Title 22General Assembly

Title 22General Assembly

Chapter 3Organization of General Assembly

R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-3-9

§ 22-3-9. Engagement of legislators absent from organization meeting.

Senators and representatives not present at the first meeting of the respective houses shall, after presenting the evidence of their election, take the engagement of office before they shall act in their respective offices.

History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 19, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 32; P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 34; P.L. 1930, ch. 1526, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 301, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 22-3-9.