Whenever any sidewalk in and upon any street or highway shall be ordered made and laid as provided in § 24-7-2, the owners of the land abutting on the sidewalk shall pay one-half (½) the costs thereof to be set against their respective lands, and the town shall pay the balance of the costs thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-7-3
Division of costs between town and landowners
P.L. 1928, ch. 1224, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 348, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 24-7-3; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 58.
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