§ 45-3-12 Notice of meeting to dispose ofland or make tax. – No vote shall be passed in any town meeting concerning the disposing of thetown's land or making a tax, unless special mention is made, and notice of themeeting given, in the warrant issued for the warning of the meeting; and thetown clerk of every town shall grant the warrant, except in cases where the lawotherwise directs, which warrant shall be directed to the town sergeant, or toone of the constables of the town, or in the event that the town sergeant or aconstable is not available, to any elector of that city or town designated bythe town or city clerk. The notice for the making of a tax as provided in thissection shall be in substantially the following form:
"WARNING FOR TOWN MEETING STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ANDPROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
COUNTY OF SC.
GREETING:
By the town clerk of the town of , R.I. (seal) to , town sergeant of the town of , or any of the constables of the town.
Pursuant to chapter 3 of title 45, you are required to post,at least seven (7) days before the day of , A. D. , written notifications in three (3) ormore public places in the town of , Rhode Island, notifyingand warning the electors of the town of , qualified to vote uponany proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money, to assemble intown meeting at the town hall (or other place designated) in the town of , on the day of , A.D. , at o'clock in the noon for the purpose ofordering a tax to be levied and assessed on the ratable property of the townand the inhabitants of the town for the payment of the town debts and interest,for the payment of the town's proportion of the state tax, for the support ofschools, for the support and maintenance of the poor, for the building,repairing, and amending of highways, for the building, repairing, and amendingof bridges, for the improvement in any manner deemed fit of any propertybelonging to the town, for all necessary charges and expenses whatsoeverarising within the town, whether incidental or not to the above (here designateany further purpose, if any, for which the town may legally appropriate money),and for any or all other purposes authorized by law, and to transact any otherbusiness as may legally come before the meeting.
Given under my hand this day of , A. D. , at the town of , Rhode Island.
§ 45-3-12 Notice of meeting to dispose ofland or make tax. – No vote shall be passed in any town meeting concerning the disposing of thetown's land or making a tax, unless special mention is made, and notice of themeeting given, in the warrant issued for the warning of the meeting; and thetown clerk of every town shall grant the warrant, except in cases where the lawotherwise directs, which warrant shall be directed to the town sergeant, or toone of the constables of the town, or in the event that the town sergeant or aconstable is not available, to any elector of that city or town designated bythe town or city clerk. The notice for the making of a tax as provided in thissection shall be in substantially the following form:
"WARNING FOR TOWN MEETING STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ANDPROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
COUNTY OF SC.
GREETING:
By the town clerk of the town of , R.I. (seal) to , town sergeant of the town of , or any of the constables of the town.
Pursuant to chapter 3 of title 45, you are required to post,at least seven (7) days before the day of , A. D. , written notifications in three (3) ormore public places in the town of , Rhode Island, notifyingand warning the electors of the town of , qualified to vote uponany proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money, to assemble intown meeting at the town hall (or other place designated) in the town of , on the day of , A.D. , at o'clock in the noon for the purpose ofordering a tax to be levied and assessed on the ratable property of the townand the inhabitants of the town for the payment of the town debts and interest,for the payment of the town's proportion of the state tax, for the support ofschools, for the support and maintenance of the poor, for the building,repairing, and amending of highways, for the building, repairing, and amendingof bridges, for the improvement in any manner deemed fit of any propertybelonging to the town, for all necessary charges and expenses whatsoeverarising within the town, whether incidental or not to the above (here designateany further purpose, if any, for which the town may legally appropriate money),and for any or all other purposes authorized by law, and to transact any otherbusiness as may legally come before the meeting.
Given under my hand this day of , A. D. , at the town of , Rhode Island.
§ 45-3-12 Notice of meeting to dispose ofland or make tax. – No vote shall be passed in any town meeting concerning the disposing of thetown's land or making a tax, unless special mention is made, and notice of themeeting given, in the warrant issued for the warning of the meeting; and thetown clerk of every town shall grant the warrant, except in cases where the lawotherwise directs, which warrant shall be directed to the town sergeant, or toone of the constables of the town, or in the event that the town sergeant or aconstable is not available, to any elector of that city or town designated bythe town or city clerk. The notice for the making of a tax as provided in thissection shall be in substantially the following form:
"WARNING FOR TOWN MEETING STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ANDPROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
COUNTY OF SC.
GREETING:
By the town clerk of the town of , R.I. (seal) to , town sergeant of the town of , or any of the constables of the town.
Pursuant to chapter 3 of title 45, you are required to post,at least seven (7) days before the day of , A. D. , written notifications in three (3) ormore public places in the town of , Rhode Island, notifyingand warning the electors of the town of , qualified to vote uponany proposition to impose a tax or for the expenditure of money, to assemble intown meeting at the town hall (or other place designated) in the town of , on the day of , A.D. , at o'clock in the noon for the purpose ofordering a tax to be levied and assessed on the ratable property of the townand the inhabitants of the town for the payment of the town debts and interest,for the payment of the town's proportion of the state tax, for the support ofschools, for the support and maintenance of the poor, for the building,repairing, and amending of highways, for the building, repairing, and amendingof bridges, for the improvement in any manner deemed fit of any propertybelonging to the town, for all necessary charges and expenses whatsoeverarising within the town, whether incidental or not to the above (here designateany further purpose, if any, for which the town may legally appropriate money),and for any or all other purposes authorized by law, and to transact any otherbusiness as may legally come before the meeting.
Given under my hand this day of , A. D. , at the town of , Rhode Island.
