The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the purposes of § 42-8-15, and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much thereof as may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the secretary of state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-17
Payment of employees
G.L. 1896, ch. 16, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 22, § 13; P.L. 1913, ch. 929, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1343, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1745, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1872, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2049, § 1…
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