2022 -- S 2494

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE OF THE LEASE OF THE BENEFIT STREET ARMORY

BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE PROVIDENCE MARINE CORPS

OF ARTILLERY

     Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2022

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. This act shall authorize the department of administration to amend a certain

lease dated June, 1852 recorded in the Land Evidence Records of the city of Providence in book

128 on page 73 between the state of Rhode Island and the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery,

their successors and assigns, leasing a portion of the Benefit Street Armory for the use of the

Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, their successors and assigns, for a term of one thousand

(1,000) years.

     SECTION 2. The department of administration shall amend the lease as follows:

     Now, therefore, the said state of Rhode Island by the said Stead, Rathbone, Blodgett, Isaac

and Nathaniel Greene in pursuance of the power in them vested as aforesaid for and in consideration

of a certain conveyance of real estate made by said Providence Marine Corps of Artillery to said

state of Rhode Island bearing even date herewith does hereby demise and lease unto the said

Providence Marine Corps of Artillery their successors and assigns the following described premises

to wit: That portion of the state arsenal so called situated in the city of Providence which said

Providence Marine Corps of Artillery now occupies, consisting of the hall and entire room upon

the street to be held to the sole and exclusive use, to include the right to use the hall for events in

its discretion, to promote the arsenal, and/or grant a sublease of space in the arsenal, as deemed

appropriate by the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, their successors and assigns the south

tower of said building to be held to the exclusive use of said Providence Marine Corps of Artillery

their successors and assigns as a flag and storage room and for other purposes.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE OF THE LEASE OF THE BENEFIT STREET ARMORY

BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE PROVIDENCE MARINE CORPS

OF ARTILLERY

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     This act would authorize the department of administration to amend a lease dated June,

1852 between the state of Rhode Island and the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, their

successors and assigns, authorizing the use of the hall rented to the Corps to promote the arsenal

and to sublease the space in the arsenal.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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