§ 5-2-1. City and town regulation and taxation of bowling alleys and establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables. The town and city councils of the several towns and cities may tax, regulate, and, if they find it expedient, prohibit and suppress, bowling alleys and establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables in […]
§ 5-2-10. Licensing of billiard, bagatelle, pool, scippio tables and game rooms. (a) No person shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table, or any table of a similar character, in any saloon, shop, or place of business within this state, or own or keep any billiard, bagatelle, pool, or scippio table, […]
§ 5-2-11. Billiard, bagatelle, pool, and scippio table and game room license fees. Every person taking a license pursuant to § 5-2-10 shall pay to the city or town treasurer of the city or town granting the license a sum to be fixed by the city or town council granting the license of not less […]
§ 5-2-12. Penalty for maintenance of unlicensed tables. Every person who owns, keeps, or uses any billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table, or any table of similar character, without first obtaining a license, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months for each offense. History of Section.G.L. […]
§ 5-2-13. Permitting use of tables by minors. (a) No person licensed by virtue of this chapter shall permit any table, the use of which has been permitted under a license granted to him or her, to be used by any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years except as provided in this section; […]
§ 5-2-14. Continuation of powers of boards and bureaus of police commissioners. Whenever the powers conferred in this chapter by law upon city and town councils have been conferred upon boards or bureaus of police commissioners in any city or town, those powers shall continue to be exercised by those boards or bureaus of police […]
§ 5-2-2. Refusal of bowling alley, box ball alley, or billiard table keeper to comply with order of the city or town council. The keeper of any bowling alley, box ball alley, or establishment with three (3) or more billiard tables who or that refuses or neglects to comply with an order or decree relating […]
§ 5-2-3. Keeper of bowling alley, box ball alley, or billiard table defined. The owner or occupant of the premises on which any bowling alley, box ball alley, or three (3) or more billiard tables are situated is deemed the keeper of that bowling alley, box ball alley, or (3) or more billiard tables, within […]
§ 5-2-3.1. Billiard table defined. As used in this chapter, the term “billiard table” means and shall include billiard tables, pool tables, and pocket billiard tables. History of Section.P.L. 2022, ch. 231, art. 3, § 3, effective June 27, 2022.
§ 5-2-4. Providence — Regulation of bowling alleys. The bureau of licenses of the city of Providence may regulate bowling alleys in that city and make orders as to the manner of building and the hours of using bowling alleys; and in case an order is disobeyed, may issue their warrant, directed to the city […]
§ 5-2-5. Licenses for shooting galleries required. Every person who keeps any pistol gallery, rifle gallery, or other building, or other enclosure in any city or town of this state, where firearms are used, without a license from the city council or other licensing authority of the city or the town council of the town, […]
§ 5-2-6. Tax on bowling alleys and shooting galleries. The city or town council of each city or town shall assess, levy, and collect a tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor less than five dollars ($5.00) per annum on every person who owns or keeps a bowling alley or box ball alley in the […]
§ 5-2-7. Bowling alley tax assessed against owner or occupant of building. The city or town council may assess, levy, and collect the tax referred to in § 5-2-6, for any bowling alley or box ball alley, of any person who owns or occupies the house or building in which the bowling alley or box […]
§ 5-2-8. Collection and disposition of taxes. The taxes referred to in § 5-2-6 shall be collected in the manner prescribed for the collection of city or town taxes and appropriated to the use of the city or town in which the tax is collected. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 104, § 9; G.L. 1909, […]
§ 5-2-9. Sunday operation of bowling alleys and billiard tables. (a) Town or city councils or licensing authorities in any city or town may permit licensees operating bowling alleys, or persons paying a tax for the operation of a bowling alley, to operate rooms or places where bowling, or playing of billiards, or pocket billiards […]
