to hear complaints of paupers not settled, 155. orders of removal, how made, and when, 155, 156. consent and approval, when required for indenture of apprentices, 340, 341. advice and consent of, when poor children are bound out as apprentices by overseers of to hear reports of cases of confinement in asylums and poor-houses, 151. to send insane paupers to state asylum, penalty for neglect, 165. may remove from town persons of bad fame, 156. may make ordinances repressing truancy, 130. may sue for in name of town, or remit penalty given town, 574. appeals from, must be made in forty days, 100. to draw jurors and make lists of, 432. penalty for neglect, 432. may cite and examine persons suspected of having personalty of persons dying without to make up militia rolls, when, 601. penalty for neglect, 601, 623. to provide armories, 610. treasurers, and clerks exempt from militia duty, 602. "TOWN COUNCILS," words also include boards of aldermen, 69. TOWN MEETINGS for election. See Elective Meetings. annual and special, when and how called and held, 90, 91. TOWN OFFICERS, what to be chosen annually, 93. tenure of office of, 95. TOWN ORDINANCE, expense of process under not to be paid by state, 99. no person obliged to serve as oftener than once in seven years, 441. penalty for refusing office of when legally elected, 441. bonds of and duties of, 441. part of state police, 188. powers of as such, 188, 189. penalty for refusal to serve process, 441. has power to command aid in performance of his duties, 441. to serve warrant for town meeting, 90, 91. may abate gambling and liquor places within three miles of militia training, 614. may seize liquors in their towns, when, 191. duties and liabilities of, under dog act, 201, 202. powers of, when removing paupers under order of council, 155, 156; duties of, 155, 156. to execute orders of council in removing nuisances, 169. may enforce quarantine regulations, 177. to summon jurors, how, 432, 433. penalty for neglect, 433. taking bribe, how punishable, 538. words include city sergeant, 69. TOWN TREASURER, when to be chosen, 93. bonds of, accounts of, and duties, 101. to issue warrant for collection of taxes, 107. warrants against, relative to state tax, 112. to transmit auctioneers' bonds to general treasurer, 263. when to account to general treasurer for liquor and other moneys held by him, 189. TOWN TREASURER - Continued. to pay damages for lay out of highways and driftways, 135. to sue for penalties of quarantine regulations, 178. to sue for penalty if no report by householder of contagious disease, 174. to sue for wages due for guarding, &c., infected vessel, when, 174. to sue for penalty for bringing pauper into town where no settlement, 153, 156. to sue for appraised damage by dog, 202. to keep separate account of dog moneys, 201. to receive animals from pound-keeper and sell, when, 223. duty and powers of, relative to estates of persons dying without known heirs, 393, 394. to pay needed labor not covered by highway tax, 140. TRANSITORY ACTION, in what county to be brought, 443. TRANSPORTATION of goods; companies, corporations, and partnerships conducting, to have to file power of attorney with secretary of state, with charter and list of partners, 266. process served on attorney to be deemed served on principals, 266. TRAVELLERS with teams on highway, how to pass each other, 146. TREASON, PETIT, not distinguished from murder, to be prosecuted and punished as murder 565. TREASON AND MISPRISION of, against the state, what is, and how punished, 534. what evidence required for conviction, 534. offences only triable before supreme court, 535. TREASURER, GENERAL AND TOWN, has special court action against tax collector, when, 412. TREASURER, GENERAL, powers, duties, and liabilities of, 77 sq. vacancy in office, how filled, 67. holds moneys received from United States for condemned land subject to order of court, 34. orders on, not exceeding twenty dollars, may be drawn by governor, 57. to give certificate of payment of tax on charters, 73. to issue warrants for collection of state tax, when, 74. custodian of school fund, 74. how to invest, 75. registry of state coupon bonds by, 76. to destroy paid bonds of state, when and how, 76, 77. may purchase bonds of state, how, 77. when to issue warrants relative to state tax, 112. to sue for penalty when town treasurer does not return