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Laws of the State of New Hampshire, Passed June Session, 1872 I / mmmmf^ SAPItNTIA UNIVERSALIS EX LIBRIS. UNIVERSITY OF NEWHAMP5HIRE DISCOVERY INVENTION INSPIRATION UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CLASS M 3^5^. U ?' NUMBER N 5 3 I 7 >L ACCESSION 3 7 / 7 S ifltt^.LvA^ A u^^JKflki.' )- .. JiCW'&^:«4f<.IIUi^^ LAWS 4-1-/ OF THJE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, PASSED JUNE SESSION, 1872. CONCORD: PUBLISHED BY B. VV. SANBORN & CO, 1872. PRINTED BY MOORE &.LANGLEY, NASHUA, N. H. STATE OFFICERS EZEKIEL A. STRAW, aovernor. BENJAMIN F. PRESCOTT, Secretary of State. AI B. THOMPSON, Dcpvfy Seerctary of State. SOLON A. CARTER, Treamrer. ORREN C. M(^ORE, State Printer. CHARLES H. CAMPBELL, President of the Senate. LUTHER S. MORRH.L, Clerh of the Senate. ASA FOWLER, Speaker of the House. JOSIAH H. BENTON, Jr., Clerk of the House. JOHN M. HAINES, Adjutant General. JOHN C. PH.LSBURY, Warden of State Prison. JOHN W. SIMONDS, Super inte7ident of Public Instruction. OLIVER PiLLSBURY, Insuraywe Commissioner. NATHANIEL BOUTON, State Historian. MITCHEL GU^MORE, State Librarian. SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. HENRY A. BELLOWS, Chief Justice. JONATHAN E. SARGENT, ^ CHARLES DOE, JEREMIAH SMITH. \ Associate Justices. WILLIAM L FOSTER, WILLIAM S. LADD. LEWIS W. CLARK Attorney General JOHN M SHIRLEY, State Reporter. LAWS STATE OF NEAV HAirSHIEE, PASSED JUNE SESSION, 1872. CHAPTEH I. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW PKOPOKTION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC TAXES. Section Section proportion 1. Proportiou of every thousand dollars of 2. Proportion to continue till new imblic taxes to be paid by each town and established, and treasurer to issue his war- l)lace. rants accordingly. Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoane iif Represeydatives in General Court Convened : Section 1. That of every thousand dollars of public taxe>5 liere- Rockingham °^"*^' after to be raised, the proportion which each town and place shall pay, and for which the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, shall be as follows, to-wit: county of ROCKINGHAM. Atkinson, one dollar and seventy-three cents n Auburn, two dollars and thirteen cents Brentwood, two dollars and thirty-nine cents Candia, three dollars and thirty-three cents Chester, three dollars and nine cents . Danville, one dollar and forty-three cents Deeriield, four dollars and fifty eight cents . Derry, four dollars and ninety-seven cents . East Kingston, one dollar and ninety four cents Chapter I. [1872. Epping, three dollars and seventy-eight cents . m 78 Exeter, twelve dollars and twenty-five cents Fremont, one dollar and fort\ -eight cents GosjDort, seven cents ..... Greenland, two dollars and ninety cents Hampstead, two dollars and twenty-one cents Hampton, three dollars and eighty-one cents E[ampton Falls, two dollars and ten cents Kensington, two dollars and two cents Kingston, two dollars and eightj-one cents . Londonderry, four dollars and twenty-six cents Newcastle, eighty-five cents Newington, one dollar and thirty-seven cents iVewmarket, six dllars and eighty-five cents Newton, one dollar and eighty eight cents . North Hampton, two dollars and fifty cents Northwood, three dollars and twenty-six cents Nottingham, two dollars and seventy-five cents Plaistow, two dollars and four cents Portsmouth, forty-nine dollars and fifty-one cents Raymond, two dollars and forty-three cents Rye, three dollars and forty-six cents , Salem, three dollars and ninety one cents Sandown. one dollar and fifty-three cents Seabrook, two dollars and thirty-five cents South Hampton, one dollar and sixty-nine cents South Newmarket, two dollars and seventy-eight cents Stratham, three dollars and forty-five cents . Windham, tAvo dollars and fifty-four cents . COUNTY OF STRAFFORD. Strafford Barrington, three dollars and forty-nine cents County, $97.39. Dover, thirty-eight dollars and sixty seven cents Durham, three dollars and fifty-two cents Farmington, five dollars and eighty-eight cents Lee, two dollars and sixty-three cents Madbury, one dollar and fifty -four cents Middleton, one dollar and three cents . New Durham, two dollars .... Rochester, eleven dollars and fifteen cents . Rollinsford, five dollars and eighty- nine cents Somersworth, fifteen dollars and four cents . Strafford, three dollars and sixty-seven cents Milton, two dollars and eighty-eight cents . COUNTY OF BELKNAP.^ Beiki.ap Alton, four dollars and eleven cents County, $39.