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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
4
Public Laws from the January session are listed with Chapter 1477 continuing the continuous numbering from the 1896 General Laws Revision. The text shows repeated headings and chapter numbering without narrative detail.
Rhode Island Chapter 1583 amends general laws on liquor licenses, setting limits by population, renewal timing, and fee scales. It changes licensing authority for towns, ties license grants to elections, and clarifies sales rules including Sunday restrictions and export provisions.
The act amends Chapter 600 of the public laws authorizing the general treasurer to hire extra clerical staff at up to 2500 dollars annually, with 1000 dollars added to prior appropriations, and directs the state auditor to issue payments. It also adjusts annual salaries for court officials including chief justice and associate justices, presiding and associate judges, reporters, clerks, and assistants, with a 1000 to 3100 dollar range, and appropriates up to 10000 dollars to carry out the act.
Chapter 1586 authorizes a three dollar bounty for killing wild foxes within the state. A carcass must be presented to a town clerk or state senator with timing and location affidavits, one ear removed for proof, and the state auditor will issue payment from the treasury. The act appropriates thirty thousand dollars for this purpose and repeals conflicting laws, taking effect immediately.
Chapter 1587 Act amends Chapter 44 and Chapter 144 sections on inspection sale and keeping of inflammable and explosive fluids. The provisions are amended to clarify that nothing in the preceding protections shall be construed to alter existing limits or enforcement.
This passage defines application limits for sale or keeping for sale crude oil fuel oil gas oil naphtha benzine or gasoline or any petroleum product for export or for manufacturing mechanical or chemical use or for lighting or benzine under the blowpipe system. The act takes effect on passage.
Chapter 1588 Act fixes the annual salary of the clerk of the district court for the second judicial district at eight hundred dollars. An appropriation of two hundred dollars or as needed is provided to carry out the act for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1908. The state auditor may issue orders on the general treasurer for the required portion. The act takes effect upon passage and repeals conflicting parts of prior laws.
The act amends General Laws to require January annual returns by insurance and surety company agents of amounts insured and premiums received in the prior year and to pay a two percent tax on premiums and assessments. The act takes effect upon passage and repeals inconsistent provisions.
A historical act outlines incorporation and regulation of banks savings banks and trust companies in the state. It defines board of bank incorporation, eligibility of subscribers, notices, and hearings for forming new financial corporations and the required articles of association and capital stock details.
Long extract outlines required notices to subscribers, meeting procedures, and records for forming banks or trust companies in Rhode Island. It details notice timing, signatures, board approval, and certificates to be filed with the secretary of state, with capital stock payment rules and stockholder lists, plus procedures for increasing or decreasing capital stock under existing law.
A discovered ardmatic pleasant herb named Mother Gray's Australian Leare marketed as a certain regulator. Claims cure for female weaknesses, backache, kidneys, bladder, and urinary troubles. Available at druggists or by mail for 60 cents from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy NY.
George H. Douglass, longtime Bristol resident and respected citizen, died at about 4 o'clock this morning at his High Street home after a long illness from heart disease. Born August 29 1432 on Prudence Island, he worked as a carpenter, long employed by National India Rubber Co and Herreshoff, retiring last March. He served in Civil War with Company E 12 Rhode Island Volunteers and was active in Masonry and local G A R posts. He leaves a wife and two nephews. funeral Sunday at 1 15 from his home with Masonic and civic honors.
James T. Goff of Cottage Street Bristol died Saturday morning after a long illness. A gardener born August 24 1831 he served as sergeant in Company E Twelfth Rhode Island Regiment and later was First Sergeant in the Bristol Train of Artillery. Survived by brother Baward Gott and sons Frank Croft and James E. Goff, he had aligned with the police force until 1890. The funeral was at his cottage home with G. A. R. rites and honors from local fire and artillery groups.
Every case of backache and rheumatic pains is dangerous if neglected, as such troubles are often due to weak kidneys. Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are antiseptic and soothe pain quickly. Insist on DeWitt's. Regular size 50c. Sold here by W H Buttington.
An advertisement for Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites urges household use to treat colds, strengthen sickly children, restore thin adults, and aid throat and lung issues. It promises a free atlas of the world in exchange for the paper name, address, and four cents postage. Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl St., New York.
Fenberg Stock Company presents The Life of an Actress at the Bristol Opera House drawing a near full house with standing room only. Manager Luanovon calls it the largest crowd he has ever seen and hopes for a return engagement as the plot follows a country girl facing city obstacles with resolve and aid from friends. An imported Parisian sheath gown in act two and strong interludes between acts heighten the performance.
Havette S Curtis of Boston yesterday became president of the Providence Warren and Bristol Railroad Company succeeding Charles I Choate. Curtis also leads Old Colony Railroad Company, taking Choate's prior role. Shareholders met in Providence to elect a board including Fayette S Onortis Charles S Mellen E F Childs Royal W Watt James C Church and Edwin Milner. Curtis was named president with J G Parker clerk and G B Phippen treasurer. Directors for Boston and Providence Railroad Rhode Island included Mellen Onortis and Taft. Leaseholds previously held by Old Colony Railroad were assumed by the New York New Haven Hartford system.
The President states he will not interfere in the New York senatorial contest as long as Elibua Root is elected. This signals a conditional stance tied to the outcome and names Elibua Root as the preferred candidate.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a natural digestive aid that digests all foods under any conditions and guarantees prompt relief from stomach trouble. It claims it will cure dyspepsia and is sold by W. H. Buffington.
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