auctioneers' bonds, 263. not to give security for costs when he sues on auctioneer's bond, 263. to receive returns of tax on sale due from auctioneers, when, 264, 265. to receive accounts and proceeds of unclaimed goods sold by common carriers, 267. may issue licenses to hawkers and peddlers, fees for, conditions of, 268, 269. may transfer hawkers' and peddlers' licenses, fees for, 269. to keep record of such licenses, 269. to have copy of writ sued out under hawkers' and peddlers' act, 269, 270. to receive accounts of commissioner of wrecks, 213; and allow compensation to, when, 214. to sue commissioner of wrecks if moneys not paid over, when, 214. may vote on stock of state in national or state banks, 295. ex officio a director in state banks wherein state is a stockholder, 295. to sue for penalty for neglect in banks and savings banks returns, 302. to receive deposits of insurance companies, when, 311; to certify to, 311; to examine, duty of, in case of deficiency of insurance deposits, 312. to receive penalties and forfeitures due state, 575. TREASURER, GENERAL- Continued. to pay share of forfeited recognizance belonging to complainant or other person, how, 575. to pay city of Providence for minors committed to reform school, 567. exempt from jury duty, 430. exempt from militia duty, 602. TREASURER of school district, 118. of towns. See Town Treasurer. TREASURY, of state, provisions for ordering and management of, 78 sq. where located and when open, 78. not liable for expense of process under town ordinances, 99. See Treasurer General. wood and undergrowth, penalty for cutting or carrying off in civil action, 526. TRESPASS, action for, to be brought within four years, 446. discontinued against some of the defendants, costs how apportioned, 480. for killing, wounding, or poisoning animal of another, what damages, 546. given for cutting or carrying away trees, undergrowth, &c. 526. of cattle on unfenced marsh land, remedy for, 221. commissioners of inland fisheries not liable for, entering or crossing private lands, 289. given for injury caused by crime, or offence, 445. conditions of such, when, 445. TRESPASS AND EJECTMENT, or quare clausum, in justice courts, pleading and practice in right of entry without actual entry, sufficient seizin for, 474. special court judgment in, not a bar to similar actions in other courts, 413. to file notice of acceptance in writing, 415. actions against, to be brought in town adjoining jurisdiction of, 417, 453, 454. may adjourn hearing on citation for poor debtor's oath, when, 507. may issue search-warrant for female enticed into house of prostitution, when, 553. may remit costs in criminal cases, when, and co-jointly with whom, 568. exempt from jury duty, 430. exempt from militia duty, 602. TROUT, when not to be caught, 285; penalty, 285. TROVER, actions and causes of actions of, survive, 444. TRUANCY, provisions to repress, 130. what officers may make complaint of, 131. TRUSTAN POND, South Kingstown, penalty for taking more than two bushels of oysters TRUSTS, application of cy pres to, on petition or bill, 363. property may be sold by decree of supreme court, when, TRUSTEES, property in hands of, where taxable, 104. of non-residents, how cited to pay taxes for, 111. of school districts, 118. may call meeting of school districts, 119. need not give notice of district tax, 122. of joint school districts, 120. of school districts, duties and powers of, 123. 363. school to have notice if certificate of teacher is annulled, 125. if teacher is dismissed, 127. to have notice of apportionment of school funds, 126. of Normal School, who are, 129; duties of, 130. of reform school of Providence, who to be and how to be chosen, 580. powers and duties of, 581, 582. may bind out inmates as apprentices or servants, 582. how appointed for person under legal disability, interested in lay out of highway or drift- of married women, how appointed, and duties of, 331, 332. may be appointed by supreme court on petition, 362. may enter into rule for arbitration, 363. interest in trust no objection when nominated by person creating trust, 362. title to trust estate vested in by decree of court without conveyance from old trustees, 362. infant may be required to convey, when, 363. purchase money due, subject to decree of supreme court, 363. of railroads, for bondholders; personal liability of for managing