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 296 NEW HAMPSHIRE NAMES OF CORPORATIONS. TERMINI. i! N* 3 a a" Length between termini when different from the preceding. Capital stock paid in. From To Concord White River Junction Bristol 69 13 56 10 58 3 6T 11 26 12 7 48 110 52 71 1 3,068,400 'i, 045,276 Franklin Leased, Concord and Claremont Sullivan R. R. in Claremont Greenfield East Wilton Portland Me Dalton Portland and Rochester Portland' Me Rochester Conway Junction, Me Portsmouth . North Conway
 * Portland, Great Falls, and Conway

Dover .... Sullivan County Bellows Falls Wakefield Worcester, Mass Nashua Windsor, Vt Wolfeborough Nashua 46 1,706,700 768,945 Leased, Nashua and Rochester Total Rochester. 946 On Nov. 1, 1874, there were 43 national banks in operation, with a paid-in capital of $5,365,- 000 and an outstanding circulation amounting to $4,707,365, being $14 79 per capita, 1 per cent, of the wealth of the state, and 87' 7 per cent, of the bank capital. In May, 1874, there were 64 savings banks, with 92,788 depositors, and deposits aggregating $28,829,377. The total liabilities amounted to $30,333,792; loans, $15,487,642. The fire insurance companies or- ganized under the laws of the state comprised 16 town companies, 6 mutual not limited to towns, and the New Hampshire joint stock company. The amount of risks carried by the town companies was $2,241,627, and by the mutual $12,932,929. There were 56 fire and 5 marine insurance companies of other states and foreign countries licensed to transact busi- ness in New Hampshire. The amount of risks assumed by these companies and in force on Jan. 1, 1874, was $38,535,887; premium re- ceipts in 1873, $486,679 ; losses paid, $403,767. Thirty life insurance companies of other states were transacting business in New Hampshire, and had in force on Jan. 1, 1874, 10,150 poli- cies, insuring $14,682,950. The constitution of 1784, amended in 1792, is the fundamental law of the state. The legislature, styled the general court, comprises a senate of 12 mem- bers and a house of representatives, the num- ber of which, annually varying, in 1874-'5 was 341. The state is divided into 12 senatorial dis- tricts, not according to population as in other states, but according to the direct taxes paid by the different districts. The representatives are apportioned among the towns according to the number of ratable polls. A town having 150 ratable polls may choose one representative, and one additional representative may be cho- se a for every additional 300 polls. The legis- lature meets annually on the first Wednesday in June. The governor is advised in his ex- ecutive duties by a council of five members. The members of the legislature, governor, and councillors are elected annually on the second Tuesday in March. A majority vote is neces- sary to election. If no candidate for governor receives a majority, that officer is elected by the legislature. The right of suffrage is extended to every male 21 years old who has resided in the town six months, excepting paupers and persons who at their own request are excused from paying taxes. According to the consti- tution only Protestants are eligible to the of- fice of governor or as senators or representa- tives ; but this provision is practically obsolete. The selectmen of towns must submit to the inhabitants once in seven years the question of amending the constitution, when if a ma- jority be in favor thereof a convention must be called, and if the amendments are carried by a two-thirds vote when submitted to the people they become law. The secretary, trea- surer, state printer, and commissary general are chosen annually by joint ballot of the legisla- ture. The salary of the governor is $1,000 per annum; secretary, $800 and fees; treasurer, $1,800; adjutant general, $600. Other inter- ests of the state are under the supervision of commissioners of railroads, banks, insurance, and fisheries. All judicial officers, the attor- ney general, county solicitors, sheriffs, coroners, and registers of probate are appointed by the governor and council; county commissioners, treasurers, and registers of deeds are elected by the people. The judicial power is vested in a superior court of judicature and a circuit court, probate and police courts, and justices of the peace. The superior court consists of a chief, salary $2,400, and two associate justices, who receive $2,200 a year each. The circuit court consists of a chief and two associate justices, who receive $2,200 a year each. Two annual law terms of the superior court are held in Concord, beginning on the first Tuesdays of June and December. At least two trial terms of the circuit court are held annually in each county. Besides appellate jurisdiction of all actions brought in the lower courts, the cir- cuit court has general jurisdiction of all civil and criminal actions at law and equity, and exclusive cognizance of all petitions for di- vorce. Married women may hold property to their sole and separate use, and may dispose of it by will. New Hampshire is represented in congress by three representatives and two senators, and has therefore five votes in the
 * Wolfeborough
 * Leased to Eastern of Massachusetts.