Towns and cities may and shall elect all town and city officers as are, or may be, required by law, and may appoint any other officers as empowered by law, and any special agents for the transaction of any town or city business, not required by law to be performed by any officer known to the law, as they may deem expedient. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 36, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 46, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 329, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 45-2-10.
Rhode Island Legal Code