Public Laws Passed at the January Session 1909
Public Laws issued from the January 1909 session note chapters numbered continuously from the General Laws Revision of 1909. The record marks the legislative sequence and structure of the period.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1909
Page
4
Rhode Island Stone Bridge Funding Act Enacted
The act appropriates four thousand five hundred dollars from nonallocated treasury funds to operate and maintain the Rhode Island Stone Bridge. The state auditor will issue payment orders upon voucher approval by the board of commissioners. The act takes effect on passage and repeals inconsistent prior acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Board of Commissioners
State Acts Expand Bank Oversight and Grant Acceptance Provisions
An 1909 legislative record details amendments to public laws creating a bank commissioner deputy salary framework and clerical allowances, with state auditor payment authority and a six thousand dollar annual cap. It also outlines acceptance of grants and the governor’s duty to report such gifts, plus authority to sue to protect state title and possession. The acts take effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Amendment to High School Aid Law Proclaimed by State
Chapter 446 An Act amends Chapter 6544 of the Public Laws to fund towns with a state approved high school. It authorizes annual state aid per pupil, sets tuition caps for nonresident pupils, requires free access for residents of towns without high schools, and directs funding on the same basis as maintained schools. Effective July 1, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State Board of Education
1909 Act on Cinematograph Use and Fire Safety
Chapter 447 outlines rules for cinematographs and moving picture machines using combustible film over ten inches. It requires fire department inspection, licensing, examination, and annual license fees, plus age restrictions and potential revocation by licensing boards. The text details inspector roles and safety prerequisites for premises in cities and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Fire Department
Board of Fire Commissioners
Fire Engineers
Regulation on Cinematographs and Combustible Film
An act restricts use or display of cinematographs and devices with combustible film over ten inches long. Violations incur a fine of twenty to five hundred dollars. The act takes effect July 1, 1909, repealing conflicting prior laws.
Amendment granting rifle range field day for militia units
Chapter 449 amends the 1909 militia act authorizing the commander-in-chief to order a field day for independent chartered military organizations to visit the state rifle range for rifle practice qualification. Enlisted men receive fifty cents daily subsistence. Units with own ranges may use them upon commander approval. act takes effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Chapter 450 Act authorizing city finance statistics gathering
The act requires the treasurer of every city or town to annually submit to the commissioner of the bureau of industrial statistics a summarized budget, detailed receipts and disbursements, per public industry costs, debt purposes, and current assets and liabilities for the last fiscal year. The submission uses blanks provided by the commissioner and the act was passed on May 7, 1509.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Forest Fire Act Sets Town Warden Powers and Safeguards
The act establishes annual town forest wardens and district wardens for towns with woodlands, to lead fire prevention and control. Wardens may summon able-bodied locals ages 18 to 50 and may require use of horses and equipment, with fines up to ten dollars for noncompliance. Wardens must report fire causes and may manage state land for forest reserves. penalties include fines up to fifty dollars or jail up to one month for willful fire setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Commissioner of Forestry
Waggien
General Treasury
Railroad Corporation
Forest Wardens and Fire Prevention Act Provisions
The document outlines duties and compensation for town and district forest wardens, penalties for tearing notices, drought patrols, payment procedures, and audit controls. It grants arrest powers, mandates badges, and requires post fire reports, subpoenas for investigations, and fines division. It also covers railroad land clearing duties and notice requirements before entry under the act. The act funds and effective date are specified.
Amendment of foreign building loan association act text
Chapter 452 amends sections of Chapter 189 on foreign building loan associations. It defines the term building loan association to include foreign and out-of-state entities engaged in saving and bank on the building society plan and sets requirements for out of state entities to appoint a process agent and file with the state bank commissioner before transacting business. The act continues with additional procedural provisions for authorization and evidence in courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
United States
Rhode Island
Bank Commissioner
Building-loan association licensing and oversight statute text
Rhode Island bank commissioner duties license issuance and revocation rules for building loan associations. It details solvency and asset requirements, examination frequency, fees, appeal rights to the supreme court, annual financial statements due by February, and process-serving costs to the commissioner. Public act provisions set effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sere Raheny
Court and Practice Act
Building-Loan Association
Sala Bank
Building Loan Association
Supreme Court
Appellent
Rhode Island
Court and
Sec
Bank Commissioner
January 1909 session act preserves laws in force
An act to retain all laws passed during January session 1909 in full force, declaring them amendments or additions to the General Laws of 1909. The act states that after December 31, 1909 these January session laws shall be deemed in amendment or addition. The provision ends with the act taking effect from an unspecified date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Amendments to Motor Vehicle Registration Act 1908
Chapter 454 amends section 1 of Chapter 1592 to redefine terms in the act governing registration numbering use and speed of motor vehicles and licensing of their operators. The new definitions determine how the act is to be interpreted and applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Lydia E Pinkham Female Remedy Praised by Customer
Willimantic Connecticut woman testifies of relief from five years of female troubles after trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities backache bearing down and nervous prostration and claims thirty years of use as a standard cure with many proven successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezraa Donovan
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Definitions of motor vehicle terms in new act text
The document outlines definitions for motor vehicle terms including motor vehicle, motorcycle, automobile, commercial vehicles and motor trucks, registration, license, and public highways. It also defines closely built up areas with conditions and required signage and clarifies garage as any public place storing motor vehicles with certain storage exemptions.
Secretary of State Attestation Statement Fragment
An official attest section states that the foregoing are true copies and is certified by Charles P. Bennety as Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Bennety
Crime and the Telephone in Crime Transactions
A humorous Appleton critique explains how phones thread through crime and justice. It traces burglars, police, lawyers, bondsmen, bankers, clerks, witnesses, and the warden in a chain of calls. The piece highlights how communication links every step from theft to potential pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton’s
New York and Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service Began
Hartford railroad begins electric car service to New York and Hartford with effect on May 27, 1909. Weekdays operation announced as the schedule, signaling a shift to electric transit between cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service
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G M. Wilbur
Hope Street
Briatal
John Temple Drury
William G- Murphy
Sowamsbsett
A.W. Orgelman
State Street
G. W. ‘Simmons Undertakers
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Elephone
Joa
Pdautitutic
Chiropodist
Williams
Wright
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