§ 24-5-3 - Annual town appropriation. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 24-5-3

   § 24-5-3  Annual town appropriation. –Each town, at some regularly called meeting of the electors thereof who areentitled to vote upon any proposition to impose a tax, shall annuallyappropriate such sum of money as the electors shall deem necessary for themaintenance and repair of its highways and bridges, and the sum so appropriatedshall be included in the sum to be raised by the annual tax levied and assessedby the town for town purposes. In case any town shall fail to make anappropriation, the town council thereof shall make such expenditure upon thehighways and bridges of the town as may be necessary to comply with theprovisions of § 24-5-1.