Rhode Island Constitution|Section 5.

                                                
Section 5. Powers of appointment. --  The governor shall, 
	by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint all officers of 
	the state whose appointment is not herein otherwise provided for and all 
	members of any board, commission or other state or quasi-public entity which 
	exercises executive power under the laws of this state; but the general 
	assembly may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they 
	deem proper, in the governor, or within their respective departments in the 
	other general officers, the judiciary or in the heads of departments.