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CHAP. 913. An act to regulate the inspection, sale, and keeping of inflammable and explosive fluids.

CHAP. 914. An act to regulate the sale of medicines and poisons, and to repeal chapter 856 of the Statutes.

CHAP. 917. An act to allow the town of East Greenwich to use the jail in certain cases for town purposes.

CHAP. 919. An act in amendment of chapter 34 of the Revised Statutes, "of the town councils."

CHAP 920. An act in amendment of chapter 848 of the public laws, entitled " An act for the encouraging and regulating inland fisheries."

CHAP. 923. An act in amendment of chapter 60 of the Revised Statutes, "of the powers and duties of towns, and of the duties of town treasurer and town clerk relating to public schools."

CHAP. 924. An act to further define the jurisdiction of courts of magistrates and trial justices.

CHAP. 925. An act in addition to chapter 136, title XX, of the Revised Statutes, "of the property of married women, and of the disposition of the same."

CHAP. 926. An act in amendment of chapter 229 of the Revised Statutes, and of several acts in amendment thereof," of salaries and compensation of certain officers.” CHAP. 927. An act to establish a "state normal school."

CHAP. 928. An act in amendment of chapter 173 of the Revised Statutes, “of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and jailers."

CHAP. 929. An act providing for the election and defining the duties and powers of turnpike commissioners.

CHAP. 930. An act to facilitate the transaction of business in the office of the secretary of state.

CHAP. 932. An act in amendment of chapter 750 of the Revised Statutes, "of the levy, assessment, and collection of taxes."

CHAP. 934. An act in amendment of, and in addition to chapter 88 of the Revised Statutes, "of birds," and of the several acts in amendment thereof, and in addition thereto.

CHAP. 935. An act in amendment of chapter 24 of the Revised Statutes, vassing the rights and correcting the lists of voters."

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CHAP. 936. An act for the protection of the scollop fisheries of the state. CHAP. 937. An act to equalize the benefits of the normal school, and in repeal of an act entitled "An act to provide common school teachers with normal instruction.” CHAP. 938. An act to provide for the relinquishment to the United States, in certain cases, of title to lands for sites of light-houses on the coasts and waters of this state.

CHAP. 939. "An act giving the consent of the State of Rhode Island to the purchase by the United States of land within this state for public purposes."

CHAP. 940. An act in amendment of chapter 857 of the Statutes, and of chapter 178 of the Revised Statutes, "of the forms of writs."

CHAP. 944. An act in addition to, and in amendment of chapter 151 of the Revised Statutes, "of the jurisdiction of courts of probate, and of license to sell real estate,” and of the several acts in amendment thereof, and to repeal chapter 539 of the public laws.

Acts passed May session, 1871.

CHAP. 946. An act allowing an appeal from the decrees of town councils in declaring highways useless in certain cases.

CHAP. 949. An act in amendment of chapter 172 of the Revised Statutes, “of jurors and juries."

CHAP. 950. An act in amendment of chapter 670 of the Statutes, entitled "An act to repeal chapter 444 of the Statutes, entitled' an act to regulate and restrain sales of intoxicating liquors,' and for other purposes."

CHAP. 951. An act in amendment of chapter 168 of the Revised Statutes, "of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in civil cases."

CHAP. 952. An act in amendment of chapter 23 of the Revised Statutes, "of the registering, listing, and returning lists of voters, and of the proofs of their qualification to vote."

CHAP. 954. An act in amendment of an act to establish a court of magistrates in the village of Pawtucket.

CHAP. 955. An act in amendment of chapter 216, title XXXIII, of the Revised Statutes.

CHAP. 957. An act in amendment of chapter 913 of the public laws, entitled "An act to regulate the sale and keeping of inflammable and explosive fluids."

CHAP. 959. An act in addition to chapter 229 of the Revised Statutes, "of salaries and compensation of certain officers."

CHAP. 960. An act in amendment of chapter 70 of the Revised Statutes, "of truant children and absentees from school."

CHAP. 961. An act in amendment of chapter 927 of the public laws, entitled “An act to establish a state normal school."

Acts passed January session, 1872.

CHAP. 968. An act to provide for the filling of vacancies in certain offices. CHAP. 969. An act in amendment of and in addition to chapter 475 of the Statutes, entitled "An act in addition to chapter 12 of the Revised Statutes, of the revenue of the state.''

CHAP. 970. An act in addition to chapter 187, title XXVII, of the Revised Statutes, "of views, witnesses, depositions, and evidence."

CHAP. 973. Of the assay and inspection of liquors.

CHAP. 974. An act in amendment of chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes, "of the quorum, government, and conduct of town meetings, and of organization and government of ward meetings."

CHAP. 975. An act to repeal chapter 263 of the Statutes, entitled "An act in addition to an act entitled 'an act relative to the harbor and public waters in the town of Providence.""

CHAP. 976. An act relative to claims to easements in real estate.

CHAP. 979. An act for the protection of telegraphic messages.

CHAP. 980. An act to give a right of action for injuries in certain cases.

CHAP. 983. An act for the further protection of fish in Easton's Pond, in Newport and Middletown.

CHAP. 987. An act to provide for the appointment of a stenographic clerk for the supreme court, and for the preservation of evidence in certain cases.

