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not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than one dollar, for any single exhibition or performance.

license money.

SEC. 6. All sums received for licenses as aforesaid shall be paid, Disposition of one half thereof to the town treasurer, for the use of the town, and the other half thereof to the general treasurer, for the use of the

state.

SEC. 7. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on foot, maintains, or carries on a theatrical exhibition, public show, concert or dance-hall exhibition of any description, at which lager beer, or other intoxicating liquors are sold, or exposed for sale, with the consent of those who get up, set on foot, or otherwise promote such exhibitions or shows, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, unless such exhibition or show has been first duly licensed by the proper authorities of the town or city where such exhibition or show is set up or offered to view.

SEC. 8. Whoever gets up, sets on foot, causes to be published, or otherwise aids in getting up and promoting, any masked ball or other public assembly, at which the company wear masks or other disguises, and to which admission is obtained upon payment of money or the delivery of any valuable thing, or by a ticket or voucher obtained for money or any valuable thing, without first having obtained from the town council of the town, or board of aldermen of the city, where such exhibition or other public assembly is to be had, a license or permission therefor, shall, for the first offence, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars; and for any subsequent offence, by imprisonment in the jail or house of correction not exceeding one year.

Penalty for setting up, &c., certain exhibitions where liquor is sold.

without license,

Penalty for set

ting up, &c.,

masked balls, without license.

CHAPTER 81.

OF BOWLING ALLEYS, BILLIARD TABLES, AND SHOOTING GAL

SECTION

LERIES.

1. Bowling alleys in compact parts of towns, except Providence, prohibited under penalty.

2. Pistol or rifle gallery in compact
part of Newport prohibited;
penalty.

3. Town council to define limits.
4. Penalty for neglect to comply
with orders of town councils.
5. Owner of premises deemed keep-
er of bowling alley or billiard
table.

6. Regulations relating to bowling
alleys in Providence.

SECTION

7. Town councils may collect tax for
keeping bagatelle tables.

8. Town councils to collect tax for
keeping billiard tables, bowling
alleys, pistol galleries, &c.

9. Tax, of whom to be collected.
10. How collected and appropriated.
11. Billiard and bagatelle tables, not
to be kept for public use, un-
less licensed.

12. Price of license, how fixed, and
disposition of.

13. Penalty for keeping or using
such tables without a license.

SECTION 1. Every person who shall keep a bowling alley in the Bowling alleys, compact part of any town, except the city of Providence, shall be where prohibfined two hundred dollars for the first offence, and five hundred dollars for the second offence.

ited.

Pistol or rifle

gallery in com-
pact part of
Newport, pro-
hibited;
penalty.

Town council

SEC. 2. Every person who shall keep any pistol-gallery, rifle-gallery, or other building or other enclosure where fire-arms are used for practising in firing with ball or shot, in the compact part of the city of Newport, shall be fined two hundred dollars for the first offence, and five hundred dollars for each subsequent offence.

SEC. 3. The town council of each town shall define the limits of to define limits, the compact part of such town; which limits shall be taken and deemed to comprehend the compact part of such town, within the meaning of this chapter.

&c.

Penalty for vio

SEC. 4. The keeper of any bowling alley or billiard table who lating orders of. shall refuse or neglect to comply with an order or decree relating thereto which any town council shall be authorized to make, shall be fined fifty dollars.

Owner of premises deemed keeper.

Regulations relating to bowling alleys in Providence.

Town councils

telle tables.

SEC. 5. The owner or occupier of the premises on which any bowling alley or billiard table is situated, shall be deemed and taken as the keeper of such bowling alley or billiard table, within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.

SEC. 6. The board of aldermen of the city of Providence may regulate bowling alleys in said city, and make orders as to the manner of building the same, and the hours during which they may be used; and in case of any such order being disobeyed, they may issue their warrant, directed to the city sergeant or to any constable, commanding him to take up and destroy any bowling alley which may be kept in violation of any such order; and any city sergeant or constable to whom any such warrant may be delivered shall forthwith execute the

same.

SEC. 7. The town council of each town may assess, levy, and colmay tax baga- lect a tax not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than twentyfive dollars per annum, on every person who shall own or keep a bagatelle table for public use or profit in such town, for each bagatelle table by him kept.

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SEC. 8. The town council of each town shall assess, levy, and collect a tax not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than twentyfive dollars per annum, on every person who shall own or keep a billiard table for public use and profit in such town, for each billiard table by him kept; and a tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than five dollars per annum, on every person who shall own or keep a bowling alley in such town except in the city of Providence, for each bowling alley by him kept; and a tax not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum, on every person who shall own or keep a bowling alley in said city of Providence, for each bowling alley by him kept; and a tax not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum, on every person who shall own or keep a pistol-gallery, rifle-gallery, or other building or enclosure referred to in the second section of this chapter.

SEC. 9. The town council may assess, levy, and collect the tax aforesaid, for any billiard table or bowling alley, of any person who shall own or occupy the house or building in which such billiard table or bowling alley shall be kept.

SEC. 10. Such taxes shall be collected in the manner prescribed for the collection of town taxes, and appropriated, the one half thereof to the use of the town in which such tax shall be collected, and the other half to the use of the state.

SEC. 11. No person shall own or keep a billiard table, or bagatelle table, for public use or profit within this state, without a license from the town council or board of aldermen of the town or city where the

same is so kept or owned, first had and obtained, and such town council or board of aldermen may, in their discretion, grant or refuse to grant licenses therefor, to such person or persons as they may think proper. Each license so granted shall continue in force for such length of time as said town council or board of aldermen shall in each case direct, said length of time, in any case, not to exceed one year from the time the said license is granted.

