Library Archive Copyright (c) 2013 HELIN Consortium All rights reserved. http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive Recent documents in Library Archive en-us Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:34:29 PST 3600 Potter Collection Volume 1 (Part 1) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/92 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/92 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:15:43 PDT This is a collection of works related to the Constitutional History of Rhode Island.

]]> Potter Collection Volume 1 (Part 2) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/91 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/91 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:15:41 PDT This is a collection of works related to the Constitutional History of Rhode Island.

]]> Potter Collection Volume 1 (Part 3) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/90 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/90 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:15:39 PDT Collection of works related to the Constitutional History of Rhode Island.

]]> Potter Collection Volume 1 (Part 4) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/89 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/89 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:15:37 PDT Collection of works related to the Constitutional History of Rhode Island.

]]> Potter Collection Volume 1 (Part 5) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/88 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/88 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:15:35 PDT Collection of works related to the Constitutional History of Rhode Island.

]]> Potter Collection Volume 1 (Part 6) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/87 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/87 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:15:34 PDT Collection of works related to the Constitutional History of Rhode Island.

]]> Advisory Opinion of the RI Supreme Court Relating to the Constitutional Convention, Part 1 (pp. 1-74) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/86 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/86 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:29 PDT In response to the request of His Excellency, Theodore Francis Green, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered April 1, 1935, upon questions relating to a constitutional convention.

The opinion of the Supreme Court together with the affirmative and negative briefs, prepared by distinguished members of the Rhode Island Bar, submitted to the Supreme Court upon these questions, are herein reprinted in documentary form for future reference in response to the widespread demand and because they are important historical contributions to the annals of this state, deservedly meriting preservation.

]]> Advisory Opinion of the RI Supreme Court Relating to the Constitutional Convention, Part 2 (pp. 75-159) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/85 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/85 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:27 PDT In response to the request of His Excellency, Theodore Francis Green, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered April 1, 1935, upon questions relating to a constitutional convention.

The opinion of the Supreme Court together with the affirmative and negative briefs, prepared by distinguished members of the Rhode Island Bar, submitted to the Supreme Court upon these questions, are herein reprinted in documentary form for future reference in response to the widespread demand and because they are important historical contributions to the annals of this state, deservedly meriting preservation.

]]> Advisory Opinion of the RI Supreme Court Relating to the Constitutional Convention, Part 3 (pp. 160-244) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/84 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/84 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:25 PDT In response to the request of His Excellency, Theodore Francis Green, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered April 1, 1935, upon questions relating to a constitutional convention.

The opinion of the Supreme Court together with the affirmative and negative briefs, prepared by distinguished members of the Rhode Island Bar, submitted to the Supreme Court upon these questions, are herein reprinted in documentary form for future reference in response to the widespread demand and because they are important historical contributions to the annals of this state, deservedly meriting preservation.

]]> Advisory Opinion of the RI Supreme Court Relating to the Constitutional Convention, Part 4 (pp. 245-317) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/83 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/83 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:23 PDT In response to the request of His Excellency, Theodore Francis Green, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered April 1, 1935, upon questions relating to a constitutional convention.

The opinion of the Supreme Court together with the affirmative and negative briefs, prepared by distinguished members of the Rhode Island Bar, submitted to the Supreme Court upon these questions, are herein reprinted in documentary form for future reference in response to the widespread demand and because they are important historical contributions to the annals of this state, deservedly meriting preservation.

]]> Advisory Opinion of the RI Supreme Court Relating to the Constitutional Convention, Part 5 (pp. 318-388) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/82 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/82 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:22 PDT In response to the request of His Excellency, Theodore Francis Green, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered April 1, 1935, upon questions relating to a constitutional convention.

The opinion of the Supreme Court together with the affirmative and negative briefs, prepared by distinguished members of the Rhode Island Bar, submitted to the Supreme Court upon these questions, are herein reprinted in documentary form for future reference in response to the widespread demand and because they are important historical contributions to the annals of this state, deservedly meriting preservation.

]]> Advisory Opinion of the RI Supreme Court Relating to the Constitutional Convention, Part 6 (pp. 389-462) http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/81 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/81 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:20 PDT In response to the request of His Excellency, Theodore Francis Green, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered April 1, 1935, upon questions relating to a constitutional convention.

The opinion of the Supreme Court together with the affirmative and negative briefs, prepared by distinguished members of the Rhode Island Bar, submitted to the Supreme Court upon these questions, are herein reprinted in documentary form for future reference in response to the widespread demand and because they are important historical contributions to the annals of this state, deservedly meriting preservation.

