Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-07-28
LAWS OF r. ISLAND.

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II IDENCE PLANTATIONS.
In General assembly, jane Session, .AD. 1912
4 AN ACT to au,horse the establishment o
H volunteer companies in the several town:
Il of this State, and the city Of Providence
/ BE ii enacted by lie Generat assembly as
| Joiiops -
\ Section |. The inhabitants Of the several
! towns IN this State and the city of Provi
| dCncc, or any portion OF them, are hereby
| authorized to form themselves into volunteer
companies, to be commanded by one captalD
| and not less than two, nor more than three
Ilonlenant-, who shall be appointed and com
| Inlssloncd by the Governor. Said companies
| may scveraIly elect clerk and Il proper
II number OF non commissioned olticers, and
| shall be designated in numerical order by
/ the Governor, and may equip themselves ol
shall be equipped by him at tho expense o
the State. in such manner as he shall deem
/ proper. The officers of said companies shall
be elected for one year on the last Monday
i nf April in each year, aud shnl, hold and
| exercise their offices for one year, and
until others are appointed in their places.
II Sec. =. The commissions heretofore issued
/ by the Governor to the officers OF the seve'
Il raj volunteer companies established under
the recommendation Of the Governor and
Il Council, and also under the act entitled "Ar
II act to auihorse the establishment Of volun-
Il teer police companies in the city Of Provi-
i dencc," are hereby approved aud confirmed
and the commanding officers of the severa
4 volunteer companies already established as
II aforesaid, or to be established under or by
virtue Of this act, shall determine their rcIa
Il tive rank by lot, although their commissions
may be of different dates and their compa-
nies shall take post with them when Oh
\ parade.
\ Sec. 3. Said companies may keep watch
and ward in the city Of Providence under
The general direction of the Mayor and Al.
II dermen Of said city, aud elsewhere under the
II gonernl direction of the several town coun
II ells of the several towns in this State and
shall be liable To be called out for the proven.
/ ton or suppression of any tumut, riot or mob
n IN said city or towns of this State, by the
authority and in the manner prescribed by
I the act entitled "An act to prevent routs
II riots and tumultuous assemblies, and the eyi
\ consequences thereof" aud any acts in al
n dItion TO or amendment OF the same ant
may also be called by the authority and il
the manner provided in aud by the sixty frs
section of the Act entitled "An act to regu
4 late the militia"
II Sec. 4. The commissioned officers of the
II several chartered and volunteer companies %
n the city Of Providence, arc hereby empower
Il ed 10 form said companies into regiment Il
be called The City Regiment: and the Gov
ernor by aud with the advice Of the Senate
n is hereby empo wcrcd to grant commission
n to such proper officers ~ the said commits
n stoned officers may elect or designate Il
command them; the colonel and other olliccr'
| of said regiment 10 hold their commission
Il until others are appointed ~ their places.
II Sec. ,. The act entitled AN act to author
II izo tho establishment of volunteer polio,
companies IN the city clProvidcnco," s here
/ by repealed: all things heretofore done u
conformity thereto being hereby validated
\ confirmed aud continued IN force IN th'
same manner as II said act had not been re
pcaled.
II True COPY witness,
II HENRY BOWEN, Scc'y.