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RHODE ISLAND STATUTES AND CODES
§ 5-23-1 - Definitions.
SECTION 5-23-1
§ 5-23-1 Definitions. – (a) "Holiday", whenever used in this chapter includes: New Year's Day, MemorialDay, Fourth of July, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day,Thanksgiving Day (but only in those years that the governor by publicproclamation designates it as a legal holiday), and Christmas, or on any daywhich any enumerated holiday is officially celebrated.
(b) "Retail establishment", whenever used in this chapter,includes any business making sales at retail in this state, but this definitiondoes not include victualing houses principally serving prepared food forconsumption on and off the premises, including those houses licensed underchapter 24 of this title.
(c) "Town council", whenever used in this chapter, includes"city council" except in the city of Providence where it means "bureau oflicenses" and any duly constituted licensing authority existing in any othercity or town.