RSA 44:17: Recounts.

If 25 legal voters of a city shall, before the expiration of 15 days from the date of an annual or biennial municipal meeting, apply in writing to the city clerk for a recount of the ballots cast at said meeting on a question affecting said city only, the clerk shall appoint a time for the recount not earlier than 7 days nor later than 10 days after the receipt of said application. The applicants for such recount shall pay to the city clerk for the use of the city a fee of $25. At the time appointed, the city council shall meet in convention and shall recount the ballots under such rules of procedure as they shall determine.