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Board or Commission Name: BOARD OF ALDERMEN Description: All the powers vested by law in towns, or in the inhabitants thereof, shall be exercised by the city councils by concurrent vote, each board having a negative on the other. [RSA 47:1]. The administration of the fiscal, prudential, municipal and other affairs of the city and the government thereof shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be vested in a principal officer to be called the mayor, and a board to be called the board of aldermen. The board of aldermen shall consist of fifteen aldermen, sitting and acting together as a single body. The mayor and six aldermen shall be chosen by the qualified voters of the city at large, voting in their respective wards, and the other nine aldermen shall be elected, one from each ward, by the qualified voters thereof. The board of aldermen shall be the final judge of the election and qualification of its members. The board of aldermen shall choose one of its own members, an alderman-at-large, as president, who shall be its presiding officer. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The city clerk shall act as clerk of said board. [Ch. 4]

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