Rhode Island General Laws 12-19-27. Commitment to training school for youth
Whenever any person shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the state training school for youth, the court passing the sentence shall immediately issue a warrant, under the seal of the court, directed to the division of sheriffs, or to any town sergeant or constable of any county in which the court is held, reciting the sentence and requiring a deputy sheriff, town sergeant, or constable to take the person so sentenced and deliver him or her to the superintendent of the training school, and the warrant shall constitute the officer charged with it, while he or she has the warrant in his or her possession for service, an officer in any county in this state into which it may be necessary for him to go, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 47; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 47; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 47; impl. am. P.L. 1946, ch. 1774, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-19-27; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 45.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 12-19-27
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
- 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