Section 46-10-26. – Sale of property subject to reduction in value.
§ 46-10-26. Sale of property subject to reduction in value. Whenever the property wrecked on Block Island may be much reduced in value by keeping it for one year, and no owner, agent or other person interested therein shall appear to claim it within sixty (60) days after it shall have been taken into the […]
Section 46-10-27. – Inventory and accounting for unclaimed property — Delivery to treasurer.
§ 46-10-27. Inventory and accounting for unclaimed property — Delivery to treasurer. If no owner, agent, or other person interested in the property wrecked on Block Island shall appear within one year after it shall have been taken into the custody of the director of the department of environmental management, and establish his or her […]
Section 46-10-28. – Director of the department of environmental management — Salary and expenses.
§ 46-10-28. Director of the department of environmental management — Salary and expenses. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary, for the salary of the director of the department of environmental management and for his or her expenses. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 119, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. […]
Section 46-10-29. – Provisions limited to wrecks in New Shoreham.
§ 46-10-29. Provisions limited to wrecks in New Shoreham. The provisions of §§ 46-10-14 — 46-10-28 shall apply only insofar as the director of the department of environmental management may be performing the duties and exercising the powers of the former commissioner of wrecks in New Shoreham. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 115, § 16; […]
Section 46-10-25. – Sale of property to pay duties — Perishable property.
§ 46-10-25. Sale of property to pay duties — Perishable property. The director of the department of environmental management may dispose of so much of the property by public auction, within thirty (30) days after taking the property into his or her custody, as shall be sufficient to pay all duties thereon which he or […]
Section 46-10-16. – Employment of assistants by director.
§ 46-10-16. Employment of assistants by director. The director of the department of environmental management, upon taking charge of unclaimed property, may employ as many persons as the director shall think necessary to assist in preserving the property, and he or she may appoint guards to secure the property and may suppress all tumults and […]
Section 46-10-17. – Appointment of agent for director.
§ 46-10-17. Appointment of agent for director. In case the director of the department of environmental management shall be absent from the island or shall be unable, from sickness or other cause, to attend to the duties of his or her office, the director may appoint some other person in the town of New Shoreham […]
Section 46-10-18. – Penalty for disobedience of order of director.
§ 46-10-18. Penalty for disobedience of order of director. Every person who shall disobey any lawful order of the director of the department of environmental management, given in discharging the duties of the director’s office, shall forfeit for every such offense twenty dollars ($20.00), to be recovered in an action in the name of the […]
Section 46-10-19. – Inventory of property wrecked on Block Island — Reimbursement of director.
§ 46-10-19. Inventory of property wrecked on Block Island — Reimbursement of director. The director of the department of environmental management shall on every such occasion take an inventory of all the property that shall come into the director’s possession; and whenever required by the owner of the property or the owner’s agent or by […]
Section 46-10-20. – Arbitration of amounts due director.
§ 46-10-20. Arbitration of amounts due director. If the director of the department of environmental management and the other party shall not agree on the sum so due the director, the case may be submitted to three (3) arbitrators for settlement; one of the arbitrators shall be chosen by the director, one by the other […]