Exemption and Rights for Militia under 1909 Public Laws
The January 1909 Public Laws chapters cover militia protections and duties. Exemption from civil process for state militia. right of way for troops. jury duty relief. immunity limits for officers on duty. election-day duty exemptions. encampment warrants. parade ground bounds. corporate privileges. penalties for bystanders. gratuity penalties for physicians. unlawful conversion of military property. wearing unauthorized insignia. and related enforcement provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Guard
Naval Militia
Judge Advocate General
Judge Advocate of the
Naval
Judge Advocate
Army
Navy
Natonial Guard
Naval Niilitia
Order of the Sons of Veterans
Naval Forces
United States Army
United States of America
Militia
Military Law and Fire Safety Provisions in 1909 Act
The document outlines Sec 88 to 98 covering military policing powers, parades, and penalties, plus Chapter 3% regulating open air fires. It details arrest authority near encampments, restrictions on unauthorized military parades, fines, and enforcement, plus fire forbiddances April to December with penalties and forest warden duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Oyster Fisheries Lease Amendments Authorized by Legislature
Chapter 356 act amends public laws governing private oyster grounds. Commissioners may lease state ground by public auction or private contract to eligible inhabitants or state-chartered firms for oyster culture, with stringent conditions on location, duration, and rent. Provisions preserve renewals for on‑site lessees, limit out‑of‑state shipping, and allow special terms for Westerly ponds. act takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries
Brightman's Pond
Babcock
Commissioners of
Shell Fisheries
Narragansett Bay
Pawcatuck River
Act Allows Fraternal Members to Name Homes as Beneficiaries
Chapter 897, approved April 27, 1909, authorizes members of fraternal beneficiary corporations to designate as beneficiary any state home maintained by a secret fraternity or order. With consent of the society, a member may name such a home for care and support of aged, infirm, or dependent relatives, or education of minor children, up to the amount disbursed for the member’s family benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Chapter 398 1909 Bank Insolvency Receiver Provisions
Abstracted act amends sections of 1908 public laws to empower the bank commissioner to seize insolvent banks and appoint receivers, with court support, and outlines duties of receivers, examinations, and potential removal and replacement procedures under the General Laws. Also includes sections on medical examiners, hospital zoning, teacher pensions, town councils, and auditors, all with effective dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
General Assembly
Board of Bank Incorporation
Chapter 400 act on hospitals for contagious diseases
The act prohibits any person, association, corporation, city, or town from establishing hospitals or camps for treating contagious diseases or pulmonary tuberculosis. It was passed on April 29, 1909, and governs how such facilities may be created or operated. The law sets the framework for the establishment of treatment establishments and aims to regulate public health facilities designed for contagious illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eumershaias Ithsas
Sania
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Certification and Dialogue Snippet From an Old Paper
The text presents a certification of true copies by Secretary of State Charles P. Bennett followed by a comic dialogue about anatomy and remedies. It mixes formal attestations with a humorous exchange about an Adam’s apple and Jamaica ginger in a medicine chest. The fragmentary OCR-era content suggests a archival clipping with varied topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Bennett
Samuel
Samail
Hartford railroad electric service begins May 27 1909
Partial notice shows railroad electric service in Hartford going into effect on May 27 1909. The readable fragment mentions N Y NSH. No additional details present.
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NSH
D 'Hartford
Railroad Electric
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Althea Lord
Proprietress of the
Bristol Public Shoe Shining
John Mike
Crary Block
Bristol Fish Market
John Shepard
A Bristo
Francisca Silvia
Bristol
Bristol Phoenix
John M. Coggeshall
Robate
Town OF
Mary A.J. Gladding
Mary A. S. Gladding
Sarah W. Luscomb
Brinatol Phoenix
Bristol, R. I
Catherine O’connor
Rhode Island
Edward J
Quirk
Bristol Av
Bristol Ar
Prov. Ly
Rev. Ar. Bristol
Newport & Providence Railway Company
Newport
G M. Wilbur
M. OC
Fnilding
Hope Street
Church
John Teaple-Drury
Eer
William G- Murphy Mason
Sowamsett Ave
Warren, E.I
A. W. Orgelman
Cole
Lars
State Street
Waldron ‘Brownell CO
Furnitu
Bradford
Rebert
G. W. Simmons
Eee E. Carey
Froprobar
Ephone
Cowevixovien Street
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