road, 364. in foreign attachment act, includes attorney, agent, factor, and debtor, 462. TRUSTEE PROCESS, service of writs in, 458. See Foreign Attachment. TRUTH, full justification of libel or slander, may be proved on written notice filed with plea, 466. TUBS for butter, how branded; penalty for omission, 247, 248. TUITION MONEY, received by districts and towns, to be used for school purposes, 124. to keep account of tolls received, 322. how may convey its property to town; effect of such conveyance, 322. TURNPIKES, if not kept in repair by corporation, may be opened by justice of supreme court, keeper of, penalty for taking illegal tolls, 322. special court common pleas, powers of regarding, 413. UNCLAIMED GOODS, in hands of common carriers, how and when may be sold, 267. UNDER-RAKE may be used for oysters in Point Judith and South Kingstown ponds, 276. duties and returns of death, 181, 182. to register names and residence, 182. fees for so doing, 182. UNITED STATES, persons in service of not to gain voting residence by living in state on purchase of lands by, 33. how land acquired by, if owner cannot or will not sell, 33. lands ceded to, 32, 33. subject to process of state, 32, 33. exempt from taxation, 33, 102. distribution of laws of, 65, 66. bonds and securities of, exempt from taxation, 102. to have two thirds of penalties for injuring stakes and buoys in Narragansett Bay, when, legal currency of, excepted from bank law of state, 303. marshals and revenue officers exempt from jury duty, 430. may commit to any jail and to pay what for prisoner committed, 577. prisoners of, may be sent to state's prison, 585. members of congress, mail carriers, officers, and revenue officers, exempt from militia officers of, judicial and executive, and vice-president, exempt from militia duty, 601. how, 157-159. USURY LAW, 270. interest to be six per cent. unless otherwise stipulated, 270. VACANCY in board of education, how filled, 114, 115. in state board of pharmacy, how filled, 254. in general assembly, proceedings in case of, 63. in general offices of state, how filled, 67. in justice courts' clerks, or trial justices' offices, how filled, 415, 416. in pilot commissioners, how filled, 209. in senate and house of representatives, to be filled by new election (Constitution of Rhode in house of representatives, 54, 55. in senate of United States membership for Rhode Island, how filled, 66. in school committee, how filled, 117. in school district, offices how filled, 118. in supreme court, permanent and temporary, how filled (Constitution of Rhode Island), 27. VACATION, proceedings when rule petitioned for in, 475. costs in cases heard in, 480. VACCINATION, to be provided gratuitously by towns, 176. of convicts in state's prison and Providence county jail, 586. VAGABONDS and sturdy beggars, how punishable, 555. to be sent to work-house and house of correction, 565. VENIRE for jurors, when to issue, 433. VENUE, of real and personal actions, 443. of criminal prosecutions, 562, 563. of actions before justice courts, 417. of bastardy complaints, 158, 159. of actions for partition, 519. of actions on assigned promissory notes, 443. of action brought for injury to stakes and buoys in Narragansett Bay, 208, 209. of political and treasonable prosecutions, 535. questions not involving jury may be by agreement transferred to another county, 468. VERDICT of not guilty on account of insanity, how rendered, 163. proceedings upon, 163. of coroner's jury, form of, and to be certified to what court, 572. of jury to assess damage under flowage act, form of, 216, 217. how may be given, when miscarriage, infanticide, or murder of pregnant woman joined may be for lesser offence than charged in indictment, 564. question submitted to jury, to proceed to at discretion of judge, 468. VESSELS, what to take pilots, and liability for pilots' fees, 209, 210. not to make fast to stakes and buoys in Pawtucket River, 211. not to make fast to stakes and buoys in Narragansett Bay, penalty for, 208, 209. liability of, for injury to buoys or stakes placed by United States in Narragansett Bay, penalty for master of, bringing paupers or criminals into state, 153. duty of master to report passengers brought into state by, 153. penalty for neglect or false report, 153, 154. security to be given by owner or master for persons brought, if not more than six months |