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SECTION 45-16-1

§ 45-16-1 Refusal to serve as sergeant– Maximum service required. – Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to servein that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the useof the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant ofdistress issued by any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to bedirected to the sheriff of the county or the sheriff's deputy; and no person isobliged to serve in the office more often than once in seven (7) years.

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SECTION 45-16-1

§ 45-16-1 Refusal to serve as sergeant– Maximum service required. – Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to servein that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the useof the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant ofdistress issued by any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to bedirected to the sheriff of the county or the sheriff's deputy; and no person isobliged to serve in the office more often than once in seven (7) years.

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SECTION 45-16-1

§ 45-16-1 Refusal to serve as sergeant– Maximum service required. – Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to servein that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the useof the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant ofdistress issued by any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to bedirected to the sheriff of the county or the sheriff's deputy; and no person isobliged to serve in the office more often than once in seven (7) years.