Sec. 12-42. - Attendance at entertainments or resorts; application and fees generally.

All persons who desire the attendance and services of the police at places of public entertainment and resort shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the statutes of the state, make application therefor to the chief of police. With every such application the applicant shall pay to the chief of police a sum of money sufficient in amount to pay the men for whom application has been made at the rate of compensation fixed and determined by the city council for the entire period for which such service may be required. However, when such services are required for a period longer than two weeks, the advance payments therefor may be made on the first and 15th secular days of each month during the continuance of such services.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 12-42)

State Law reference— Attendance of special constables at schools or meetings, G.L. 1956, § 45-16-9.