Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-07-14

CHAPTER l,m.

SECTION I. Section OF Chapter 1ab OF the
Public Statutes Is hereby amended 90 as TO read
~ follows; fFN
-sEoL .. Such partnerships may consist Of
Dns or more persons, who shall be called gen.
oral partners and shall be Jointly and sevsrally
liable as general partners now are by law. and
Df one or more persons who shall contribute 70
The common stock specific sum In actual cash
value, ~ capital, and who shall be called spe-
DiAl partners and shan not be personally liable
kor any debts of the partnership, except In the
Eases hereinafter mentionedi Provided, that
when such contributions shall not be In actual
cash, the property 90 contributed shall be nrst
appraised, under oath. by an appraiser who
shall be appointed by the supreme court, and
provided also that In the certificate now re-
Quired by Law the nature and value OF said
property shall be set FORTH"
$50 q Section 9 of said Chapter 1S5 Of the
Public Statutes Is hereby amended 30 - TO road
'sEc q The business Of the partnership
shall be conducted under . firm name In which
the name Of no special partner shall be Insert
Cd and the general partners only shall transact
the business; and II the name OF any special
partner shall be used In the firm with his oon-
sent or privity. or II he shall personally make
any contract respecting the concerns OF the
partnership with any person except the gener-
al partners he shall be deemed and treated -
. general partncr Provided. that II tho sur
name Of . special partner Is the Same ~ the
surname of q general partner. such surname
may be used tp the firm name without render
ing the special partner liable, and further pro
vfded that q limited partnership which Jaw
fully succeeds to the business Of . former hrrn.
and obtains the right to the use Of the name OF
such firm by the consent Of the members OF
such hrm or of their legal representatives. may
adopt and use such name without rendering
liable q special partner whose name may be
the same ~ name used In the firm name OF
said former firm, and that IN suoh cases the
word limited shall be added to and made
part of such firm name."
SEQ q This act shall take effect from and
after Its passage.
CHAPTER i,eoa.
AN ACT In Amendment Of Chapter 100 Of the
Public Statutes, "Of the Property Of Married
Women, and of the Disposition OF the Same"
II is enacted by the General Assembly 90 fol-
lowm
sEcrros !, Section of Chapter 1906 Of the
Public Statutes is hereby amended 30 as TO
read as followss
"sDo. 4 Any married woman may make
any contract Whatsoever, the same as II she
were single and unmarried and with the same
rights and liabilities"
SEC Q. Sections s, Q, and Of Chapter 100 Of
tho Public Statutes are hereby repealed.
SEQ 8. Section of Chapter los Of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended 20 a. 70 read a.
follows
"sRo. 0. The deed Of married woman, con-
veying her separate interest In any land. tene-
ments, or hereditaments, shall be acknowl-
edged by her while separate and apart from
her husband. and she shall declare to the ofn-
Ger taking such acknowledgment that the
deed or instrument shown and explained TO her
by such officer Is her voluntary act and that
she does not wish TO retract the same. II shall
not be necessary for the husband OF such mar
ried woman to join in said deed, except 10 con-
vey his interest a. tenant by the courtesy. and
his signature without acknowledgment shall
be sufficient therefor"
SEQ. 4. Section Is of Chapter l6e of the Pub
lie Statutes is hereby amended TO read ~ fol-
lows:
"SEc IS The property secured to any mar
ried woman by this Chapter shall be liable to
attachment or levy for her debte and liabilities
under tho salne circumstances and with the
same effect as II she had continued sole and un-
married, and nothing In this Chapter shall be
20 construed as TO impair any lien or right OF
lien thereon, or any remedy by law provided
for the enforcement thereof.v
SEC 5. This act shall take effect on and
after July I, 1893.
CHAPTER 1,coS.
AN ACT in Amendment Of Chapter Sls Of the
Public Laws.
It is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION I. Section of Chapter 31s Of the
Public Laws is hereby amended 80 a. to read
as follows:
"sEcrIoN I. Whenever complaint shall be
made on oath TO any court Of probate that any
minor child, resident or inhabitant In the
town In which said court of probate Is situated.
under the age of seventeen years, Is entirely
abandoned or treated with gross and habitual
cruelty by the parent or other person having
the care or custody thereof, or that such minor
is an habitual sufferer for want OF food or
clothes by reason of the wrongful neglect
of the parent or person having suob
care or custody, or that such minor IL
In any manner being used for wanton,
cruel, or improper purposes, or is COM
PEELED 70 do wanton and wrongful acts,
or whose home Is q resort for lewd and wanton
persons, or whose health and life are endan-
gered by the occupation In which It Is engaged,
or is In any manner wrongfuily induced, con-
strained, or allowed by such parent or other
person having the care or custody Of said MI
nor child, to beg, steal, or In any manner
wrongfully impose upon others for the benefit
of said child, or Of the parent or other person
having the care or custody of said minor child,
said court, II satisfied that there is reasonable
cause for such complaint, shall by due process,
directed 10 such officer or person as may be
designated by said court, cause said minor
child to be produced before said COURT at a time
and place designated, and thereupon IL said
court, upon hearing Of said complaint shall be
satisfied Of the truth thereof, said court by de-
cree shall assign the custody of said minor
child TO the Rhode Island Society for the Pre-
yention of Cruelty to Children, for such period
as shall seem fit TO said court, and said society
shall thereupon become entitled to the custody
OF said minor child to the exclusion Of any
other person. and said society, under the di-
rection OF said court, may deliver said
minor child unto the keeping or care Of either
of the following societies: The Childr' n''
Friend Society, the Rhode Island Catholic Or
phan Asylum, st. Mary's Orphanage, the Chh-
dren's Home Association for the Benefit OF
Colored Children, Home for Friendless Chill
dren In Newport, and whenever any such
minor child II underfour years of age, said s'o-
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children
may deliver such child unto the keeping and
care OF the superintendent of state institutions
at Cranston, who shall keep such child at the
state almshouse, at the expense OF the state,
until some other provision for its maintenance
II made according 70 law: Provided. however
that neither OF said societies shall be entitled
20 the goods and chattels Of said minor child.
Said court may at any time, for good cause
shown revoke said decree."
SEC. q This act shall take effect from and
after its passage, and all acts and parts OF acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER l.eoS
AN ACT In Amendment OF Chapter l,062 OF the
public Laws. entitled IAN Act In Amend