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ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
PAOX
ABTICLE I. Legislative power
II. Executive power
JII. Judicial power
IV. Relative rights of states
V. How the constitution may be amended
VI. Of former debts, supremacy of the constitution and laws of the United States,
and oath required of public officers
VII. Ratification of the constitution
Amendments.
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OF THE JURISDICTION AND CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 1. Of the jurisdiction of the state, and of land ceded to the United States
2. Of the acquiring of jurisdiction of lands by the United States, within this
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state
3. Of counties
4. Or towns
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35
TITLE II.
OF ELECTIONS.
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CHAPTER 5. Of the rights and qualifications of voters
6. Of the registering, listing, and returning lists of voters, and of proof of
their qualification to vote
7. Of canvassing the rights, and correcting the lists, of voters
8. Of elective meetings
9. Of the manner of conducting elections
10. Of the election of representatives to congress
11. Of the election of electors of president and vice-president of the United
States
12. General provisions concerning elections
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CHAPTER 17. Of the constitution and organization of the general assembly
18. Of petitions to the general assembly
19. Of the enactment, publication, and distribution of the public laws
20. Of certain civil officers elected by the general assembly
21. Of the tenure of office, and of the qualifications of certain officers; of oaths,
and by whom administered
22. Of the construction of statutes
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TITLE V.
OF THE PROPERTY AND REVENUE OF THE STATE, AND OF THE STATE
DEBT.
CHAPTER 23. Of public buildings
24. Of the state library
25. Of the revenue of the state
26. Of the permanent school fund
27. Of the public records .
28. Of the state debt
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TITLE VI.
OF THE STATE TREASURY, AND OF THE OFFICERS THEREOF.
CHAPTER 29. Of the general treasurer
30. Of the state auditor, and of returns to him.
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TITLE VII.
OF TOWNS AND TOWN OFFICERS.
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CHAPTER 31. Of the powers of, and of suits by and against towns
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32. Of calling and warning town meetings .
33. Of the quorum, government, and conduct of town meetings, and of organi-
zation and government of ward meetings
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34. Of the election and qualification of town officers
35. Of the town council
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36. Of the town clerk
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37. Of the town treasurer
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OF THE LEVY, ASSESSMENT, AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
CHAPTER 38. Of property liable to and exempt from taxation
39. Where and to whom property is taxable
40. Of the levy and assessment of taxes
41. Of the collection of taxes
42. Of state taxes
43. General provisions concerning taxes
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TITLE IX.
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
CHAPTER 44. Of the board of education .
45. Of the commissioner of public schools.
46. Of the appropriation for public schools
47. Of the powers and duties of towns, and of the duties of the town treas-
urer and town clerk relative to public schools
48. Of the powers of school districts.
49. Of district meetings
50. Of joint school districts .
51. Of the levy of district taxes
52. Of the trustees of school districts .
53. Of the powers and duties of school committees .
54. Of teachers
55. Of legal proceedings relating to public schools
56. Of the normal school, teachers' institutes, and lectures .
57. Of truant children and absentees from school
58. General provisions relating to public schools.
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TITLE X.
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OF HIGHWAYS, DRIFTWAYS, AND BRIDGES.
CHAPTER 59. Of laying out and making highways and driftways
60. Of repairing highways and bridges
61. Of certain bridges
62. Of travelling on highways
63. Of guide boards .
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TITLE XI.
OF THE SETTLEMENT AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS, AND THE PREVENTION
OF PAUPERISM.
OF THE TOURO FUND, AND CERTAIN STATE CHARITIES.
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CAÁPTER 70. Of the Touro fund
71. Appropriations for the education of indigent blind, deaf and dumb, idiot
and imbecile persons .
TITLE XIV.
OF INTERNAL POLICE.
CHAPTER 72. Of nuisances
73. Of the suppression of certain nuisances
74. Of regulations for the prevention of infectious and contagious diseases
75. Of quarantine
76. Of contagious disease among cattle
77. Of the registration of births, deaths, and marriages
78. Of licensed houses
79. Of the suppression of intemperance
80. Of shows and exhibitions .
81. Of bowling alleys, billiard tables, and shooting galleries
82. Of firearms and fireworks
83. Of dogs
84. Of birds
85. Of ferrets and weasels and hares
86. Of cruelty to animals
87. Of stakes and buoys
88. Of pilots and pilotage, &c.
89. Of the protection of navigation in the Pawtucket River
90. Of wrecks and shipwrecked goods cast upon Block Island
91. Of sea-weed ,
TITLE XV.
PROVISIONS RESPECTING MILLS, FENCES, POUNDS, AND OF ANIMALS AT
LARGE, DOING DAMAGE, AND STRAY.
CHAPTER 92. Of water-mills.
93. Of windmills
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