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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
4
Public laws from the January 1909 session amend Chapter 87 to place for neglected children in good families of same faith with education in public or suitable schools. The board becomes legal guardians and may return children to institution or family if mistreated. Act takes effect immediately.
An 1908 act adds a section directing the attorney general to file in Providence Superior Court after six months for unclaimed deposited funds. Money and interest would go to the general treasurer, usable by law, with rights of claim preserved by petition to the court. The act becomes effective on passage.
An act approved April 30 1909 amends Chapter 181 Section 1 to define the state auditor as insurance commissioner and allows appointment of a deputy who can act in the commissioner's absence. The deputy bears responsibility for the commissioner’s misconduct and service of process on the deputy is valid as on the commissioner. The act takes effect upon passage.
Chapter 406 amends the Court and Practice Act to empower the Providence superior court clerk with approval by justices to appoint up to seven assistant clerks and hire clerical help for copying recording indexing and file attendance at an annual cost not exceeding 750 dollars. An appropriation of 1800 dollars funds the act with the state auditor directing payments on clerk approved vouchers. The act takes effect upon passage.
Amendment increases annual library purchases and clerical support under the state supreme court. It authorizes 5500 dollars for books binding and incidental expenses, plus 1500 dollars additional appropriation for the state law library with vouchers. Effective on passage, repealing inconsistent provisions.
An act fixes annual salaries for assistant clerks of the Superior Court in Providence and Bristol, excluding the Bristol office, at not more than 2200 dollars each. Salaries are to be set by a majority of the justices, with the act taking effect upon passage.
The act amends Chapter 1466 of 1907 to expand the Metropolitan Park Commission for Providence Plantations. It adds five governor appointed commissioners and defines terms, qualifications, and vacancy rules. It also addresses section redefinitions and outlines election and publication procedures for related constitutional amendments.
The act lists Providence Pawtucket Central Falls East Providence Cranston Warwick Johnston North Providence Lincoln Barrington and Cumberland voting districts 3 4 5 as the Metropolitan Park District of Providence Plantations. It states the act takes effect upon passage and repeals inconsistent prior acts.
The text outlines an amendment proposed by the 1909 general assembly to reform the state House of Representatives. It sets a cap of one hundred members, base on population with fractional representation rules, guarantees at least one member per town or city, and allows reapportionment after censuses. It specifies election timing, districting rules, and publication and enactment procedures.
Fragmentary text mentions town ward and district meetings to be conducted by law, general state officers election, and act take effect upon. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but reference governance procedures and timing for meetings and elections.
The proposed amendment outlines governor veto power and a three fifths vote to override in each house with journal entry of votes shown. It details passage timing six day window for gubernatorial return and effect upon adjournment, and sets the November electors measure as Sec two. The act specifies publication and reading procedures for the elector warrants and the statewide processing rules.
A Graniteville Vermont letter from Mrs Cuns Barclay testifies to the benefits of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness and menopausal symptoms. The notice claims thirty years of cures for female complaints and urges others to try the remedy, calling it worth mountains of gold for suffering women.
The act amends Section 2 to require the board to study marriage and divorce, insolvency, notarial deeds, property, wills, bills of lading, natural resources, wildlife, agriculture, forestry, and to coordinate with other states or federal bodies to draft uniform laws for adoption. Includes attestations by Secretary of State Charles P Bennett and a comic aside about Bjones in Wigwag.
A fragmented notice from May 1909 references an electrical service inquiry. Readable bits suggest a routine schedule or inquiry related to electrical work or service, with entities not clearly identifiable due to text damage.
Newport and Providence Railway Company issues a time table listing train arrivals and departures. Details include station stops, scheduled times, and operating days. The compact card outlines service intervals for passengers and freight movements along the route.
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