]]> The Minutes of the Rhode Island Convention of March 1790 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/80 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/80 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:38:56 PDT This edition of the hitherto imprinted Minutes of Theodore Foster is the apprentice work of a student in the American history seminar in Brown University. The struggle in Rhode Island for the ratification of the Federal Constitution has already been rather minutely studied, especially in the important monograph of Dr. Frank G. Bates. The present publication changes none of the larger conclusions of earlier students, but it adds its increment of information upon the issues which dominated the debate in Rhode Island, and upon the strategy of parties. The editor has been at considerable pains to present an accurate text, no small task in view of Foster's handwriting: the result, certainly, is more trustworthy than Staples's unreliable text of the incomplete official minutes. He has settled conclusively the authorship of the document; and at other points he has provided an adequate commentary. In his introductory survey of the historical background he has properly made considerable levies upon earlier studies, but has added a number of interesting details. With the publication of this appendix, as it may be regarded, to Bates's study, that chapter in Rhode Island history is substantially complete.

]]> Report of the Special Commission to Study the Alteration of the Pension System for New Employees http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/79 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/79 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:48 PDT Attached you will find the Report of the Special Commission to study the Alteration of the Pension System for New Employees. In the end the Commission realized that major changes to the system would not yield large savings. On the other hand, it was also found that the current system is significantly different from both private plans and other state plans. While the benefits to career employees are generous, the plan is less attractive to employees who wish to work for the state only during a portion of their career. Given changes in the workforce generally, and the need to attract a diverse workforce, the Commission supported the need to make changes to accommodate these employees I hope you will find these recommendations useful.

]]> State Retirement Systems: Rhode Island Versus the Nation http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/78 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/78 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:46 PDT The following study is a comparison of the Rhode Island state retirement system with the state systems of the other 49 states. It is based on data from the best available national sources, each of which is listed in the appendix. The results of this study are intended as background for possible future retirement system reform inquiries and efforts, but certainly do not represent the only way to compare Rhode Island's benefits with those offered elsewhere. It is also important to note that retirement pensions are only one aspect of an employee's total compensation package, which also includes salary, health care, and other provisions such as death benefits. This study does not address these other compensation issues, but attempts to compare the principal components of pension benefits. The topics addressed include unfunded status, contribution levels, pension eligibility requirements, and benefit provisions.

]]> Initial Report of the Special Legislative Commission to Make In-Depth Study of State Retirement System http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/77 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/77 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:44 PDT Include herewith are the findings of this Commission in relationship to the financial condition of the State Retirement System.

]]> Report of the Governor's State Pension Study Commission http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/76 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/76 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:42 PDT Enclosed is the report of your State Pension Study Commission. This study was commissioned at your request to study all aspects of the State's Retirement System and to analyze the possibilities of providing retirement benefits, without endangering the fiscal integrity of the retirement fund, after thirty years of service at 80 percent of the average salary of the highest three years regardless of age of the beneficiaries.

]]> Final Report of the Special Legislative Commission to Study the Employees Retirement System in Rhode Island http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/75 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/75 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:40 PDT The Commission to Study the State Retirement System proposed the following recommendations in summary form, which it considers feasible and practicable for revising and upgrading the existing retirement plans in accordance with principles that have received general acceptance in the field of pension planning for public employees.

The recommendations are intended to resolve, in the most satisfactory manner, the several basic problems that have arisen during recent years, to the end that the retirement systems may continue to fulfill, with maximum effectiveness, their personnel and security objectives. The effective date proposed for all recommendations is July 1, 1970 unless otherwise noted.

]]> Report of Special Retirement Study Committee http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/74 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/74 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:38 PDT The special legislative committee to investigate and study the feasibility of establishing within the State Retirement System thirty year retirement benefits regardless of age for state employees and for teachers and also survivors benefits for teachers, herewith submits a report of its investigation and recommendations relating to these subjects in accordance with the directive in Resolution H 1114 as amended of the January 1959 session of the General Assembly.

]]> Report of the Special Commission to Re-Examine State Pension and Retirement Systems http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/73 http://helindigitalcommons.org/lawarchive/73 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:30:37 PDT The purpose of the Commission as set forth in the said resolution was to make "a comprehensive re-examination of the State Employees' Retirement System in this state, methods of financing, scope of protection and of other plans under which pensions and retirement salaries are being paid by the state." The Commission is required under the resolution to submit a report to the Legislature containing "specific recommendations in legislative bill form for the purpose of establishing a sound and more equitable, adequate retirement system for state employees...."

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