Public Laws Passed at the January Session 1894
Rhode Island public appropriations for January through May 1804 list salaries for governor officials and court officers, including governor three thousand dollars and chief justices fifty five hundred dollars each. Also items for clerks, sheriffs, and various state offices plus general assembly pay and allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Law Library
Newport
Bristol
Kent
Washington
Providence County
County of Providence
Common Pleas
County of Newport
Common Pleas Division
County of
County of Washington
District Court
First Judicial District
Second Judicial District
Third Judicial District
Fourth Judicial District
Fourth Ae District
Fifth Judicial District
Sixth Judicial District
Seventh Judicial District
Eighth Judicial District
District Court of
Ninth Judicial District
Tenth Judicial District
District Court of the
Eleventh Judicial District
On Judicial District
Twelfth Judicial District
Rhode Island Militia
Elizabeth
Secretary of State Board of Soldiers’ Relief
Commissioner of Industrial Statistics
Insurance Commissioner
Appellate Division
The
Adjutant-General
General Assembly
Oe General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
State House
Providence
Court House
Washington County
Kent County
Bristol County
Yor State
Providence County Court House
Fohr Board OF State Charities and Corrections
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Prisoners’ Aid Association
State Board of Agriculture
Rhode Island Budget Provisions For Education and Public Services
The document itemizes funds for judicial expenses including jurors fees and witnesses fees, education grants to public schools and normal schools, libraries, state home and school, indigent insane, state printing and binding, and advertising public laws. Specific amounts: jurors 40000, appellate and common pleas 20000, witnesses 12000, incidental appellate and common pleas 4000, district courts officers 15000, witnesses and travelling for supreme court justices 350 each, total 2100, criminal officers 6000. schools 120000 with July and December payments, Rhode Island normal school 18000, pupil travel 2000, teachers institutes 500, lectures 300, evening schools 5000, Rhode Island school of design 25000, school apparatus 300, education for blind 12000, libraries 5500, state home and school 18500, indigent insane 12000, state printing 30000, state binding 5000, public laws advertising 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate
Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Rhode Island State Normal School
Commissioner of Public Schools
Board of Education
Rhode Island School of Design
General Assembly
Taxation and Education Provisions in General Assembly Acts
A compilation of acts amending statutes on exemptions for school buildings and charitable institutions, tax relief for educational properties, and revisions to birth, death, and marriage registration fees. It includes implications for property tax exemptions, and requires monthly certified copies from town clerks. The measures take effect on passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Blanka
the State Board of Health
Chapter amendments adjust holiday rules and banking hours
The act modifies bills of exchange rules to treat holiday and Sunday due notes as due on the next business day and ends bank hours at noon on Saturdays for acceptance and maturity filings. It also repeals inconsistent acts and sets effective dates for 1864 and 1894 provisions. A following chapter redefines inland fisheries governance with five commissioners serving three years and repeals conflicting laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Congress
United States
Partition Act Amends Land Division Procedures
The act adds that in equity partition cases land may be platted into lots with streets if the court approves and all parties consent or, for specific roles, guardians ad litem trustees married women or other parties in interest may authorize consent. The measure takes effect on passage and references further militia statute amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Rhode Island Militia Brigade To Camp Six Days Annually
The General Assembly amends the Public Statutes to require the Rhode Island militia brigade to perform six consecutive days of camp duty each year. Encampment timing rests with the commander-in-chief or brigade commander, with camps held in June through September for drill, inspection, and mustering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Rhode Island
Thia
An Act Amending Medical Examiners Records and School Property Transfers
The document outlines amendments to medical examiner record keeping and reporting to the state health board, with quarterly forwarding of views and autopsy reports. It also details school district abolitions, transfer of property to towns, appraisal procedures, tax adjustments, and immediate effectiveness. It then revises laws on protection of women and minors, setting fixed prison terms for unlawful sexual activity with girls under sixteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Secretary of State
State Board of Health
Elevator safety and harvest fish laws amended in state act
The act updates building safety requiring audible elevator warnings on all floors and gate protections for hoistways, with age limits for elevator operators and inspector duties. It also amends trout fishing rules banning July to April catches and imposing penalties, with the bill to take effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
CyaRnes P Bennett
Inspection Party Finds Bad Rail on Southern Pacific Road
An inspection party led by General Superintendent Fillmore and including Chief Engineer Hood and Hawgood noted a defective rail near Benson. The team identified the rail as a bad piece of track and directed repairs by the section boss and his crew, including Pat and Jose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Benson
Fillmore
Hood
Hawgood
Stanton
Pat
Jose
Tombstone
Arizonia) Prospector
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Money Back
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery claiming to purify blood and improve liver function to combat disorder. It asserts benefits for debility and weight gain, promotes pellets for constipation and digestion, and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit. A Racine incident and a testimonial from J T Maron M D cite a child’s recovery using Chamberlain’s Cholera Infantum Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Dick Crawford
Chamberlain
J.T. Maron
M. D
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College OF Agriculture
Mechanic Arts
R. S. Institute For the Deaf
Treasury
Brown University
Ayers Sarsap
Ayer
Noreatur
Kans
J.0
Ayer & Co
Lowell
Masa
Dfbulls Guen Grup
Chew Lange
Waldron-Brownell Co
Bradford St
Bristol, R I
Brooklyn Drug CO
Pulton and Downing Sts
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sherman
Agency
South Water St
P. O
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company
AND
Delaware Fire Insurance Company
Fulton and Downing Sts
East 10Th Street
J. A. Sherman
Broadway
Express
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