Rhode Island General Laws 46-10-17. Appointment of agent for director
In case the director of the department of environmental management shall be absent from the island or shall be unable, from sickness or other cause, to attend to the duties of his or her office, the director may appoint some other person in the town of New Shoreham to act in his or her stead as commissioner of wrecks, while the absence or inability shall exist. The person so appointed or authorized shall be clothed with all the rights and powers which the director has under this chapter; for which the director shall be as fully responsible as if the acts were performed by himself or herself.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 119, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 145, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 150, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 115, § 17; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 46-10-17.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 46-10-17
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- 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