SHERIFFS, to be elected annually, one for each county, to give bond, may appoint special deputies, liable for neglects and misfeasances of deputies and jailers, may command aid, after death of, deputies and jailers may officiate, to distribute laws, proclamations, &c. execution against, how directed and served, to deliver official papers to successors, fees of, 147, 150 to return commissions to secretary which are not taken by the 543 may order out militia to suppress riots, &c. 519 335 may seize rioters, in case, deputies of, not eligible as members of the general assembly, deputies of, to be sworn and to give bond, deputies of, may act after death of sheriff, deputies of, may be removed from office by the supreme court SHERIFF OF PROVIDENCE, to attend commencement of Brown Univer- SHIPPER OF GOODs to be deemed owner, so far as relates to consignee, 279 SHOWS, may be regulated by town councils, amount to be paid for, license for, SLAVES where to be supported, and by whom, SMALL-POX, house infected with, to have a flag at front door, 351 351 342 316 SPEAKER of house of representatives, official visitor of state prison, 418 pleas in bar, unnecessary in civil actions in justices courts, STATE PRISON, penalty for communicating from without with prison- ers in, 397 assault, &c., by prisoner in, on warden, &c., how punished, 398 412 sentence to, effect of, act in relation to the officers and discipline of, sheriff of county of Providence, to be warden of, in case, 399, 412, 413 413 414 415 416 STATE PRISON, underkeepers in, to be appointed by the warden, moral and religious instructor in, to be licensed by inspector, inmates of, not to be communicated with, without leave, 417 414 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 inmates of, effects of, to be kept or sold, for their use, 418 inmates of, to receive only prison allowance, 419 inmates of, to receive four dollars when discharged, 419 upper cells in, may be used as part of the county jail, for per- 538 accounts of, to be kept distinct from those of the jail, of England, which are part of the common law of the state, STOCK, in incorporated companies, liable to attachment, STOVES AND STOVE PIPES, towns may appoint persons to superintend STONE, in quarry, may be sold by executors, administrators and guard- 225 300 SUIT, how to be brought on bond of jailer in Providence county, 82 139 against heirs and devisees, in what order to be satisfied, SUMMONS, for witnesses before justices' court, by whom to be signed, 107 SURETIES OF THE PEACE, proceedings to procure, SURETY in bond for liberty of jail-yard, may surrender his principal, districts of, to be assigned by town councils, duties of, 401 167 141 304 323 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328 SWEARING OUT OF JAIL, proceedings in, 168 T TAVERN, penalty for keeping, without license, 495 TAXES, act regulating the assessing and collecting of, 424 425 TAXES, to be assessed according to lists of property brought in, unless known to be false, on real estate, may be assessed on owner or occupant, on real estate, real estate liable for, on unimproved lands, how collected, on absent persons, how collected, person refusing to pay, may be committed to jail, 426 426 426 427 427 427 town, how assessed and collected, 430 warrants for collection of, to be in force till the whole are col- lected, assessors and collectors of, when may be chosen, meeting houses, school houses, and burial grounds, exempt 431 431 432 432 432 on certain machinery, to be assessed in town where operated, 432 432 432 433 towns may assume state, and pay out of treasury, 443 64 261 297 town, not to be imposed unless notice be given in warrant for 297 collector of, to give certificate of payment of taxes to qualify a 483 collector of, refusing to give certificate, how punished, penalty on collector of, for neglect in relation to military taxes, 522 on enrolled militia, declared to be an assessed tax under con- 522 on enrolled militia, may be remitted by town councils, 522 331 331 332 332 TESTIMONY, what requisite in indictments for passing counterfeit bank bills, 392 TENANT in common, in committing waste, forfeits estate wasted, for life, absent seven years, remainder man may enter on estate, 250 261 TENDER, defendants may plead, in certain cases, 126 TERMS, of the courts, 102 THEATRICAL EXHIBITIONS, and places of amusement, act relative to, 351 TOLL BRIDGES, AND TURNPIKES, act relative to, 337 337 337 TOURO ABRAHAM, legacy given by, accepted, 476 ate, TOURO JEWISH SYNAGOGUE FUND, acts to secure and appropri- Towns, that constitute each county, quota of jurors, 476, 477, 478 62 155 may regulate building of chimnies and placing of stoves, 300 to elect certain officers, 301 to repair highways and bridges, 322 neglecting to repair highways and bridges, to be indicted, may appoint measurers of grain, salt, shorts and seacoal, to record certificates of marriages, births and deaths, 269 283 may appoint deputies, to notify estrays and how, to issue warrants for town meetings, penalty on, for refusing to issue warrants for town meetings, to be clerks of town councils, town council may appoint, in case, to keep record of proceedings in relation to estrays, 297 298 303 303, 493 303 372 372 to record votes of town council in relation to registry of voters, 489 492 to furnish senators and representatives with certificates of election, 493 courts of probate, TOWN CLERKS, to return to general treasurer the number of licenses to record the lists of enrolled militia, returned to them by as- 498 504 523 TOWN COUNCILS, to examine jury boxes and draw jurors, and when, 154 to enquire into use of property given for charitable uses, members of, to be chosen by one vote, 155 208 223 301 may appoint a clerk pro tem., town clerk being absent, 303 make rules to prevent the spreading of contagious disease, 309 may make quarantine laws, 309 quarantine laws to be published, 311 may appoint sentinel on quarantine ground, 309 may appoint health officer, 310 rules made by, to be enforced by officers, 311 to send proper person on board a vessel having contagion, to adjust charges for cleansing goods, &c., infected, to make rules relative to those who enter their towns, by land, 312 313 314 may remove to hospital, persons infected with contagion, to determine money to be expended in any district on highways, 323 to determine where guide-posts shall be set, 329 may order paupers removed to their place of settlement, 342 to remove persons of bad fame, 348 may order persons of bad fame to depart their towns, 350 may examine persons under oath, relative to voters, 487, 488, 543 |