The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to compensate the officers who shall be selected by the attorney general, who shall keep the names and make the disbursements and returns as provided by law.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 15; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-16.