Section 45-5-10. – Fees for licenses and commissions issued to officers.
§ 45-5-10. Fees for licenses and commissions issued to officers. Town councils and city councils are authorized to charge and collect for licenses and commissions issued to officers elected or appointed by them, fees that the town and city councils, respectively, fix by ordinance or resolution; provided, that the license fee for appointment of town […]
Section 45-5-11. – Burial lands and funds.
§ 45-5-11. Burial lands and funds. (a) Town councils may take and hold, to them and their successors in office, all lands within their towns, conveyed to them in trust for burial purposes and, in like manner, may receive, hold, and manage all funds conveyed to them for the purpose of ornamenting or keeping in […]
Section 45-5-1. – Management of affairs of town.
§ 45-5-1. Management of affairs of town. The town council of each town has full power to manage the affairs and interests of the town, and to determine all matters and things as by law come within its jurisdiction. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 4; G.L. 1923, […]
Section 45-5-2. – Probate meetings.
§ 45-5-2. Probate meetings. Town councils in towns where the council has probate jurisdiction shall hold regular meetings for the transaction of council and probate business as often as once in each month, at a time in the month and at a place within the town that the council shall by general order fix and […]