N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 147:15

If a person shall use or occupy a building or place near a dwelling-house or schoolhouse, or in the compact part of a town, for a slaughterhouse, a place of deposit of green pelts or skins, or for trying tallow, currying leather, or carrying on any other business that is offensive to the public, without the written permission of the health officers of the town, such person shall be guilty of a violation for each month such building or place shall be so used or occupied, to be recovered for the use of the town.