Rhode Island General Laws 34-9-2. Appointment of commissioners – Report – Recording
Upon such petition the court may appoint three (3) commissioners to make a survey of the land within and adjacent to the harbor line, covering the area of land as the commissioners may deem necessary, to include the interests of all persons whose rights may be affected by the determination of the lines; and the commissioners, being first sworn to a faithful discharge of their duties, shall determine the boundary lines of the interests of all the persons whose rights may be affected by the determination of the lines, and shall report to the court the boundaries so established, with a plat of the land, within and adjacent to the harbor line, showing the lines established for each person having an interest therein, which plat, after its approval by the court, shall by order of the court be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town where such land lies and in the office of the director of environmental management.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-9-2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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