INDEX.

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Actions pending in supreme court or court of common pleas may be stricken
from the docket, when.....

80
Adjournment, resolutions of.....

223, 224, 228
Adjutant-general, governor to hire rooms for office of...

197
annual report, Appendix, document No. 2.
Heber LeFavour, resolutions on death of..

189
Caleb H. Barney elected......

235
Adlington, Henry F., authorized to peddle without cost.

. 221
Adulteration of food, drugs, liquors, etc., committee on.

· 192
Affidavit, relief of trustee for failure to file

102
Akerman & Co., bill for labor on state law library allowed.

217
Aldermen, boards of, to be ex-officio boards of health....

109
Animals and perishable goods or chattels attached, order for sale of... .... 80
Antietam National Cemetery, transfer of title to, to the United States... 162
Appeals from courts of probate....

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
Assignments with preferences to be void.....

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
Auditor, state, see state auditor.

Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Co., charter amended.. ....... 171
Banks and savings institutions, annual statement of condition, Appendix,

document No. 4.
Banks, commissioners to examine, may administer oaths.....

99
Barn, etc., penalty for breaking and entering in the night time..

83
Barney, Caleb H., elected adjutant-general......

235
Barrington Congregational Parsonage Association, charter of...

178

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Battle of Rhode Island, committee on celebration of.....

187
Beacon Lodge No. 38, I. O. O. F., Wickford, charter of.

184
Benedict, Stephen G., account allowed.....

228
Bird law amended, relative to taking of wild pigeons.....

106
Bland Silver Bill (so called) in congress, resolution in regard 10.

188
Bosworth, Orrin L., account in re Holden election case, allowed.

220
Brakes on passenger cars, what kind to be used.....

112
Breaking and entering in the night time, barn, etc., penalty for....

83
Bristol and Warren, towns of, committee to run out and mark dividing line
between...

193
Bristol county court house, clerk's office in, appropriation for repairs of.. 209
Brown, Hannah, and others, authorized to sell Indian land. ......

211
Brown, Frank J., continued as a state (deaf and dumb) beneficiary...... 214
Brown University, fifteenth annual report on United States land scrip grant,

Appendix, document No. 20.
Brown University, candidates for state scholarships nominated in...... 234, 235
Buildings, etc., breaking and entering in the night time, penalty for..... 83
Buildings, in the city of Providence, act in relation to...

116, 187, 202
Burke, Johanna, continued as a state (blind) beneficiary...

214
Burrillville, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for 101
Butler, S. W., M. D., bill allowed.

218

Capias, of release of persons held on...

92
Carriage house, etc., breaking and entering in the night time, penalty for... 83
Carroll, John M., authorized to peddle without cost.

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
farm....

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......

194
Charnley, Robert, authorized to peddle without cost.

221

CHARTERS GRANTED AND AMENDED:

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Arnold Post, No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic, Providence,
charter of.....

179
Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Company, charter amended 171
Barrington Congregational Parsonage Association, charter of .... 178
Beacon Lodge, No. 38, I. O. O. F., of Wickford, R. I., charter of, 184
Cincinnati, Rhode Island Society of, charter amended ....... 181
Cook's Novelty Works, name changed to Woonsocket Horse Nail
Company..

169
Cook's Worsted Company, see Union Worsted Co..

172
Crompton Company, charter amended...

170
Harmony Cemetery and Chapel Association, of Glocester, charter
amended...

184
Institut Canadien Francais de Woonsocket, charter of..

176
Lafayette Lodge, No. 42, I. 0. 0. F., Scituate, R. I., charter of.. 176
Narragansett Temple of Honor, No. 11, Charlestown, charter of 175
Natick Brass Band Association, Warwick, charter of ....

180
Olney Street Congregational Society, of Providence, R. I., char-
ter of .....

179
Preachers Aid Society of the Providence Conference of the M. E.
Church, charter of.......

177
Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery, charter amended .......... 180
Providence Manufacturing Company, name changed to Slaters-
ville Manufacturing Co.......

172
Reversible Heel Company, charter amended

173
Rhode Island Camp Meeting Association, in Coventry, R. I., char-
ter of.....

183
Rhode Island Historical Society, charter amended....

177
Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati, charter amended

181
Second Seventh Day Baptist Church of Christ, in Westerly, char-
ter of .....

183
Slatersville Manufacturing Co., see Providence Manufacturing Co.. 172
Stafford Manufacturing Company, charter amended .

