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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CHILDREN’S GROVE

     Introduced By: Senators Seveney, Felag, and DiPalma

     Date Introduced: May 22, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Private Acts of the Rhode Island General Assembly, January Session 1910,

Vol. 79 #17, entitled "An Act to Incorporate Children's Grove" is hereby amended to read as

follows:

     AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CHILDREN'S GROVE

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     Section 1. Henry M. Gibson, John DeWolf, Parmenas Skinner, Jr., Charles B. Rockwell,

and Benjamin M. MacDougall, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by

the name of "Children's Grove," for the purpose of maintaining public recreation and open space

grounds in the town of Bristol in the state of Rhode Island, where, among other year-round public

active and passive recreation uses, children may be taken for rest, recreation, and the enjoyment

of games in the summer season.

     Sec. 2. Said corporation may acquire, hold, manage, and maintain under suitable

regulations such property and tracts of land for the purpose as aforesaid, with the powers and

privileges and subject to the duties set forth in Chapter 213 of the General Laws, and such other

applicable laws as are now or hereafter may be in force relating to such corporations; but the said

corporation shall have no capital stock nor shall it make any dividends nor any such division of or

from its property or income or profits among its members.

     Sec. 3. The said corporation may acquire and hold by grant, gift, devise, purchase, or

otherwise, such other property, both real and personal, as it may deem be necessary or proper to

support or promote the object of said corporation, but not exceeding the sum of twenty-five

thousand dollars in value.

     Sec. 4. Said corporation may dispose of any such property, both real and personal by sale,

gift, donation, or otherwise as it may deem necessary or proper to a third party; provided that,

such third party be a nonprofit or municipal corporation, and provided that, such property shall be

continued to be held, managed, and maintained for similar purposes of public recreation and open

space use.

     Sec. 4. 5. All property, both real and personal, held by said corporation shall be exempt

from taxation as long as said property shall be held and revenue receipts shall be devoted to the

purposes herein stated.

     Sec. 5. 6. The officers shall consist of a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a

treasurer, who shall hold offices until their successors are chosen and qualified by acceptance in

writing filed with the secretary.

     Sec. 6. 7. The board of directors shall consist of the president, the vice president, the

secretary, and the treasurer of this corporation and two other persons elected at the annual

meeting or adjournment thereof, and said board of directors shall have exclusive control over the

management of all the property held in trust for the purposes as set forth in sections 2 and 3 of

this act herein.

     Sec. 7. 8. The by-laws of this corporation may be amended at any meeting of the

corporation by a vote of the majority of the board of directors of those present or by written

consent of a majority of the board of directors; : Provided provided, notice of the amendment

proposed has been given at a previous meeting or sent to members, with notice of the proposed

meeting, at least five days previous to the date of such meeting.

     Sec. 8. 9. The annual meeting shall be held in the town of Bristol or in such other location

as the majority of the board of directors shall determine.

     Sec. 9. 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CHILDREN’S GROVE

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     This act would allow a private corporation, named Children's Grove, which was

incorporated by an act of the General Assembly in 1910, to convey its open space and

recreational property to any nonprofit third party or a municipal corporation; provided that, such

property shall be continued to be held, managed, and maintained for similar purposes of public

recreation and open space use.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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