The General Statutes of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: To which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and of the State

Rhode Island

Riverside Press, 1872 - 770 pages

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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES	1

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE	15

GENERAL STATUTES	31

Of the rights and qualifications of voters	35

TITLE III	57

659	67

TITLE VI	77

OF TOWNS AND TOWN OFFICERS	87

Of hay	257

129	258

Of limited partnerships	259

Of principals and agents or factors	261

Of auctioneers	262

Of expressmen	265

Of common carriers	266

Of hawkers and peddlers	268

Of the election and qualification of town officers	93

Of the town clerk	100

Of the board of education	114

Of joint school districts	120

TITLE X	133

CHAPTER	136

TITLE XII	159

TITLE XIII	165

TITLE XV	215

Of fences	219

Of pounds	221

Of the distraint of animals going at large	222

Of the distraint of animals doing damage	223

Of estrays	226

TITLE XVI	227

Of the inspection of beef and pork	228

Of the inspection of hides and leather	231

Of the inspection of lime	232

Of the inspection of fish	233

Of the inspection and survey of lumber	234

Of the inspection of hoops	238

Of the inspection of scythe stones	239

Of the inspection of saleratus soda and cream of tartar	240

Of the measure and sale of grain meal salt and seacoal	241

Of the sale of cotton	243

Of cables	244

Of the inspection sale and keeping of inflammable and explosive fluids	245

Of the weight of neatcattle	247

Of milk	248

Of the sale of firewood and charcoal	249

Of the sale of fish for manure	250

Of the assay and inspection of liquors	251

Of medicines and poisons	253

Of legal interest	270

Of weights and measures	271

Of gauging	274

133	275

Of private and several oyster fisheries	278

Of certain fisheries	282

Of the fishery in Pawcatuck River	286

TITLE XIX	290

Of insurance companies	308

Of railroad corporations	317

Of proprietors of common and undivided lands	323

37	339

TITLE XXI	344

Of certain Indian grants and grants of land by the colonies of New Plym	351

Of trusts trustees and trust estates	362

Of the jurisdiction of courts of probate and of license to sell real	364

TITLE XXIV	372

shares of and debts against estates of deceased persons and wards	393

TITLE XXV	402

43	415

TITLE XXVI	442

ports	477

Of appeals from justice courts in criminal cases	483

TITLE XXVIII	490

TITLE XXIX	508

TITLE XXX	533

Of forging and counterfeiting	549

TITLE XXXI	560

47	561

TITLE XXXII	573

TITLE XXXIII	590

TITLE XXXIV	600

TITLE XXXV	630

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Title	The General Statutes of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: To which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and of the State
Author	Rhode Island
Contributor	United States
Publisher	Riverside Press, 1872
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	28 Mar 2008
Length	770 pages

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