All proprietary meetings and adjournments thereof, for a town having 50 or more families settled and resident therein, shall be holden in the town; and for all towns having a less number of families settled therein, in the town, or in the nearest town in the same county having such number, or in the shire town of the county.
RSA 303:2
RS 143:2. CS 151:2. GS 142:2. GL 156:2. PS 154:2. PL 235 :2. RL 284:2.