§ 43-2-1

All acts of a public nature shall be numbered as chapters, continuously in the order of their passage commencing with the first act passed in the January session of each year and continuing to the end of the year. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 22, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 28, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2050, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 28, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 307, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 43-2-1.