Opinion of the Justices

To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council:

The undersigned Justices of the Supreme Court submit the following answer to the question contained in your resolution hied May 29, 1959, asking whether the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, acting under the provisions of RSA 262:40, or any other provision of the law, in a proper case and in his discretion, and without notice and hearing, has the legal authority to suspend the motor vehicle operator’s license of' a person upon a showing that such person has been convicted of the offense of operating a motor vehicle at a speed greater than…