§ 45-2-8 - Ratification of prior conveyances. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-2-8

   § 45-2-8  Ratification of priorconveyances. – All sales, conveyances, leases, or other dispositions of any lands orproperties purchased, acquired, used, or dedicated in any manner by a city ortown for municipal or other public purposes, purporting to have been made onbehalf of the city or town for a valuable consideration prior to April 25,1946, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated as of the date when made;provided, that this section shall not be construed to include any lands orproperties acquired by gift or devise for the public use, whether or not thegift or devise is subject to a condition subsequent or reverter, or to propertyheld by any city or town as part of a charitable trust.