Rhode Island § 17-8-3 § 17-8-3. Compensation.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-8-3 — § 17-8-3. Compensation.

Rhode Island § 17-8-3

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-8Local Canvassing Authorities

This text of Rhode Island § 17-8-3 (§ 17-8-3. Compensation.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-8-3 (2026).

Text

§ 17-8-3. Compensation.
Each member of a local board shall receive any compensation that may be provided by
            the governing body of each city or town; provided, that in the several towns where
            no other provision is made for compensation, each member of the local board shall
            be paid by that member's respective town five dollars ($5.00) per day for every day's
            attendance in the discharge of the member's respective duties, and the town clerks
            shall be paid, in addition, legal fees for making out and recording the several lists
            and returns required by this title.
         

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 17-8-3. Compensation.

Each member of a local board shall receive any compensation that may be provided by the governing body of each city or town; provided, that in the several towns where no other provision is made for compensation, each member of the local board shall be paid by that member's respective town five dollars ($5.00) per day for every day's attendance in the discharge of the member's respective duties, and the town clerks shall be paid, in addition, legal fees for making out and recording the several lists and returns required by this title.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 8, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 8, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 8, § 20; P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 8, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 313, § 20; P.L. 1940, ch. 817, § 2; P.L. 1951 (s.s.), ch. 2870, § 34; G.L. 1956, §§ 17-8-19, 17-8-21; G.L. 1956, § 17-8-3; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1.