Rhode Island § 30-2-19 - Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces

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§ 30-2-19. Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces

R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-2-19

§ 30-2-19. Care of military property — Annual inventory — Rental of armories.

The adjutant general shall attend to the care, preservation, and repairing of the arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, and all other military property belonging to the state, except insofar as this duty has been reposed in the department of administration. He or she shall annually make an inventory of the military property of the state and present a copy of the inventory to the governor on or before the first day of January, or at such other times as the governor shall direct. The inventory shall show, in detail, the disposition of all arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, and other military property on hand or issued. The adjutant general is hereby empowered to rent armories in this state for periods not exceeding two (2) weeks rent free or for whatever rental and conditions and for whatever purpose the adjutant general, in his or her sole discretion, shall deem proper.

History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 33; G.L. 1956, § 30-2-19; P.L. 1970, ch. 151, § 1.

Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 30-2-19 ("Organization and Command of Military and Naval Forces") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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