«7. gamstead, three dollars and twenty-six cents Belmont, two dollars and fifty two cents Centre Harbor, eighty-eight cents 1872.] Chapter I. Gilford, six dollars and eighty-five cents Gilmanton, four dollars and tiiree cents Laconia, five dollars and seventy cents Meredith, four dollars and thirty cents New Hampton, two dollars and fifty-four cents Sanbornton, three dollars and eleven cents . Tilton, two dollars and fifty-seven cents COUNTY OF CAKKOLL. Albany, forty eight cents ..... Bartlett, one dollar and thirteen cents . Brookfield, ninety-seven cents .... Chatham, sixty cents ...... Conway, three dollars and seventy-four cents Eaton, eighty-six cents ..... Effingham, one dollar and seventy-five cents Freedom, one dollar and forty-seven cents . Hart's Location, nine cents ..... Jackson, eighty -five cents ..... Madison, one dollar and twenty-six cents Mouhonborough, one dollar and seventy-eight cents Ossipee, two dollars and ninety-five cents . Sandwich, three dollars and sixty cjnts . Tam worth, one dollar and eighty-four cents Tuftonborough, one dollar and ninety-eight cents Wakefield, three dollars and thirtj'^-nine cents Wolfeborough, six dollars and eight cents . COUNTY OF MERRIMACK. Alienstown, three dollars and seventy cents Andover. three dollars and twenty-seven cents Boscawen, four dollars and thirty-seven cents Bow, two dollars and sixty-eight cents Bradford, three dollars and thirty-four cents Canterbury, three dollars and thirty-two cents Chichester, two dollars and fourteen cents . Concord, forty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents Dunbarton, three dollars and fifteen cents . Epsom, two dollars and sixty-one cents Franklin, eight dollars and forty-six cents . Henniker, four dollars and sixty-seven cents Hill, one dollar and fifty-four cents Hooksett, four dollars and sixty -five cents . Hopkinton, five dollars and thirty six cents . Loudon, four dollars and sixteen cents Newbury, one dollar and eighty cents . New London, three dollars and twenty-two cents. Northfield, two dollars and thirty-four cents Pembroke, four dollars and eighty-nine cents Pittsfield, five dollars and nine cents Chapter 1. [1872. Salisbury, two dollars and eighty-one cents 81 Sutton, four dollars and eighty-two cents 82 Warner, five dollars and eleven cents . 11 Webster, two dollars and twenty-two cents 22 Wilmot, two dollars and twenty-one cents 21 $139 81 COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH. Hillsborough Amherst, four dollars and sixty-three cents . 14 County, S242.61, Antrim, three dollars and fifty-six cents Bennington, one dollar and forty-five cents . Bedford, four dollars and one cent Brookline, two dollars and forty-six cents Deering, two dollars and thirty-nine cents . Francestown, three dollars and sixty-two cents Goffstown, five dollars and thirty-six cents . Greenfield, two dollars . Hancock, two dollars and fifty-eight cents . Hillsl)orough, five dollars and tliirty-four cents HoUis, five dollars and twenty-five cents Hudson, three dollars and fifty- seven cents . Litchfield, one dollar and ninety-two cents . L3nideborough, two dollars and thirty cents Manchester, ninety-one dollars and seven cents Mason, four dollars and twenty-four cents . Merrimack, four dollars and one cent . Milford, ten dollars and forty-five cents Mont Vernon, one dollar and eighty cents . Nashua, forty-four dollars and eighty-four cents New Boston, four dollars and sixty-three cents New Ipswich, four dollars and twenty-nine cents Pelham, four dollars and three cents Peterborough, nine dollars and forty-six cents Sharon, seventy cents ..... Temple, one dollar and fifty-two cents Weare, five dollars and forty-seven cents Wilton, five dollars and thirty cents Windsor, thirty-six cents .... COUNTY OF CHESHIRE. Clieslilre Alstead, three dollars and ninety-eight cents County, $97.9G. Chesterfield, three dollars and fifty-two cents Dublin, two dollars and six cents Fitzwilliam, three dollars and six cents Gilsum, one dollar and eighty-three cents Hinsdale, three dollars and eighty-two cents Harrisville, two dollars and fifty-two cents . Jaffrey, four dollars and ninety-eight cents . Keene, thirty dollars and fifty-nine cents Marlborough, three dollars and thirteen cents Marlow, two dollar? and twenty-five cents . 1872.] Chapter I. Nelson, one dollar and forty-one cents $1 41 Richmond, one dollar and ninety-fonr cents 1 Rindge, three dollars and twelve cents Roxbury, fifty-two cents Sullivan, one dollar and sixty-one cents Swanzey, three dollars and eighty-two cents Surry, one dollar and thirty-four cents Stoddard, one dollar and ninety-five cents Troy, two dollars and thirty-six cents . Walpole, seven dollars and ninety-seven cents Westmoreland, four dollars and forty-two cents Winchester, five dollars and seventy-six cents COUNTY. OF SULLIVAN. Acworth, three dollars and ten cents . Cornish, four dollars and sixteen cents Croydon, one dollar and sixty-three cents Charlestown, seven dollars and fifty-six cents Claremont, fifteen dollars and ninety-seven cents Goshen, one dollar and forty-three cents Grantham, one dollar and twenty-nine cents Langdon, two dollars ..... Lempster, one dollar and sixty-eight cents . Newport, seven dollars and forty-six cents . Plainfield, four dollars and twenty-nine cents . 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