Harriman v. City of Lebanon

This is an interlocutory transfer by the Superior Court (Johnson, J.) of questions of law arising under RSA ch. 49-B (Supp. 1981), which became effective August 14, 1979. The plaintiffs have attempted to establish initiative and referendum in Lebanon by amending their city charter in accordance with RSA ch. 49-B (Supp. 1981), which allows voters to propose charter amendments by petition. The principal question is whether the charter of the City of Lebanon, a city council-city manager charter granted by the legislature and approved on July 19, 1957 (Laws 1957, ch. 419), can be so amended.

The…