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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1903
Page
4
Poem reflecting grief for a child, with religious imagery of heaven and the afterlife. The speaker vows the child will never grow old or be tired, contrasting earthly sorrow with divine protection. Ends abruptly with an unrelated line about stationery.
This December 1902 public law chapter updates election by secret ballot definitions to require two percent of votes for governor to qualify a political party and revises nominations for wards or voting districts. It also regulates probate court fees, setting base filing fees and tiered increases tied to estate value, with exemptions for pension recovery and low estate values. A clerk and district judge may share duties on assigned docket.
The act revises Section 15 of Chapter 162 of the General Laws to allow the general treasurer to issue nontransferable licenses to resident veterans of the Civil War or those who served the United States faithfully in war. Licenses cover watches jewelry gold silver and German silverware and last up to one year without cost, upon evidence of service and honorable discharge.
A runaway accident left J B Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois with a leg ulcer that resisted four years of treatment. Bucklen's Amica Salve cured the wound easily, and the ad promotes it for burns bruises skin eruptions and piles. Sold for 25 cents at J H Young & Co Drug Store.
The draft presents amendments to General Laws Chapter 221 and 227 detailing retirement and exemption rules for justices and jurors. It includes provisions for early retirement with life salary after long service, broad juror exemptions, and district court acting duties by clerks during absences. The text specifies immediate effect for several sections and outlines affected offices and persons.
A compilation of acts including amendments to licensing of street vendors hawkers and peddlers with fee limits and exemptions, and several appropriation measures for state government militia and public buildings for fiscal year 1902. It covers license controls by police commissioners, fee caps, and specific exemptions, plus allocations for court houses offices and public works and militia funding.
The act regards granting release or leasing rights for the channel between Long Neck Marsh Island flats in the Providence River and the bridge at Pawtuxet. It excludes lands already leased from re leasing, and authenticates the copy with Secretary of State Charles P. Bennett's attestation.
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