The foregoing provisions of this title and the provisions of §§ 22-3-13 — 22-3-17 are mandatory and not merely directory. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 19, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 30, as enacted by P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 32, as enacted by P.L. 1930, ch. 1526, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 301, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 22-3-7.
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