New Hampshire Revised Statutes 38:25 – Water Control
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 38:25
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
Any municipality which shall have received an order from the department of environmental services under the provisions of RSA 147, 485 or 485-A shall proceed forthwith, after a majority vote in favor of such action, by the governing body, to acquire whatever easements and lands as are necessary to comply with the order and may enter upon, for the purpose of survey leading to land description, any land within the municipality. In so proceeding, the selectmen of the town, commissioners of the district, county commissioners, or mayor and aldermen of a city shall institute any necessary land taking in accordance with the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:15 and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:16, and anything contained in N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 231 or in the statutes generally notwithstanding, the decision of the officials authorized by this section to institute proceedings shall not be vacated and any subsequent appeal or other action by the owner or owners shall be based solely on the amount of damages assessed, and the duly authorized agents of the municipality shall have full right of immediate entry for the purposes of detailed surveys, borings, or the conduct of any and all other actions necessary or desirable to aid the municipality in the implementation of the order of the department.