CHAP. 990. An act in amendment of chapter 670 of the Revised Statutes, entitled "An act to repeal chapter 444 of the Revised Statutes, entitled an act to regulate and restrain the sales of intoxicating liquors and for other purposes."

CHAP. 998. An act in amendment of chapter 76 of the Revised Statutes.

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INDEX.

N. B. Except under the heading "Constitution of the United States," no references are made to
that instrument in the following Index.

ABATEMENT of action brought in wrong county, 443.

what actions do not suffer on death of parties, 444.

none if some of plaintiffs or defendants die; action proceeds as to survivors, 464, 465.
suits by or against executors or administrators not to abate by their death or removal, 381.
none in suits by or against assignees on account of their removal, 405.

action against husband and wife does not abate at death of either, when, 331.

none in action of dower on account of death of tenant of realty, 516.

none in partition by death of parties or omission of parties defendant, 520.

judgment on executors' or administrators' bonds not to allow against or for obligor un-
sued, 401.

none in flowage cases by death of plaintiff, nor by marriage of, nor by death of defendant,
nor by conveyance of joint tenant plaintiff, 217, 218.

none because writ issues against defendant by feigned name or description, 453.

of indictment not containing addition of residence to name, 562.

of action when extends period of limitation, 447.

ABORTION, advertising person or means for, how punishable, 555.
procuring, assisting, or advising, how punished, 541.

patient exempt from penalties, when, 541.

may be joined in indictment with murder of infant or of woman pregnant, 541.
verdict, how found, 541.

ABSENTEES for seven years, unheard of, if life tenant, remainder-man may enter, 348.
for three years unheard of, administration may be granted on their estates, 378.
provisions, if return, 378.

ACADEMIES, what property of exempt from taxation, 102.

ACCESSORIES before fact, how punishable, 559.

ACCIDENTS to be reported by railroad company to commissioners, when, 318.

on railroads, to be investigated by commissioners, 320.

information regarding on railroads to be furnished by railroad commissioners to persons
injured, &c., 320.

ACCOUNTS of state and of special funds, when and how to be made, 78, 80, 81, sq.

separate, to be kept with each appropriation, 81.

of officers holding public moneys, when to be made to auditor, 85.

or treasurer, 189.

forms of to be furnished by auditor to courts, 86.

of property to be made by owner to assessors of taxes, 106, 112, 122.

of particulars to be annexed to writ, or filed on motion, in what cases in justice court, 419.

actions brought on balance of, how triable before justice courts, 419.

except between merchants, actions of to be brought within six years, 446.

of particulars to be annexed to declaration or book account, 467.

ACCOUNTS—Continued.

in set-off, may be filed in what actions, and with what effect, 467.

cases involving may be sent to auditors by supreme court and common pleas, 476.

with what effect, 476, 477.

of guardians, 337, 339, 366, 368.

of executors and administrators, 366, 368, 380.

how to be made, and when, and settlement of, 398, 399.

settlement of to be final, 399.

action of between executors and administrators, when lies, 381, 398.

action of between joint owners of realty and personalty, when it lies, and procedure in,
532, 533.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS of deeds, docking estates tail, how to be taken, 348.

of deeds conveying estate in land for more than one year, who may take, 349, 350.

if grantor of deeds refuses to make, what remedy given, 350.

if grantor dies before, how deed to be proved, 350.

not required to deeds of certain officials, if executed without United States; how such
deeds to be executed and certified, 351.

of married women to their deeds, how to be taken, 330, 331.

of certificates of possession given mortgagee of mortgaged land, by whom to be made, 356.
may be taken by notaries public, 60.

by commissioners, 61.

fee for taking, 593.

ACTIONS, in what county to be brought, 443.

brought in wrong county to abate, 443.

what survive, in addition to those surviving at common law, 443, 444.
prosecution of and appeals in may be made, when and by whom, 444. *
when to be entered, 464.

not deemed entered till fee is paid, 464.

in supreme court and common pleas may be discontinued, how, 465.

cause of, to be noted on executions and commitments, 491, 492, 501.

poor debtor's oath, how allowed, pending, 505, 506.

for damages on broken contract lies instead of suing for breach of bond or penal cov
enant securing, 478.

against drawers or endorsers of protested foreign bills of exchange, may be joint or sev-
eral, 270.

on endorsed or assigned promissory notes, where to be brought, 443.

what requires promise in writing signed by obligee, 443.

by and against corporations on promissory notes made by them, 271.

for recovery of money paid for lottery ticket or policy, 557.

given as for disturbance of easement, when notice of interruption is served, 354.

on case against common carriers for partiality toward customers, 267.

for injuries by animals damage feasant, and conditions of, 224, 226.

appraisal in such actions, 224, 225.

of trespass for killing, wounding, or poisoning animal of another, 546.

on case, purchaser of corporation franchise and his assignee has for injury to franchise,

292.

of replevin or for damages; against mortgagee of personal property refusing to surrender,

357.

of replevin for animals impounded, 225.

if not entered, defendant may have judgment by petition, 225.

for death caused by negligence, to whom given, and for whose use, 444, 445.

what given for injury by crime or offences, 445.

conditions of such action, 445.

against liquor seller and owner or lessor of place where sold, for damages by drunkard, 445.
none for liquor illegally sold or its price, 194.

on sheriffs' bonds, and against them for damages, both lie, 436.

against deputy sheriffs and jailers, 436.

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