In Re "The State House Construction Loan."

To His Excellency Charles Warren Lippitt, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

We have received from Your Excellency a communication requesting our opinion upon the following questions :

“I. Can said State House fund legally be utilized to acquire a site for a State House and to erect thereon a portion as one-half or three-fourths, of a State House ?

II. Are the commissioners created by Chapter 1201 of the Public Laws of Ehode Island trustees of said State House fund ?

III. If said commissioners are trustees of said State House fund, can they legally contract for a…