Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 15
Actions by and Against Towns

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-7

§ 45-15-7. Judicial order assessing tax to pay judgment.

In case the electors, or the city council, upon due warning given them, shall not take due and effectual care to reimburse, pay, or satisfy the treasurer the money, costs, and charges by the treasurer expended, or recovered against the treasurer, upon complaint filed with the superior court at any time after this, by the treasurer or by the person recovering the judgment named in § 45-15-6, setting forth the facts, the court may order the assessors of the town or city to assess upon the ratable property, and the collector to collect, a tax sufficient for the payment of the judgment, with all incidental costs and charges, and the expense of assessing and collecting the tax.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 36, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 46, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 352, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-15-7.