Woodside v. Selectmen of Derry

This is a bill in equity seeking to require the selectmen of Derry to insert in the warrant for the biennial town meeting an article to provide for the election of the planning *607board members under the provisions of RSA 36:4 (Supp. 1975). The question of law raised by the petition was transferred without ruling by Loughlin, J.

RSA 36:4 II (b) (Supp. 1975) provides as follows: “The town, by majority vote at the town meeting, may decide to elect the members of the planning board. If such a procedure is adopted at the town meeting, the planning board members shall be elected at the next regular…