170
Swan Point Cemetery, act to incorporate proprietors of, amended, 180
Union Worsted Company, name of, changed to Cook's Worsted
Company......

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-
field, R. I., charter of ....

174
Wood River Chapel Society, in Richmond, charter of
Woonsocket Horse Nail Co., see Cook's Novelty Works

169
Woonsocket Reform Club, charter of.....

174

182

215

111
220, 221

181

96

96

218

161

81

221

221

83
81
80

98

99

92

113

114

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Cheever, Annie C., name of Annie C. Scheedel changed to..
Children, act to prevent and punish wrongs to......
Church, Joseph C., accounts allowed......
Cincinnati, Rhode Island Society of, charter amended......
City, limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by, or taxes imposed upon
City, contracts of, to be fulfilled, etc.,
Clarke, Charles D., account allowed.....

221
Clarke, Thomas H., account allowed.....
Clerks, town, to take school census annually.....
Clerks of courts, Newport county, may employ assistants.
Colt, Samuel P., account allowed......
Colvin, Caleb W., authorized to peddle without cost...
Common nuisance, penalty for keeping....
Common pleas, court of, county of Newport, clerk may employ assistant ...
Common pleas, court of, may order actions stricken from the docket....
Common pleas, court of, to be holden in each county and quorum of...
Common pleas, court of, power of, to sentence prisoners....
Congress, representatives in, votes at special election for, counting of...
Constables in city of Providence, appointment, powers, etc., of.......
Constables appointed in towns outside of Providence, not to serve process in

Providence, except...
Conveyances by insolvent debtor, to be void....
Cooke, Isaac, authorized to peddle without cost.....
Cook's Novelty Works, name of, changed to “Woonsocket Horse Nail Com-

pany”.
Cook's Worsted Company, name of “Union Worsted Co.," changed to..
Copeland, George II., account allowed........
Corporations, secretary of state to report on, relative to returns of organ iza-

201
tion, etc., under chapters 366 and 532, public laws......
Corporations, railroad, to attach power brakes to passenger cars.....
Correction, house of, in Providence, act to establish, amended..
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.......-
Craig, James, authorized to peddle without cost..
Cranston, town of, board of staie charities authorized to convey land to,

highway.......
Cranston, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for....
Creditors, act to prevent preferences to.
Crier of courts, Providence county, salary of..
Criminal cases, of proceedings in....
Crompton Company, charter amended..

165

221

169

172

219

112

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Cross, Samuel H., member of state board of education, account allowed..... 218
Cross, William D., account allowed.......

220
Cumberland, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for.... 100
Currey, Samuel, estate of, account allowed.......

219

Darling, Edwin, commissioner on Providence county court house, vote of
thanks to......

196
Duaghaday, Harry A., appointed state beneficiary......

213
Davis & Pitman, account for printing for general assembly allowed... 218
Deaf semi-mules, appropriation for education of.....

200
Debt, limit of, which may be incurred by any town or city......

96
Debtors, insolvent, act to prevent pre erences by ...

163
Defendant, trustee of, liability of, how determined..

101
Dennis, Charles R., account for services as acting adjutant-general, allowed. 218
Dockets of courts, actions may be stricken from, in certain cases.

80
Duplessis, Moses H., pardoned and released from state prison. ...

216
Dutch Island Cemetery, committee on repairs of, account allowed.

218
Dyer, Elisha, Jr, appointed member of state board of health...

237

East Providence, town of, number of grand and petit jurors to be drawn for 101
Education, annual appropriation for......

158
Education, state board of, governor to hire suitable rooms for......

197
Education, state board of, authorized to appoint certain deaf semi-mutes as
state beneficiaries.....

200
Education, state board of, account of members of, for expenses.

218
Evening schools, appropriation for support of..

201
Executions in case of trustee process, form of..

102
Exempt from taxation, plantations of trees to be..

94

Falvey, Daniel, authorized to peddle without cost....

... 221
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
Farm, state, appropriation for......

199
Fenner, Nicholas A., account allowed.......

219
Fifth regiment R. I. artillery vols., transfer of custody of fag of..

201
Fiscal year, state, to run from January to December, inclusive..

153
Fisher, Charles H., M. D., account allowed......

218
Fisher, Charles H., M. D., appointed member of state board of health...... 237
Fisher, Lewis T., sheriff, account allowed......

227
Fisheries, inland, secretary of state to prepare manual of laws for use of
commissioners ...

202