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.. 46 annual report, Appendix, document No. 2.. Adlington, Henry F., authorized to peddle without cost.. ..... 80 223, 224, 228 197 Akerman & Co., bill for labor on state law library allowed. Appeals from courts of probate.... 189 235 221 192 102 217 109 80 162 109 Appropriations for fiscal year ending December 31, 1878.... 155 Appropriations, additional, for year ending April 30, 1878.... 84 Arnold, Charles M., elected clerk of the justice court, Woonsocket.... 234 Arnold Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic, Providence, charter of.... 179 165 Assistant attorney-general, Edmund S. Hopkins, elected.... 234 Attachment of perishable goods, etc., order for sale.... 80 Attachment or levy on property of insolvent debtor, how dissolved...... 163 Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Co., charter amended... 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 PAGE. Battle of Rhode Island, committee on celebration of..... 187 184 228 Bird law amended, relative to taking of wild pigeons.... 106 188 220 112 Breaking and entering in the night time, barn, etc., penalty for....... 83 193 Bristol county court house, clerk's office in, appropriation for repairs of.... 209 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 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 charter of...... Cook's Novelty Works, name changed to Woonsocket Horse Nail Company... Cook's Worsted Company, see Union Worsted Co.. Crompton Company, charter amended.... Harmony Cemetery and Chapel Association, of Glocester, charter 181 169 172 170 ... 184 176 Institut Canadien Francais de Woonsocket, charter of..... Preachers Aid Society of the Providence Conference of the M. E. 179 177 ...... 180 Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery, charter amended ville Manufacturing Co...... . 172 Reversible Heel Company, charter amended ... 173 Rhode Island Camp Meeting Association, in Coventry, R. I., char- Second Seventh Day Baptist Church of Christ, in Westerly, char- . 183 Slatersville Manufacturing Co., see Providence Manufacturing Co.. 172 170 Swan Point Cemetery, act to incorporate proprietors of, amended, 180 172 Warwick Central Freewill Baptist Church, charter of 182 Warwick Railroad Company, charter amended..... 173 Woinkheige Division No. 9, Sons of Temperance, of North Smith- PAGE. Cheever, Annie C., name of Annie C. Scheedel changed to...... 215 111 Church, Joseph C., accounts allowed.... 220, 221 Cincinnati, Rhode Island Society of, charter amended............. 181 City, limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by, or taxes imposed upon 96 96 Clerks of courts, Newport county, may employ assistants... 81 Colt, Samuel P., account allowed... 221 Colvin, Caleb W., authorized to peddle without cost... 221 Common nuisance, penalty for keeping................ 83 Common pleas, court of, county of Newport, clerk may employ assistant ... Cook's Novelty Works, name of, changed to "Woonsocket Horse Nail Com- Cook's Worsted Company, name of "Union Worsted Co.," changed to...... 172 219 Corporations, secretary of state to report on, relative to returns of organiza- tion, etc., under chapters 366 and 532, public laws...... 201 Corporations, railroad, to attach power brakes to passenger cars... 112 114 Court houses and jails, appropriation for.. 159 Courts may order sale of animals and perishable property under attachment. 80 115 221 Cranston, town of, board of state charities authorized to convey land to, for ... 198 Cranston, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for....... 100 PAGE. Cross, Samuel H., member of state board of education, account allowed..... 218 220 Cumberland, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for.... 100 219 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........ 218 200 Debt, limit of, which may be incurred by any town or city...... 96 Debtors, insolvent, act to prevent preferences by 163 Defendant, trustee of, liability of, how determined... 101 Dennis, Charles R., account for services as acting adjutant-general, allowed. 218 80 216 Dutch Island Cemetery, committee on repairs of, account allowed.......... 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 state beneficiaries..... ... 200 Education, state board of, account of members of, for expenses.. Farm, state, board of state charities authorized to convey land of, for high- way.. 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 |