The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1854-03-23


any Office of honor, trust or profit 10
which he might otherwise have been
elected.
Sec Q. In all prosecutions under
the provisions Of the preceding section,
any person who may have accepted or
received, or agreed to accept or receive,
money or other valuable consideration,
as an inducement to give in Or withhold
his vote, may be witness, unless other
wise disqualified, and the party accused
shall also bo allowed to testify in his be-
half.
Sec. 3. The thirtieth section Of said
act is hereby repealed.
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A..POTTER, Sec'ry.
AN ACT to regulate the powers of In
stitutions for Savings in this State.
II is enacted by the General Assembly as
foLlO,os
Section /. All Savings Banks or In
stitutions for Savings, in this State, may
and shall hereafter invest their receipts
in such public stocks of banks within the
State, or in notes or bonds of any town
or city, or in railroad bonds, or other
public securities, as they may deem safe
and secure, or in notes, bonds or drafts,
of individuals, with two other response
BILE endorsers, sureties or guarantors, or
individual notes, bonds or drafts, secured
by the public notes, bonds or stocks
aforesaid, or in bond and mortgage of
real estate provided hoacerer, that no
such Institutions shall have an amount
exceeding one-third of its receipts in.
dividual notes, bonds or drafts, unless
secured by such public notes, bonds or
stocks aforesaid, or by mortgage of real
estate; but this section shall not be so
construed as to forbid any such Institu-
ton from placing and holding on de-
posite in any bank, such reasonable
amount Of their receipts as is customary,
and they may deem proper, payable on
demand whether drawing interest or not.
Sec. 2. Any Savings Banks or In
stitutions for Savings now having over
one-third of its receipts invested in
manner not provided for in the prcced-
ing section, is hereby allowed delay of
six months from the passage of this act
within which to conform to the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts,
and the provisions of the charter of any
Institutions for Savings Bank, inconsist-
ent herewith, are hereby repealed.
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A. POTTER, Sec'ry.
AN ACT to regulate the removing of
houses from the city of Providence
into towns adjoining thereto.
IL is enacted by the General assembly as
follops:
Section /. No person shall hereafter
remove any dwelling house or other
building from the city of Providence
into any adjoining thereto, without first
obtaining permission so to do from the
Town Council of the town into which
such removal is intended to b, made
Sec. Q. Any person violating the
first. section Of this act, shall be person.
ally liable to pay the sum of one hun
dred dollars, to be recovered by action
Of debt; one half of said penalty to and
for the use Of the town, and the other
half to and for the use of the person
sueing for the same.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
immediately.
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A. POTTER, Sec'ry.
AN ACT in amendment of an act en-
titled "an act in relation to the Su-
prcme Court and to the Courts of
Common Pleas"
II is enacted by the General ASSEMBLY as
follows:
Section /. From and after the pas
sage of this act, any one justice of the
Supreme Court shall be a quorum of
said Court for the trial of indictments
for any crime within the jurisdiction of
said Court, excepting only crimes which
may be punished by imprisonment for
life.
Sec. 2. So much of said act to which
this is in amendment as is inconsistent
herewith, is hereby repealed.
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A. POTTER, Sec'ry.
AN ACT in addition to an act entitled
an act in amendment of an act entitled
an act for the preservation of certain
useful birds.
IL is enacted by the General Asscn,Jlv as