{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-10-16","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-10-16","heading":"Employment of assistants by director.","body":"The director of the department of environmental management, upon taking charge of unclaimed property, may employ as many persons as the director shall think necessary to assist in preserving the property, and he or she may appoint guards to secure the property and may suppress all tumults and disorders.","path":["Title 46 Waters and Navigation","Chapter 10 Shipwrecks"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE46/46-10/46-10-16.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:01:03Z","sha256":"e7961d994a761221ce725daa2f15374e21d7e77ed4a59a2aad2a770e7cf27f22","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-10-15","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-10-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}