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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1895
Page
4
The January 1895 session enacts rules for withdraw and refunds on instalment shares, fines for arrears, and funding rules, plus provisions on bonds and inspections for associations. It also begins the act regulating medical practice with physician registration, board certification, and penalties for unqualified practice.
The act clarifies duties and liabilities of purchasers of railroad and street railway property and authorizes sale to a legally organized corporation. It allows transfer of the railroad and its rights at mutual terms, with payment in stock or bonds at par value. Repeals conflicting laws and takes effect upon passage.
An 1855 act prohibits displaying foreign country flags on state county city town or public school buildings within the state except when the foreign guest is hosted by the United States or the state and the foreign flag may be shown on public buildings excluding public schools. Violators face fines from twenty five to one hundred dollars. An separate appropriation act grants seven hundred dollars annually to hire clerk support in the Office of the Quartermaster General and repeals conflicting acts with the act becoming effective upon passage.
The act amends Chapter 83 to require the board to elect a well qualified physician as secretary, who becomes an ex officio member of the board, the commissioner of public health and state registrar, but he cannot vote on matters where he has a personal interest. The act takes effect upon passage.
The act requires physicians and midwives to report monthly births with full details and sets a twenty five cent per birth fee to be paid by the city or town. A second section of the act prohibits maiming shooting or killing carrier pigeons with fines up to twenty dollars and bans trapping detaining such pigeons unless they bear the owner's markings.
A series of amendments to the Public Statutes includes five year terms for shell fisheries commissioners elected by the general assembly in Providence with salaries up to three hundred dollars and authority to set higher salaries. Other provisions revise inland fisheries oversight, enforce penalties for violations, and require detailed marriage certificates. The acts take effect upon passage and repeal conflicting provisions.
A noted entomologist describes a black water beetle weighing 4.2 grains carrying 858 times its load, equating to a man of 150 pounds lifting a 45 ton locomotive. The note closes with a humorous aside about marriage and family roles.
The Director's F states that directors in major concerns receive about 10 per sitting plus lunch and cigars. Some earn from 5000 to 10000 dollars yearly, with fees paid in gold as soon as they enter the boardroom, reflecting widespread director compensation practices in finance.
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