INDEX. PAGE. Actions pending in supreme court or court of common pleas may be stricken from the docket, when..... Adjournment, resolutions of..... Adjutant-general, governor to hire rooms for office of.. annual report, Appendix, document No. 2.. Adlington, Henry F., authorized to peddle without cost. 80 223, 224, 228 197 189 235 221 192 Affidavit, relief of trustee for failure to file 102 Akerman & Co., bill for labor on state law library allowed. 217 109 Animals and perishable goods or chattels attached, order for sale of.. 80 162 109 Appropriations for fiscal year ending December 31, 1878.. 155 Appropriations, additional, for year ending April 30, 1878..... 84 234 179 165 Assistant attorney-general, Edmund S. Hopkins, elected.... 234 80 Attachment or levy on property of insolvent debtor, how dissolved.... Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Co., charter amended.. .. 163 171 Banks and savings institutions, annual statement of condition, Appendix, Banks, commissioners to examine, may administer oaths.. 99 83 235 Barrington Congregational Parsonage Association, charter of. 178 Battle of Rhode Island, committee on celebration of..... Bird law amended, relative to taking of wild pigeons.... PAGE. 187 184 228 106 188 220 112 83 Breaking and entering in the night time, barn, etc., penalty for... ... 193 Bristol county court house, clerk's office in, appropriation for repairs of.. 209 116, 187, 202 214 Brown University, candidates for state scholarships nominated in...... 234, 235 218 Capias, of release of persons held on....... 92 Carriage house, etc., breaking and entering in the night time, penalty for... 83 221 Cars, passenger, to have power brakes attached..... 112 Cattle, diseases among, state board of health to investigate.. 107 Cattle commissioners, office of, abolished..... 108 Cattle commissioners, report of, Appendix, document No. 13. Cawley, Thomas F., and others, authorized to inherit real estate of John Cawley, an alien................ 212 Census of children of school age, to be annually taken... 161 Chace, Jonathan, account allowed. 219 Chapman, Charles H., deputy sheriff, account allowed.... 220 Charities and corrections, board of, authorized to convey land to town of Cranston for highway.. 198 Charities and corrections, board of, authorized to repair road leading to state 198 Charities and corrections, appropriations for... ... 199 report of board, Appendix, document No. 5. Charlestown pond, petition for protection of inlet to, referred to commission- ers of shell fisheries... Charnley, Robert, authorized to peddle without cost. ... 194 221 CHARTERS GRANTED AND AMENDED: PAGE. Arnold Post, No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic, Providence, 179 Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Company, charter amended 171 181 ... 184 ... 176 Harmony Cemetery and Chapel Association, of Glocester, charter amended..... Institut Canadien Francais de Woonsocket, charter of.... ...... .... 180 179 Preachers Aid Society of the Providence Conference of the M. E. 177 Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery, charter amended..... 180 ville Manufacturing Co..... 172 Reversible Heel Company, charter amended ... 173 Rhode Island Camp Meeting Association, in Coventry, R. I., char- 183 Rhode Island Historical Society, charter amended.... 177 Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati, charter amended Second Seventh Day Baptist Church of Christ, in Westerly, char- ... 181 183 ...... Slatersville Manufacturing Co., see Providence Manufacturing Co.. 172 Woinkbeige Division No. 9, Sons of Temperance, of North Smith- 174 Wood River Chapel Society, in Richmond, charter of 182 169 174 Clarke, Charles D., account allowed.. Cheever, Annie C., name of Annie C. Scheedel changed to.... Cincinnati, Rhode Island Society of, charter amended...... City, limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by, or taxes imposed upon PAGE. 215 111 220, 221 96 96 221 Clarke, Thomas H., account allowed.... 218 Clerks, town, to take school census annually...... 161 Colt, Samuel P., account allowed.............. Clerks of courts, Newport county, may employ assistants... 81 221 Common nuisance, penalty for keeping.... Colvin, Caleb W., authorized to peddle without cost... 221 of..... Congress, representatives in, votes at special election for, counting of... Providence, except...... Conveyances by insolvent debtor, to be void.................. Common pleas, court of, county of Newport, clerk may employ assistant ... 81 83 80 98 99 92 113 114 165 Cook's Novelty Works, name of, changed to "Woonsocket Horse Nail Com 221 Cook's Worsted Company, name of "Union Worsted Co.," changed to.. Corporations, secretary of state to report on, relative to returns of organ tion, etc., under chapters 366 and 532, public laws...... Corporations, railroad, to attach power brakes to passenger cars. Court houses and jails, appropriation for................ Courts may order sale of animals and perishable property under attachment. 80 Cove basin, Providence, dredging of, authority for completion of...... highway..... Cranston, town of, board of state charities authorized to convey land to, 221 for Creditors, act to prevent preferences to. Cranston, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for.. 198 100 Criminal cases, of proceedings in...... Crier of courts, Providence county, salary of. 163 82 Crompton Company, charter amended... 92 170 PAGE. .... 220 Cross, Samuel H., member of state board of education, account allowed..... 218 219 Darling, Edwin, commissioner on Providence county court house, vote of 196 Duaghaday, Harry A., appointed state beneficiary. 213 Davis & Pitman, account for printing for general assembly allowed. .... 218 Deaf semi-mutes, appropriation for education of...... 200 Debt, limit of, which may be incurred by any town or city...... Dennis, Charles R., account for services as acting adjutant-general, allowed. 218 80 216 218 237 East Providence, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for 101 158 Education, state board of, governor to hire suitable rooms for.............. 197 200 Education, state board of, account of members of, for expenses. Falvey, Daniel, authorized to peddle without cost...... 221 Farm, state, board of state charities authorized to convey land of, for high- ... 198 Farm, state, board of state charities authorized to repair road leading to.... 198 199 Fenner, Nicholas A., account allowed...... ... 219 Fifth regiment R. I. artillery vols., transfer of custody of flag of.. ... 201 153 Fisher, Charles H., M. D., account allowed....... 218 Fisher, Charles H., M. D., appointed member of state board of health...... 237 227 Fisheries, inland, secretary of state to prepare manual of laws for use of commissioners 202 |