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MORTGAGED PERSONAL ESTATE Continued.

may be sold, how, 495.

redeemable by plaintiff, 495.

proceeds of sale, how applied, 495.

when attachment void, 495.

MORTGAGEE may bid at auction sale under mortgage, when and on what conditions, 357.
MORTGAGOR in possession to be deemed, for taxation, owner of realty, 103.

MOTHERS, unmarried, may compel fathers to support bastards, 157, 159.

MULATTO, marriage of with white person void, 325.

penalty for celebrating, 325.

MUNICIPAL COURTS, jurisdiction over adoption, 326, 327.

appeals from adoption decrees of, 327.

MURDER, how punished, 539.

committed by one imprisoned for life punishable by death, 539.

assault by prisoner on warden or keepers resulting in death to be, 538.

assault with intent to commit, how punished, 541.

breaking and entering building or vessel with intent to commit, how punished, 544, 545.

of infant bastard, joinable in indictment with concealing birth or death of, 553.

bail for, may be taken by whom, 563.

indicted and imprisoned for, when to be tried or bailed, 563, 564.

persons imprisoned for, when to be bailed or discharged, or indicted, 563.

distinction between, and petit treason, abolished, 565.

person convicted of to be civilly dead, both as to property relations and marriage, 565.
accessory before fact of; second to duel to be, when, 540.

MUSICAL ASSOCIATIONS, how may organize as corporations, 323.

See Voluntary Associations.

MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES may refuse to take notes for premiums, how,

311.

NAME OF CHILD, may be changed on adoption, how, 327.

NAME OF MARRIED WOMAN, may be changed at divorce, 334.

NARRAGANSETT BAY, in what county, 35.

who may serve process on, 437.

indictment for offence committed on, in what county to be found, 563.

liquors on waters of, how seized, 191.

NARRAGANSETT INDIANS, not allowed to vote (Constitution of Rhode Island), 21.

lands of, held by what tenure, 344.

regulated by council, 344.

wood not to be cut from lands of, without permission of council, 344.

what property of exempt from taxation, 102.

action for debt not to lie against, 443.

to have benefit of poor debtor's oath, although owning property, 507.
removal of paupers among, to council of tribe, 156.

appropriation for school among, how to be expended, 345, 346.

NATIONAL BANKS, shares in, where taxable, 104.

list of stockholders, to be furnished by cashiers to assessors of taxes, 105.
taxes on shares, a lien; transfer of shares subject to tax forbidden, 106.
dividends not to be paid on share subject to tax, 106.

not liable to state bank laws (chap. 139, 140, 141, Title XIX), 303.
NATURALIZATION, petition and declaration not cognizable by justice court, 420.
NAVAL OFFICERS, what may take acknowledgment of deeds, and when, 350.
NEAT-CATTLE, weighers of, how and when appointed, 96.

duties of weighers of, 247; fees, 247.

provisions regarding contagious disease among, 178, 180.
introduction of disease forbidden, 179.

diseased, how may be killed, 179.

compensation for, 179.

NEAT-CATTLE― Continued.

weighable parts of, four quarters, hides, horns, and leather, 247.

penalty for not accounting for, 247.

NE EXEAT WRITS, may issue without notice to opposite party from supreme court, 404. NEGOTIABLE PROMISSORY NOTES, for money only, by persons or corporations to

be, 271.

NEGRO, marriage of with white person void, 325.

penalty for celebrating, 325.

NEWPORT COUNTY, what constitutes, 34.

NEWPORT, special duty of city clerk relative to registry of voters, 38.

of canvassers, 39.

of collectors, 41, 42.

voting list in, 45, 46.

when elective meetings to open in, and close, 49.

of voters on wrong ward list in, 50.

city council, to elect measurers of grain, salt, shorts, and sea-coal, 241.

may elect weighers of cotton, 243.

may elect inspectors of hides and leather, 231.

to elect surveyor of lumber, 235.

to cause repairs to be made on Jewish synagogue and cemetery; expense of how defrayed, 166, 167.

may regulate sale and storing of petroleum and products, and impose what penalty for violation, 246, 247.

may elect inspector of petroleum and its products, and impose what penalty for violation, 246, 247.

when animals are at large" in, 222.

board of aldermen to elect certain officers, 96.

constitution and appointment of justice court in, 415, 416, 418.

justice court, to pay over fees to state, 592.

city marshal of, may enter disorderly houses, 171.

may require aid to, 172.

is a part of state police, 188.

powers of, as such, 188, 189.

need not give security for costs to justice court, 423.

duties of, relative to Howland's Ferry Bridge, 146.

