Rhode Island General Laws 16-38-7. Interest of school official in sale of textbook
No superintendent or school committee of any city or town, or any person officially connected with the government or direction of the public schools, shall receive any private fee, gratuity, donation, or compensation in any manner for promoting the sale or the exchange of any school book, map, or chart in any public school, or be an agent for the sale or the publisher of any school textbook, or be directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any school textbook; and any agency or interest shall disqualify any person acting or interested as described from holding any school office.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-7.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 16-38-7
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9