The original acts, resolutions, and other proceedings of the general assembly shall be deposited and safely kept in the office of the department of state and shall not be removed from that office except upon the order of the general assembly or upon process issued by the supreme or superior court or by a justice of either of the courts.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-2-3
Deposit and safekeeping of original acts, resolutions, and proceedings
G.L. 1896, ch. 22, § 3; C.P.A. 1905, § 1085; G.L. 1909, ch. 28, § 3; P.L. 1921, ch. 2050, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 28, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 307, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 43-2-3.
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