{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-4-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-4-3","heading":"Assistant moderator to preside over town business.","body":"Those towns mentioned in § 45-4-2 are authorized to elect an assistant moderator, who may preside at town meetings held on the same day as an election for the officers mentioned in § 17-18-5 is held, for the election of town officers and the transaction of town business, and with the power and authority in these town meetings as moderators would have.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 4 Election and Qualification of Officers"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-4/45-4-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:41Z","sha256":"f4b62ee4ebd3917cdc9fae1450cd9d523c736c9f1eb0f836815276ca89d8eb0b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-4-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-4-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}