§ 36-1-1 - Inauguration of state officers and general assembly. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 36-1-1

   § 36-1-1  Inauguration of state officersand general assembly. – The adjutant general is hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice andapproval of the governor elect, to make all proper and suitable arrangementsfor the inauguration of the governor and other state officers and the generalassembly on the first Tuesday of January in each year in which the inaugurationoccurs. The general assembly shall biennially appropriate such sums as it maydeem necessary, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, which amountshall cover the entire expense incurred on that occasion. The state controlleris hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her order on the generaltreasurer for the inauguration expenses on the representation of vouchers dulyaudited by the adjutant general and approved by the governor.