The directors of public welfare shall have the care and oversight of all such poor and indigent persons settled in their respective towns.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-5-2
Oversight of poor by directors of public welfare
G.L. 1896, ch. 79, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 93, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 105, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 69, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 40-8-2; Reorg
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