Rhode Island General Laws 23-13-3. Appropriations by cities and towns
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Any city or town may annually appropriate a sum to be expended for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy in that city or town, under the supervision of and in cooperation with the state department of health, and that city or town may provide that any appropriation may be expended by the state department of health or under the joint supervision of the department and an officer or agent appointed by that city or town to co-operate with the department in carrying out the purposes of the appropriation.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 26; P.L. 1927, ch. 1055, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 32; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-13-3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-13-3
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9