Rhode Island § 40-5-10 § 40-5-10. Complaint as to neglect of pauper.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40-5-10 — § 40-5-10. Complaint as to neglect of pauper.

Rhode Island § 40-5-10

Title 40Human services

Ch. 40-5Support of the Needy

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-5-10 (2026).

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§ 40-5-10. Complaint as to neglect of pauper.
Whenever any pauper shall not be suitably cared for by the town to which he or she
            is chargeable, any person, upon first issuing five (5) days' notice to the state director
            of human services or directors of public welfare of the town of the situation of the
            pauper, and on continued neglect of the town, may complain in writing to the superior
            court, setting forth as nearly as may be the nature of the grievance complained of.
         

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§ 40-5-10. Complaint as to neglect of pauper.

Whenever any pauper shall not be suitably cared for by the town to which he or she is chargeable, any person, upon first issuing five (5) days' notice to the state director of human services or directors of public welfare of the town of the situation of the pauper, and on continued neglect of the town, may complain in writing to the superior court, setting forth as nearly as may be the nature of the grievance complained of.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 79, § 18; C.P.A. 1905, § 1108; G.L. 1909, ch. 93, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 105, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 69, § 17; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-8-10; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1990, ch. 442, § 13.