Indian grants of lands in act of 1682, relative to, continued, 351.

senior representative from, to preside at organization of house of representatives, 62.

NEW SHOREHAM, may elect wardens (Constitution of Rhode Island), 27.

wardens of, may join in marriage in that town, 325.

electors may regulate fishery in Great Salt Pond; may affix what penalties, 283.
may determine application of dog law, how far, 201.

to be exempt from dog law, how far, 200.

provisions relative to wrecks and wrecked goods on, 212, 214.

to receive fines for disobedience of orders of commissioner of wrecks, 212.

exempted from windmill act, 218.

exempted from law of guide boards, 147.

exempt from military duty, 29.

NEWSPAPER, publishing acts and resolves; deposit of, and pay of, 65.

extracts therefrom, from Historical Society, to be evidence, when, 474.

fees for certifying, 474.

NEW TRIAL granted of course on application, when, 488.

granted by supreme court, for what reasons, 488, 489.

in its own, and other courts, 488, 489.

petition for, by affidavit, when judge refuses to allow exceptions or report of case, 486

487.

applications for, when to be made, and trial where to be had, 488.

what required to hold bail or attachments, pending, 488, 489.

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when may be allowed by common pleas, 489.

when allowed, and case not entered, former judgment affirmed, how, 489.

NOMQUIT POND, river and pot fishing in prohibited; hanging net fishing prohibited, when,

penalty, 282, 283.

fishery of, may be regulated by electors of Tiverton, 283.

NON-RESIDENTS, notice to, in case of sale of property for taxes, 109.

agents, attorneys, trustees, and debtors of, may be cited to pay taxes for, 111.

NORMAL SCHOOL, trustees may give teachers certificate, 127.

management of, 129.

certificate for admission to, and diploma of, 129.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, town of, may elect measurers of grain, salt, shorts, and sea-coal, 241. NORTH PROVIDENCE, town of, may elect measurers of grain, salt, shorts, and sea-coal, 241. constitution and appointment of justice court in, 415, 416, 418.

justice court to pay over fees to state, 592.

chief of police need not give security for costs to justice court, 423. NOSE, ear, eye, lip, &c., slitting or cutting off, how punished, 539–541. NOTARIES PUBLIC, powers and duties of, 60.

election of, 67.

tenure of office of, 68.

oath of, 68.

to deliver certificate of engagement to secretary of state, 68.

may take acknowledgment of deeds, 349, 350.

may take depositions, 471.

fees of, what, 598. See also Depositions.

who are officers of banks, not to make certain protests, 297.

NOTES of stockholders not payment for capital stock in manufacturing corporations, 304. NOT GUILTY, plea of, to be entered by court when defendant on arraignment refuses to plead, 564.

NOTICE of impounded animals, 223, 224.

of animals taken up estray, what required, and how made, 226.

to be given by auditors to parties, 533.

to be given by commissioners to superintend organization of bank incorporated, 294.
to land-owners to be given, how, when bridge or turnpike of corporation is conveyed to
town, 322.

of commissioners of lunacy, how given if person to be inquired of is not confined, 161.
how, if confined, 162.

of commissioners in partition, 522.

to opposite party required in depositions and service of, 471, 472.

of demand of dower, how may be made for non-residents, 515.

to opposite party in divorce cases may be regulated by supreme court, 334.

of interruption of easement, how served and recorded, to be deemed disturbance of easement, 354.

to be given before issue of writ of estrepement, 524.

of appointment to be given by executor and administrator, 382.

of sales by auction by executors, administrators, and guardians, how to be given, 367.
of executor's account, when it contains credit from sale of real estate, 371.

to executor, administrator, or guardian, on petition for their removal, 371.
to persons of bad fame of their intended removal, 157.

of appointment, and to creditors, to be given by guardian, 387.

how to be served on insane persons when guardian to be appointed, 371.

to party interested in detention when habeas corpus issues, 512.

to attorney-general in case of habeas corpus or criminal detention, 512.

to plaintiff, when to be given on surrender to jail of principal by bail, 499.

from and to tenants, what required to terminate lettings, 525.

for election of militia field officers to be given, how, 607.

to non-residents and persons temporarily absent in partition, 519, 520.

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to be given by probate courts, in what cases, 370; and how, 370.

when may be omitted, 370.

of probate court, before granting administration on estate of convict in state's prison, 568.

of complaint or information for seizure of personal property, how given, 575.

of sale of property for taxes, how to be given, 109.

of intention of second removal of pauper, 156.

how to be given mortgagor if mortgagee bids at auction sale under mortgage, 357.

on petition for filing and recording foreign will, how to be given, 376.

to be given opposite party in equity, except in “ne exeat" and "preliminary injunctions,"

404.

when required in petitions for new trials, 489.

