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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
4
Time table for the Newport and Providence Railway Company in effect June 10 1906. Details include scheduled stops and service times for routes serving Newport and Providence with daily operation notes and potential seasonal adjustments.
Public Laws from the January 1906 session amend Chapter 991 of the Public Laws and Chapter 124 of the General Laws concerning mill dam and reservoir inspection. The act caps expenditures for the commissioner at 350 dollars per year, authorizes annual appropriations, and requires vouchers. It also details license and sale provisions for liquor manufacturing. The act takes effect upon passage and repeals inconsistent acts.
A scanned 1908 Rhode Island statute amends Chapter 6 of the Public Laws from the January session 1902. It details limits on land leasing in Providence County including areas north of specific lines, ponds in multiple towns, and the channel between Long Neck and Marsh Island flats, with conditions on residence and acreage and an effective date after passage.
An act amends sections of Chapter 19 to redraw General Assembly representation. It specifies one representative per 6231 inhabitants with at least one seat per town and a maximum of twelve per city, and lists how many seats each city or town must send, including Newport Providence Portsmouth Warwick and others. The act takes effect immediately.
Section 6 of Chapter 102 is amended detailing license fees for manufacturing and selling intoxicating liquors. It sets minimums and maximums for wholesale and retail licenses, including pure spirituous liquors and malt liquors, with penalties and conditions for on premise use. The act is part of the suppression of intemperance and carried as an April 18 1906 passage.
The act rewrites Sec 123 of Chapter 296 to require active militia commanders to order drills at least forty times yearly in armories or other places, for instruction, without counting such duty in pay returns. The measure specifies the act takes effect from a future date.
Chapter 13 percent an act amends chapter 1007 of the public laws passed in January 1902 authorizing inland fisheries to appoint a secretary who may be a member at seven hundred fifty dollars salary and provides a 150 dollar appropriation to carry the act into effect with the state auditor authorized to draw orders. Repeals conflicting acts upon passage.
The act creates the office of associate justice for the sixth district court and outlines election, duties, and tenure terms. It sets salary at three thousand five hundred dollars, provides funding, and details temporary coverage by clerk and justice when needed. The act takes effect immediately and repeals inconsistent provisions.
Chapter 1336 amends Section 163 to allow sheriffs police chiefs and town officers to issue warrants without posting costs and to stand in their own recognizance in district court proceedings. The act takes effect from a specified date and addresses partial wording and codification.
An act amends Section 464 allowing a district court appeal from a sentence to discharge immediate imprisonment by entering a recognizance with sureties. The recognizance must name the assignment date and require the appellant to pursue the appeal, keep the peace, and comply with orders of the superior court. The act takes effect immediately.
A sequence of amendments to the court and practice act is enacted. Chapter 1338 broadens guardianship authority for guardians of persons and estates, including for imbeciles lunatics habitual drunkards and others at risk, with publication notice upon petition. Chapter 1339 rewrites habeas corpus procedures detailing writ delivery to sheriffs and officials and custody transfer, with repeal of inconsistent acts. Chapter 1340 amends section 1231 removing the word twenty in favor of five hundred across several sections and states the act takes effect on passage.
A historic Rhode Island style act introduces a $20 penalty for shooting waterfowl from any boat except a skiff in Point Judith Pond Charlestown Pond or Quonochontaug Pond and provides licensing rules for milk dealers in cities. It requires aldermen approval via inspector of milk for licenses and outlines application requirements including business location vehicles and operator details.
The act reorganizes milk licensing with inspection access, records, and nontransferable licenses. It sets license posting, board powers to revoke, penalties for violations, and town adoption option. It also standardizes sale measures, seals, and sealer tests, with effective dates and transition rules. The text specifies enforcement by inspector and penalties up to imprisonment.
An act amends section 9 of Chapter 174 to prohibit catching or possessing black bass from March through July and to ban possession of black bass under eight inches year round. Exceptions include black bass raised in private ponds. Violations incur a Fifteen dollar fine per bass. The act becomes effective upon passage. Signed copies certified by Secretary of State Charles P. Bennett.
London was a place of importance under the Romans and famed for great commerce as early as the first century. From the Romans it received municipal institutions that endure to this day. In Saxon times it remained a small independent state with distinct governance.
A witty Frenchman quips that only death excuses from a dinner engagement and even then a polite man would send the undertaker to apologize for him. The remark captures a sharp, humorous view on social obligation and etiquette.
The gift of Sir Joshua Reynolds portraits and a vast art collection to the English nation by Lady Wallace in 1897 is described as one of the most magnificent ever made. Valued between 15 and 20 million dollars, the donation includes over 600 pictures and assorted art objects, left without restrictions except separation from other national collections.
A secret is a thing you communicate to someone you trust. They tell it to another you trust, and it passes along to others you trust. It keeps circulating and thus ends up known by everybody, though it remains a secret.
A London Truth note argues that status hinges on connections rather than merit. It emphasizes influence over actions and the expectations of others shaping one’s prospects in England.
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A reflective aphorism notes that pursuing only monetary gain can make a person rich in money but poor in virtue. The saying implies money does not define true value and ethics matter beyond profits.
A loquacious man recalls being central to a revolution in Massachusetts not in South America, relating a woolen mill shafting incident. The piece shifts to a quip on death and a plug for DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills sold by W. H. Buffington, presenting a blend of past reminiscence and advertisement.
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