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Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 362, 266 A.2d 823 (1970) (citation omitted).

“Unlike most state constitutions the language of the New Hampshire Constitution recognizes that separation of powers in a workable government cannot be absolute.” Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 362 (1970) (citation omitted).

The separation of powers directive “is violated by an improper imposition upon one branch of constitutional duties belonging to another, or, an encroachment by one branch upon a constitutional function of another branch of government.” Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 363 (1970) (citations omitted).

“In this State the nature of the act performed rather than the title of the performer determines whether an act is legislative or [judicial].” Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 364 (1970) (emphasis added) (citation omitted).

owers and functions of another branch,” Petition of Mone, 143 N.H. at 134, 719 A.2d at 631 (citing Opinion of the Justices, 116 N.H. 406, 413, 360 A.2d 116, 122 (1976)), and is “violated when one branch usurps an essential power of another,” Petition of Mone, 143 N.H. at 134, 719 A.2d at 631 (citing Opinion of the Justices, 121 N.H. 552, 556, 431 A.2d 783, 786 (1981); Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 363, 266 A.2d 823, 826 (1970)).

Opinion of the Justices, 121 N.H. at 556, 431 A.2d at 786; Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 363, 266 A.2d 823, 826 (1970).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 362, 266 A.2d 823, 825-26 (1970).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 364, 266 A.2d 823, 827 (1970) (“[T]he nature of the act performed.

“Each branch acts as a check on the other, protecting the sovereignty and freedom of those governed by preventing the tyranny of any one branch of the government being supreme.” Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 362, 266 A.2d 823, 825-26 (1970).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 363, 266 A.2d 823, 826 (1970); Merrill v. Sherburne, 1 N.H. 199 (1818).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 364-65, 266 A.2d 823, 826-27 (1970).

“The executive department is the active agency to carry laws into effect and enforce them.” Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 365, 266 A.2d 823 (1970) (Grimes, J.), quoting from Opinion of the Justices, 85 N.H. 562, 567, 154 A.2d 217, 223 (1931).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 363, 266 A.2d 823, 826 (1970); Opinion of the Justices, 101 N.H. 531, 133 A.2d 792 (1957); Opinion of the Justices, 86 N.H. 597, 166 A. 640 (1933); Merrill v. Sherburne, & al, 1 N.H. 199 (1818).

II, Art. 5th.’’Opinion of the Justices, 102 N.H. 195, 197, 152 A.2d 878, 880 (1959); Opinion of the Justices, 90 N.H. 568, 8 A.2d 597 (1939); see Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 364, 266 A.2d 823, 826 (1970).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 266 A.2d 823 (1970); Opinion of the Justices, 102 N.H. 183, 152 A.2d 870 (1959); see Opinion of the Justices, 67 N.H. 600, 601, 43 A. 1074 (1892).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 363, 266 A.2d 823, 826 (1970); Vanderbilt, The Doctrine of the Separation of Powers and Its Present-day Significance 50 (1963).

Opinion of the Justices, 110 N.H. 359, 266 A.2d 823 (1970).