NOTORIETY of bad character of premises or persons, primâ facie evidence of common nuisance, 171.

NUISANCES, penalty for maintaining within one hundred feet of district school-house, 132. to health may be removed by town councils, 169.

at expense of owner, 169.

regulation of, 170.

fines for certain, recoverable by complaint and warrant, 170.

on tide and public waters, provisions regarding, 289.

railroad for public use built without charter or license is, 319, 320.

how to be abated, 320.

common, what are by statute, 170, 171.

what prima facie evidence of, 171.

maintaining, annuls lease, 171.

gives right of entry on leased premises without process, 171.

penalty for maintaining, 171, 187.

for aiding and abetting, and what constitutes, 171.

may be abated by town councils, 171.

what officers may enter houses which are, 171.

NUNCUPATIVE WILLS, by whom may be made, and when valid, 374.

OATHS may be administered by commissioners, 61. who may administer, anywhere in state, 68.

in certain counties and towns, 68.

in connection with certain duties and offices, 68.

may be administered by state auditor, when, 85.

may be administered by town council and councilmen, when, 99.

may be administered by town and city councils, boards of aldermen, and school committees, when, 470.

auditors and referees, 476.

by assessors of taxes on lists of property, 106.

when may be administered by railroad commissioner, 320.

may be administered by commissioners of insolvent estates of deceased persons, 386.

may be administered by coroner, 570, 571.

of general officers, and how administered (Constitution of Rhode Island), 26.

of senators and representatives, 63.

of justices of supreme court, 403.

of other officers civil and military, state and town, 68, 95.

certificate of, to be returned to state by officers civil and military, 68.

of school officers, 131.

of inspector of milk, 248.

of deputy inspector of lime, 232.

of deputy inspectors of beef and pork, 228.

of inspectors of hides and leather, 231.

of auctioneers to returns of tax due on sales, form of, 265.

of common carriers to account of proceeds of unclaimed goods sold, 267.

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of foreman and of jury, in forcible entry and detainer, 528.

of grand juror and petit juror, in civil cases and criminal, form of, 434.

of coroner's jury, form of, 571.

of plaintiff to be presumptive evidence, and of defendant to be purgative in case of trespass for cutting or carrying away trees, wood, &c., 526.

swearing falsely, when oath or affirmation required, to be perjury, 536.

administering or taking, without legal authority, how punishable, 536.
administering to officer for engagement, fees for, 593.

of poor debtors, form of, 504.

conditions of, who may take, 503, 504.

who not to take, 505.

effect of, 505-507.

when citations for may issue, 503-505, 506.

second citation not to issue, except on what conditions, 505.

may be administered pending action, when and how, 505, 506.

or on execution, 506, 507.

OATS to be measured, if imported; fees of measurers; penalty for sale without measurement, 241, 242.

when need not be measured, under act, 242.

thirty-two pounds to be a bushel, 242.

OBLIGATIONS to pay for lottery ticket, or wager on race, or fight, or gambling debt, void, 559. OBSCENE LITERATURE, printing, selling, or circulating, how punishable, 554.

search-warrant for, how issued, 554.

OBSTRUCTING OFFICER, how punishable, 537.

of other states, in transit, how punishable, 570.

inspector of liquors, or deputies, in performance of duty, penalty, 252.

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER false preTENCES, how punishable, 545. OFFENCES punished by statute of state, not to be punished by town ordinance, 99. at common law, not specially provided for, how punishable, 559.

committed, not affected by repeal in chap. 261, unless punishment mitigated, 631. OFFICE, candidature for, at illegal elections, how punishable, 545.

exercising by virtue of illegal election, how punishable, 535.

tenure of, defined and limited, 67, 68, 95.

of honor, or trust, or profit, sentence to state's prison for one year or more makes ineligible to, 568.

OFFICERS, general, who incapacitated for (Constitution of Rhode Island), 27.

general officers of state, how voted for, 51.

election of, to fill vacancy, 67.

what, to be annually elected in May by general assembly in grand committee, 67.
military, commanding, duty of relative to voters qualified by military service, 42, 43.
civil and military, to deliver to secretary of state certificate of engagement, 68.
at close of office to surrender public records and moneys to whom, 75.

holding public moneys, when to account to auditor, 85.

needed to execute town ordinances, may be appointed by town council, 99.

of towns, to be elected in town meeting, 90, 92, 93.

or by council of, empowered in certain cases, 94, 95.

election and qualification of, 93 sq.

what, of towns to be chosen yearly, 93.

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