§ 42-20-6 - Construction of laws fixing salaries and providing for expenses. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-20-6

   § 42-20-6  Construction of laws fixingsalaries and providing for expenses. – Whenever in any general law or public law or resolution of the general assemblyprior to February 7, 1939 there shall have been stated a fixed amount for asalary, wage, compensation, or for personal services, or for clericalassistance, or a fixed amount for office expense, printing and binding,advertising, traveling expense, repairs and replacements, or other specifiedcharges, it shall be hereafter construed that the designation of a specifiedamount is eliminated from that law and the phrase "The general assembly shallannually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for such purpose" shallbe substituted therefor.