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2016 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 43 - Statutes and Statutory Construction
Chapter 43-3 - Construction and Effect of Statutes
Section 43-3-5 - Joint authority exercised by majority.
RI Gen L § 43-3-5 (2016) What's This?
§ 43-3-5 Joint authority exercised by majority.
All words purporting to give a joint authority to three (3) or more officers or persons shall be so construed as to give the authority to a majority of them.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 26, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 32, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 32, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 309, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 43-3-5.)
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