Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-08-23
DR. JAcksos on THE Loso-WuARf.-
M. Editor.

Ed, was chosen Moderator. Voted,
whereas, the Town wharf is gene much to
dec,y and no likelyhood of repairing again
wHhout some speedy course be taken for
the same. lis agreed and by the vote of
the Freemen agreed, that them Perso rs in
Company that shall after the date hereof,
repair tho said wharf and keep il in Repair,
shall have power TO choose whariinger
and take lhe usual custom Of wharfage, both
for wood or any other things landed there
on, and they 10 keep the wharf always iE
Repair and receive the benefit, if any bene-
fit do accrue, to the use OF the Co ompany as
sha'l so do always, provided, they both re-
pair the wharf and keep it in repuir.
Past unanimous vote,
Per. Nathaniel Coddngton.
Town Clerk.
Newport, April 9th, 1898.
A true copy from the Records.
Witness, jonathan Almy, Town Clerk.
Reed, April 18th, 1898 and
ordered to be Recorded, }. Almy,
Town Clerk"
Colony Records, Vol. ., Page 3i2, May
Session at Newport, "Wednesday, tho 2Sth.
l707. Towns may establish Boundaries of
Coves &c.
Be it Enacted by the Hon. Governor
and Council and Ii ,usc Of Representatives
Convened in General Assembly and by the
Authority of the Same it is Enacted that
Each town in this Colony now Established,
or that may hearat,cr Be Established may
be and have here by Granted unto ;hcm full
power and authority to Settle Such Coves,
Creeks, Rivers, Waters. Banks, Bordering
on their Respective townships az they shall
think tit for the promotion of their Several
towns and townships BY Building Houses,
and Ware houses ,wharves, Laying out Lots,
or any other Improvement &c, rs the Body
of treeholders and freemen OF Each town
shall see Cause for or the major Part of
them for their ost Benefi', not prcjudicing
Any particular perso 8 n Il cir proper origi-
nal Grants or Purchases upon any Of the
Aforesaid harbors, Coyes, Creeks, &C.,
which we doubt not, But will much pro-
mote the Interest of her Majesty Queen
Anne) and the Good of her good Subjects
in said Colony for the promotion OF trade
ana navigation"
Public Laws of tn, State of r. |. 1874 +,
Section l5, Page 299 Each town shall
continue to have and exercise oil the pow
ers and privileges, except the power Of
passing bylaws or regulations in the going
at large OF horses, neat. cattle, sheep, hogs,
goats and geese, and be subject TO all the
duties and liabilities, conferred, or imposed
upon it by the several acts Of the General
Assembly specially relating to it, until the
same shall expire by their own Limitation,
or shall be repealed"
This action on the part Of the Conven-
tion which framed the present Constitution
and Digest of Laws in 1874, is in perfect
keeping with the action of the Colonial
Assembly on Tuesday, the 9th of January,
l746, when, the towns Of Bristol, Warren,
Cumberland, Tiverton and Little Compton,
were admitted to Rhode Island Jurisdiction
the deeds that had been executed, and the
action that had been had under the old
goyernment,were confirmed under the new.
The act of the General Assembly q 1907,
/ th,t have now transcribed, az viii be
| perceived ansfered TO the severa. towns o.
cities in Rhode-Isand the entire control OF
all the public waters within their respective
/ territories, so far as the shore is concerned
excepting, as suppose, the right TO grant
to corporate body for the use Of the en-
tire public, such as a railroad, or canal, oil
any other public highway, individual OWL
ers nevertheless always having recourse tC
bodies to whom grants are thus made fol
any damages that they thereby sustain. II
was by the authority thus invested, that the
Town Council of Newport decided TO the
persons who applied to them for the var
oas Sater lots Of which they became The
! possessors, and which from their original
grant have been held firmly bound to them
their heirs, aud assigns, until tbs day
/ The Long-Whdrf is a specimen of the au.
thority and the tenure of their action.
subjon cppy of the deed that was gwen
at that time simply stating previously, that
the necessity Of a connecting road b tive, II
! the centre of the Town and GravelIy Point
had long been very seriously lelt, as is set
forth in the petition Of the petitioners viz
and that " tradl and commerce in general
would be greatly benefited thereby. And
also that " the granted lower part Of said
wharf will be commodious for the landing
Of large vessels which will greatly 'end,
&c. Town Records b. 3; Pages 43s-Si
q put in italics such words as are delaeeC
on the ancient records, they being UNDER
stood from the peli.ion.)
AT a Quarterly Meeting of the lreenen
OF the town Of Newport, in the Colony oi
Rhode Island &C., met the first "Wednesday
Oh third day oi) October, A. d., 1889,
whereas, Henry Collins, Samuel Itodman,
Henry Bull, Clarke Rodman, Josph Jacobs
Samuel Wickham, William Read Thomas