SEC. 12. Every person taking such license shall pay to the town or city treasurer, of the town or city granting, such license, a sum to be fixed by the town council or board of aldermen granting such license, of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, one half thereof to the use of said town or city, and the other half thereof to be paid by said town or city treasurer to the general treasurer, for the use of the state.

SEC. 13. Every person who shall own, keep, or use any such billiard table or bagatelle table, without such license first had and obtained, shall be fined a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, for every offence.

Price of license, how fixed, and disposition of.

Penalty for keeping or us ing such tables without license.

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SECTION 1. If any person shall fire any rifle, gun, musket, blunderbuss, or pistol, in or across any road, street, square, or lane, he shall be fined not less than three dollars, nor more than twenty dollars.

SEC. 2. If any person shall make a bonfire in any public street, road, square, or lane, without special permission from the town council of the town in which the same shall be made, he shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars.

SEC. 3. If any person shall fire any rifle, musket, fowling-piece, pistol, or other small arms, not being at the time under military duty, on any other day of the week than Sunday, except upon land owned or occupied by him, or by permission of the owner or occupant of the land on or into which he may shoot, within the following limits, viz. : the city of Providence, excepting the public waters and the public rivers therein; such parts of the towns of Cranston and Johnston as are contained within the following limits, to wit: beginning on the Pawtuxet road, at the Providence line; thence running southerly on said Pawtuxet road until it comes to the cross-road leading to

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Penalty for selling or using without license.

fire-works

Penalty for discharging fire-arms between sunset and sunrise.

Limitation of time of complaints.

Penalty for

shooting across land on Sun

day.

Limitation of time of com

plaints.

the Cranston road; thence northerly and westerly with said crossroad and Cranston road until it comes to the road which leads over Rockyhill to Plainfield Street; thence running westerly and northerly with said street and Manton road, to Manton Bridge; thence easterly with the Wonasquatucket River until it comes to the line of Providence, to the place of beginning; or on land within one mile from the state-house in the town of Bristol; and within the towns of North Providence and Pawtucket; he shall be fined five dollars for the first offence, and ten dollars for every subsequent offence.

SEC. 4. If any person shall sell, offer for sale, enkindle or use, or suffer to be sold, offered for sale, enkindled or used, by his wife, children, or servants, or other persons whomsoever, any rocket, cracker, squib, or other fire-works of a combustible nature ordinarily used for exhibition or amusement, unless he shall previously obtain special license from the town council of the town, and for the purpose of exhibition on a suitable occasion, he shall be fined ten dollars for each offence.

SEC. 5. If any person shall fire any gun, rifle, musket, or blunderbuss, in any road, street, lane, or tavern, or other public house, after sun setting and before sun rising, he shall be fined five dollars for the first offence, and seven dollars for every subsequent offence.

SEC. 6. No complaint for a violation of any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter shall be sustained, unless the same shall be brought within thirty days after the commission of the offence, and all fines for such violations shall enure, one half thereof to the complainant, and the other half to the state.

SEC. 7. Every person shooting on or firing across any land on Sunday, not being on military duty, shall forfeit and pay to the owner or occupant thereof ten dollars, in addition to the damages sustained.

SEC. 8. All actions for the violation of the next preceding section shall be commenced within ninety days from the commission of the offence.

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SECTION

within thirty days from com-
mencement of ownership.

14. Clerk to issue license; treasurer
to keep account.

15. Town sergeants and constables to post lists, &c.

16. Enforcement of sections of this chapter following section ten, optional with New Shoreham. 17. Penalty for keeping or harboring a dog contrary to the provisions of this chapter; duty of special constable.

18. Dogs may be killed when not licensed, &c.

19. Penalty for removing collar or stealing dog.

20. Town and city councils to appoint appraisers of damages done by dogs; mode of appraising dam

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councils may make ordi

nances con

SECTION 1. The city council of any city, and the town council of City and town any town, may make such ordinances concerning dogs in their respective cities and towns, as they shall deem expedient; to be enforced by the destruction of the animal, or by pecuniary penalties not cerning dogs. exceeding five dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, or by complaint and warrant, to such use as such city council or town council may prescribe.

Town councils may tax owner; protect sheep and cat

tle.

ages done to

SEC. 2. The town council of any town may impose such yearly tax upon every person in their town who shall own or keep any dog, for every dog owned or kept, as they shall judge proper; and also make such laws to prevent damage being done to sheep and cattle, as they may deem necessary. SEC. 3. Whenever any person shall have any sheep, cattle, horses, Owners of dogs hogs, or fowls, worried, torn, or killed by any dog, he shall recover liable for damhis damages against the owner of such dog, in an action on the case, sheep and catwith costs of suit; and if afterwards any damage be done by such dog tle. to any sheep or cattle, the owner of such dog shall pay to the party aggrieved double the damages; to be recovered in manner as aforesaid; and an order shall be made by the court before whom such second recovery shall be had, for killing such dog, which order shall be executed by the officer who shall be charged with the execution thereof.

collars.

.SEC. 4. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall cause such dog to Dogs to wear wear around its neck a collar with the owner's or keeper's name, or the initials thereof, distinctly marked thereon; and any person may kill, or cause to be killed, anywhere out of the enclosure of its owner or keeper, any dog not so collared.

SEC. 5. Every person keeping or harboring in his house, or on his lands, any dog, or knowingly suffering the same to be done by any other person, shall be liable for all damages done by said dog, in the same manner as if he were the owner thereof.

person

SEC. 6. Any person may kill any dog that may suddenly assault him, or any person of his family or in his company, while the assaulted is anywhere peaceably out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of such dog; and any person may kill any dog that may be

Persons harboring, liable

for damages done by dogs.

When any person may kill a dog.

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