William Bovaird v. New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services

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• noting that petitioner did not dispute agency’s allegation that it had always interpreted a statutory provision in a particular way
• “As between a reasonable and unreasonable meaning of the language used, the reasonable meaning is to be adopted.”
• “[W]here a former statute is clarified by amendment, the amendment is strong evidence of the legislative intent concerning the original enactment.”

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