1917 N.H. Laws 727-30

Section 1. No person shall manufacture, sell, or deal in firearms or in gunpowder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine or other form of high explosive, unless he shall first obtain, from the selectmen of the town or the chief of police of the city where such business is to be conducted, a written license therefor, and no person shall conduct such business within the state but outside the limits of any organized town or city, unless he shall first obtain such license from the county commissioners of the county in which such business is to be conducted; which license shall specify the building where such business is to be carried on or material deposited or used. Sect. 2. No such licensed person shall sell or deliver firearms to any person not a citizen of the United States, unless he shall have legally declared his intention of becoming such citizen, or any such explosive material or compound to any person, except upon presentation of a permit such as is hereinafter provided for, nor unless satisfied that the same is to be used for a lawful purpose. Sect. 3. Every person so licensed shall keep, on blanks to be furnished by the secretary of state, a record of the names and residences of all persons to whom he shall sell or deliver firearms or any such explosive material or compound, the purpose for which the same is to be used, the date of sale, the amount paid, the date of the purchaser's permit, the name and title of the person by whom the permit was issued, and, within five days after every such sale or delivery, shall file such record thereof with the clerk of the city or town wherein the sale or delivery was made, or with the county commissioners in case of sales or deliveries within the state, but outside the limits of any organized city or town. The records thus filed shall at all times be open to the inspection of the police departments, or other public authorities. He shall also affix to the receptacle containing such explosive material or compound a label with the name of the compound, his own name and the date of sale. Sect. 4. No person shall procure, transport, use or have in his possession any gunpowder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine or other form of high explosive without first obtaining a written permit to do so, from the chief of police of the city or selectmen of the town in which he resides, or from the county commissioners of the county in which he resides if he resides within the state but outside the limits of any organized city or town, or from the chief of police of the city, or selectmen of the town or county commissioners of the county in which such explosive is to be procured, transported or used if he is not a resident of the state. Any person desiring such permit shall make written application therefor, stating the purpose for which the explosive material or compound is to be used and the kind and quantity desired, together with his full name, occupation and place of residence including the street and number, if any. If the officer or officers to whom the application is made are satisfied that the applicant intends to use the explosive in a lawful manner, and as set forth in his application, such permit, signed by such officer or officers, shall be issued to such applicant. No person shall have in his possession any such explosive material or compound unless he shall have such license or permit. Sect. 5. If any person, firm or corporation shall manufacture or sell or deliver to any other person any firearms or any such explosive material or compound without first obtaining such license, or having such license shall fail to make and file such record of any such sale or delivery, or if any person, firm or corporation shall violate any other provision of this or any of the preceding sections of this act, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both. Sect. 6. No person not a citizen of the United States or one who has legally declared his intention of becoming such a citizen shall have in his possession any firearm or firearms of whatsoever kind or description unless he has a written permit to have such possession issued and signed as hereinafter provided. Any such person desiring to possess a firearm or firearms for any lawful purpose shall first make written application to the chief of police or selectmen of the town wherein he resides, or to the county commissioners if he resides within the state but outside the limits of any organized town or city, stating the purposes for which the possession of the firearm or firearms is desired and a description of the firearm or firearms. The applicant shall also state his full name, occupation, place of residence, and if in a city street and number. If such chief of police or selectmen or county commissioners are satisfied that the applicant intends to use the firearm or firearms in a lawful manner and as set forth in his application, a permit shall be issued, signed by the chief of police of the city, or selectmen of the town, or county commissioners, as the case may be, giving to the applicant the right to have in his possession such firearm or firearms. The holder of any such permit shall keep the permit on his person at all times when he has possession of the firearm or firearms as authority for such possession and shall exhibit the same when so requested by any person. Sect. 7. Any person not a citizen of the United States or one who has legally declared his intention of becoming such a citizen, who shall procure or have in his possession any firearm or firearms of any kind without having first obtained a permit as provided in section 6 of this act, or after such permit has been revoked, as hereinafter provided, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both. Sect. 8. Such license or permit may be issued for a stated time, or for a single transaction. In the discretion of the officer or officers by whom it is issued, but no license or permit shall be issued to cover a longer period than one year or a transaction to be completed more than one year after the date of the license. If any person to whom such license or permit has been issued shall use, or permit any other person to use, or connive at the use of any such firearm, explosive material or compound for any unlawful purpose, such license or permit may be revoked by the officer or officers by whom it was issued or by any justice of the superior court upon petition of any citizen. Sect. 9. It shall be the duty of the police department of cities and of selectmen of towns to enforce the provisions of this act within their several cities and towns and of the county commissioners to enforce the same in the territory included in the several counties but not within any organized city or town, and to keep a record of all permits issued. The secretary of state shall on application of any dealer in gunpowder, or other high explosive, furnish the blanks herein provided for. Sect. 10. The provisions of this act shall in no way apply to sales to the military or naval forces of the United States or to the public or military authorities of the state. Sect. 11. This act shall take effect upon its passage.