§ 37-8-9 - Governors' portraits. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 37-8-9

   § 37-8-9  Governors' portraits. – The secretary of state shall cause a portrait to be painted of each governor ofthe state as soon after the governor is inducted into office and also aportrait of any former governor of the state who may be living and whoseportrait is not hung in the state house. Whenever any portrait is finished, thesecretary of state shall deliver the portrait to the department ofadministration to be hung in the State House and the state controller is herebyauthorized and directed to draw his or her order upon the general treasurer fora sum sufficient to pay for any portrait out of any money in the treasury nototherwise appropriated upon receipt of vouchers approved by the secretary ofstate.