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R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-22-1 (2026)

City and town regulatory powers

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The city and town councils may license, regulate, and in those certain cases specifically set forth in § 5-22-5, prohibit and suppress theatrical performances, rope, and wire dancing and all other shows and performances in their respective towns or cities, conforming to law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1979–2001 · leading case: Martinelli v. Hopkins, 787 A.2d 1158 (R.I. 2001).
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Martinelli v. Hopkins, 787 A.2d 1158 (R.I. 2001). · cites it 2× “See G.L.1956 § 5-22-1. Consequently, we conclude that the trial justice did not err in his finding that the town was engaged in a governmental function when it issued the 1992 entertainment license to Hopkins.”
Romanello v. Maguire, 404 A.2d 833 (R.I. 1979). · cites it 3× “1 In Counts I and II of their complaint, plaintiff alleged that the town council had acted in an illegal manner in denying the application and that the denial violated the terms of G.L. 1956, §§5-22-1, -2, -4 2 (the statute), and the *173 West Greenwich Town Ordinance 3 relating…”
Town of West Greenwich v. Stepping Stone Enter., Ltd., 416 A.2d 659 (R.I. 1979). · cites it 2× “1956, § §5-22-1, -2, -4 (the statute) 2 and the July 12, 1972 ordinance of the town *135 of West Greenwich (the ordinance).”
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