The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-08-17

| creatures as by law shall be incurred, TO
the respective pound keepers, before such
creatures shall be released from the pound:
provided always, that this act shall not ev-
tend 10 any creatures strayed by acc dent.
without the neglect ofthe owner or own
ers thereof. A3
AN ACT in amendment Of an act entitled
An Act regulating the assze of clap
boards and shingles, and the measuring
Of boards, plauk, timber and scantiug."
Sac DE Il cRdcted Ly tie Genera!
wv = Nd assembly, and Jy the autiority
hereofIt is enacted, That whenever any
measurer or surveyor, appointed accord
ing to the act to which this is in amend
ment, shall inspect and survey any boards,
plank, timber or scanungs, he shall erase
theretrom all such marks Us NAV have been
made thereon for the purpose of dcsignat-
lng the quantity. and shall remark in
durable manner upon each piece thereof.
ITS Just contents, by his actual admcas-
urement, making reasonable allowance
for drying and shrinking, and for rots. !
wares and splits and he shall also make
durable marks ofthe quality thereof, wheth
er clear, merchantable or refuse by mark
ing in way to be durable and the letters
Ctor clear, .Mtor merchantable, X for re-
fuse, and the initials Of his name ;and saio
surveyor and measurer shall be allowed !
the sum oftwenty cents the thousand feet. |
for his services, to be paid by the purchas |
er.-
Sec . find be Il further enacted Tha, |
every person who shall sell, or offer for
sale, or buy any lumber without its beino |
surveyed, and measured, and marked n |
aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum OF |
twenty dollars, to be recovered by action |
of debt before any court of competent IN
risdicton one half thereof 10 the use o. |
the person or persons who shall sue for
the same, and-the other half to the use Of
the town where said offence shall be com-
mitted
Sec. 3. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
so much OF SAID act, TO which this is in a.
mendment, as is rcpugnant to the provis-
ions ofthS act, be and the same is hereby
repealed. A3
AN ACT in amendment of the act emit.
tied An Act directing the descent of
intestate estates, and the settlemen,
thereof, and for other purposes therein
mentioned"
soo DE 1t enacted by the General
- dSsembiy, and BY The Guthoriig
hereofh is enacted, That whenever any of
the children or grandchildren of any per-
son, whose estate IS to be divided in con
lormlty to the provisions o. the act TO
which this act is in amendment, shall have
received from such person any real or per-
sonal estate for their advancement or set
tlenent, the committee appointed to make
partition or division Of such estate, shall
after apprasHg the same estate, and after
setting off 10 the widow Of the deceased
her dover thCrclh, IN the manner prcscrib-
ed by the act aforesaid, set Otto the child /
Dr children, grand child or grand children,
Who shall have received such advance
nent, the proportion of the real estate to
which he, she or they would be entitled,
leductng theretrom the amount or value
Jt the real or personal estate which shall
nave been given for his, her or their ad-
'ancement or settlement and the residue
1i such estate they shall divide into shares
n the manner and proportions prescribed
ly the act to which this is in amendment,
.or the descent OF such estates, aud shall
assign the same by lot TO the respective
heirs, unless such heirs, being all of the
age of twenty years, shall agree upon
.he shares which each or any one shall
AXE; in which case the same shall be as
signed accordingly.
SEc.2. lind be ii further enacted, That
20 much OF the third section of the act a.
oresald, as is repugnant to this act be and
me same is hereby repealed.
True copy: Witness,