§ 45-4-1. Officers to be elected. (a) The electors in each town shall, on their town election days, choose and elect as many town officers as are required by the laws of the state; that is to say, a moderator to preside in all the meetings of the town, and a town clerk, a town […]
§ 45-4-10. Election of mayors. Mayors of cities shall be elected by a plurality of the electors qualified to vote in the election of general officers, who shall vote for the candidates for that office. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 49, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 50, § 14; […]
§ 45-4-11. Engagement of town and city officers. Unless some other form of engagement is specially prescribed by law, every person elected to any town or city office, whether by the town, city council, or town council, and every moderator and warden, and ward and district clerk, shall take the following engagement before he or […]
§ 45-4-12. Certificate of oath delivered to officer. The officer administering the oath shall make and deliver to the officer a certificate of the taking of the oath. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 49, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 50, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 332, § 12; G.L. […]
§ 45-4-13. Bond of tax collectors. (a) Every collector of taxes shall give bond, with sufficient surety, for the faithful performance of his or her trust, to the town treasurer of the town for which the collector is chosen, in any sum the town or the town council determines, not exceeding double the amount of […]
§ 45-4-14. Powers of successor tax collectors. In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any collector of taxes, the collector who is appointed to complete the collection of taxes has the same power to collect taxes as is by law given to the collector first appointed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § […]
§ 45-4-15. Tenure of town officers. All town officers shall hold their offices until the next election of town officers, and thereafter until their successors are lawfully qualified to act, except where it is expressly provided to the contrary. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 49, § 19; G.L. 1923, […]
§ 45-4-16. Filling of vacancies in office. (a) Whenever a vacancy occurs in any office by death, removal out of town, resignation, or by neglect or refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, the town council may fill the office until the next town meeting for the election of officers. Whenever from any cause […]
§ 45-4-17. Special statutes controlling. The provisions of this chapter are subject to the provisions of any special statutes respecting any particular town or city, none of which are repealed by this section; provided, that no elected or appointed official or member of a board or commission, or employee of any city or town, shall […]
§ 45-4-18. Application to voting machine meetings. The provisions of this chapter govern elective meetings held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 19 of title 17, if and so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 19 of title 17. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 23; […]
§ 45-4-19. Combination of voting districts for special city council election in the city of Pawtucket. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, the Pawtucket board of canvassers shall combine councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018 to fill a vacancy on the […]
§ 45-4-2. Meetings not to interfere with elections. In towns not divided into voting districts, and in which town meetings for the election of town officers and for the transaction of town business are held on the same day as an election for the officers mentioned in § 17-18-5 is held, the town meetings shall […]
§ 45-4-20. Combination of voting districts for 2019 special town council election in the town of Barrington. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary and solely for purposes of a 2019 special town council election, only the Barrington board of canvassers shall combine all town council districts into one […]
§ 45-4-21. Combination of voting precincts for special school committee election in the town of Coventry. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, the Coventry board of canvassers shall combine school committee voting precincts for a special election in 2019 to fill a vacancy on the Coventry School Committee. […]
§ 45-4-3. Assistant moderator to preside over town business. Those towns mentioned in § 45-4-2 are authorized to elect an assistant moderator, who may preside at town meetings held on the same day as an election for the officers mentioned in § 17-18-5 is held, for the election of town officers and the transaction of […]
§ 45-4-4. Duplicate lists of electors. A duplicate list of the qualified electors in each of the towns shall be prepared for use in town meetings held under the provisions of §§ 45-4-2 and 45-4-3.All the provisions of law relative to the preparation, furnishing, and use of voting lists apply to these duplicate lists. History […]
§ 45-4-5. Certificate of election of clerk. The mayor of every city and the president of every town council shall, as soon as possible after the election of city or town clerk, send to the secretary of state a certificate of the election of the city or town clerk, which certificate shall be kept on […]
§ 45-4-6. Determination of number of council members to be elected. Before the election of members of the town council is begun at the town meeting, the electors shall determine the number of officers to be elected, except as may otherwise be specifically prescribed by law. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 8; G.L. […]
§ 45-4-7. Election of council members. The members of the town council shall be chosen immediately after the election of the town clerk; and in choosing them the vote shall be taken for the whole number at the same time. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 49, § 9; G.L. […]
§ 45-4-8. Repealed.
