Laconia Water Co. v. Laconia

Revised Laws, chapter 56, section 4 provides that the two-thirds vote of a city council to acquire a municipal water works must be “confirmed by a majority of the qualified voters at a regular election or at a special meeting duly warned in either case . ... ” The issue in this case is whether the vote at the special meeting of June 22, 1954, at which a majority of those voting, but less than a majority of those qualified to vote, was a confirming vote within the meaning of R. L., c. 56, s. 4. This is a problem of statutory construction bearing upon the legality of a proposed expenditure of…