Jurisdiction of Justices in Civil Causes 78Judges and Sheriffs, When Disqualified by Age 79Judges and Justices Not to Act as Counsel 80Jurisdiction and Term of Probate Courts 81Judges and Registers of Probate Not to Act as Counsel 82Clerks of Courts, by Whom Appointed 83Encouragement of Literature, etc.; Control of Corporations, Monopolies, etc 84Oath of Civil Officers 85Before Whom Taken 86Form of Commissions 87Form of Writs 88Form of Indictments, etc 89Suicides and Deodands 90Existing Laws Continued if Not Repugnant 91Habeas Corpus 92Enacting Style of Statutes 93Governor and Judges Prohibited From Holding Other Offices 94Incompatibility of Offices; Only Two Offices of Profit to Be Holden at Same Time 95Incompatibility of Certain Offices 96Bribery and Corruption Disqualify for Office 97Value of Money, How Computed 98Constitution, When to Take Effect 99Revision of Constitution Provided For 100Alternate Methods of Proposing Amendments 101Enrollment of Constitution