2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 45 Towns and cities
CHAPTER 45-16 Sergeants and Constables
§ 45-16-1 Refusal to serve as sergeant – Maximum service required.
§ 45-16-1 Refusal to serve as sergeant – Maximum service required. – Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to serve in that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the use of the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant of distress issued by any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to be directed to the sheriff of the county or the sheriff's deputy; and no person is obliged to serve in the office more often than once in seven (7) years.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 232, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 323, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 374, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 336, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 45-16-1.)
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