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Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a fence-viewer is against the law.
TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-14 False Personation SECTION 11-14-2 § 11-14-2 Impersonation of town sealer, auctioneer, corder, or fence-viewer. Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a town sealer of weights and measures, auctioneer, corder of wood, or fence-viewer, and shall act as such, shall be fined not less than twenty…
Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal. Penalty: Maximum $20 fine and imprisonment for 10 days.
TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-22 Highways SECTION 11-22-11 § 11-22-11 Testing speed of horse. Every person who shall drive any horse over any of the public highways, for the purpose of racing or trying the speed of the horse, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) or imprisoned not exceeding ten (10)…
Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a “No Discharge Zone”.
The ostensible purpose was to prohibit the discharge of sewage by boats into the state’s waters. However, discharge of raw sewage into the state waters was already illegal. What the “No Discharge Zone” actually did was make it illegal to discharge TREATED sewage from a boat into state waters. What now happens is that boats…
It is illegal to drive down any street with beer in your car, even if it is unopened.
Sec. 8-4. Possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages on town property. (a) No person shall be in possession of alcoholic beverages upon any lands owned or controlled by the town without permission of the town council, nor shall any person consume any alcoholic beverage within or upon any land so controlled or upon any street, highway,…