The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-24
1879.

Liens Upon Personal Property.
u is enacted by the General Assembly Asfo-
lows:
sEcrrox1. whoever has . lien for money
due him on account Of work and labor, care
and diligence, or money expended on OF ABOUT
personal property or for storage OF persohM
property by reason Of any contract Expressed
or implied. II such money Is not PAID wiInin
thirty days after n demand In writing deliver
ed To the owner or some one OF the owners, or
left ut his usual place of abode, II within TINS
state, or made by letter mailed 10 him at hs
usual post Office address without the state.
may apply BY petition TO the appellate divi-
sion Of the supreme court In the county where
the petitioner or some one OF the petitioners re-
aides. for an order for the sale Of the property
IN satisfaction of the debt; Provided, thatif the
petitioner. or some one OF the petitioners, reside
in the county OF Kent or Bristol. such petition
may DO brought In eaid division In Providence: |
SIC. 2. Upon Ming the petition, the clerk OF
said division shall Issue q citation to the own.
er OF the property to appear before eaid court
ct . time and place designated, TO show cause
why such lien should not be allowed ana en-
forced by said court for the amount claimed.
SRc. q. Such citation shall contain the sub
vtauce Of the petition and shall DO served on
the owner by q sheriff or deputy sheriff. at
least ten days before the return day OF the CT.
nation, by leaving an attested copy % the isss
and usual place Of abode OF the owner, or by
reading the same In his presence and hearing,
n he reside in this state. II such owner reside
without the state, such citation may be served
upon him IL the manner prescribed by law Tor
service Of subp@nas on non-resioent oeieno-
ants In suits In equity.
SEC. 4. II the owner Of the property IL un-
known, such petition may DO fled thirty days
after the money becomes due, and and . cita-
ton may issue ITO the unknown owner ae-
ecribing the property. In such case, or IL tho
residence Of the owner 10 unknown, such cita-
ton may be served by publication In sucn
manner A the court may direct
SEC. 3. II the owner makes default NJ tho
time appointed, or II upon = hearing OF tho
parties It appears that q lien exists upon tho
property, and that the property ought To be
sold for the satisfaction of the debt, the court
may make an order for that purpose, and the
property may be sold In conformity Herewith.
AM surplus Of the proceeds OF the sale. after
satisfying the debt and all costs and charges,
shall be paid to the owner upon demand.
SEC. o. The court may ascertain the amount
due up to the time Of the entering Of the order.
and shall make . record thereof.
SEC. 7. Any one justice Of the supreme court,
assigned TO the appellate division, shall DO a
quorum for hearing such petitions and making
all orders thereon.
SECS. The preceding sections shall not limit
or restrict the right Of any party having q lien
upon property TO Lold or dispose Of the same
In any manner authorized by law.
SEC. 9. This act shall take effect Immediate
ly upon its passage.
CHAPTER 1880.
AN ACT to Restrain Gambling and Pool Sell
ing.
1t is enacted by the General Assembly ~ fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. Any person who shall engage In
pool selling or book making, or shall occupy
any room, shed, tenement. tent or building. or
any part thereof. or shall occupy any place
upon any public or private grounds within this
state, with books, apparatus or paraphernaiia
~.
bets or wagera or of selling pools or who shall
record or register bets or wagers or sell pools
upon the result of any trial or contest Of skill,
speed or power Of endurance Of man or beast,
or upon the result Of any political nomination,
appointment or election, or being the owner or
lessee or occupant Of any room. tent, tenement,
shed, booth or building or part thereof know
ingfy shall permit the Same TO be used or occu-
pied fer any Of these purposes, or therein shall
keep, exhibit or employ any device or appara-
tus for the purpose Of recording or registering
such bets or wasers, or the selling OF such
pools, or shall become the custodian or depos-
ttory for gain, hire or reward OF any money
property or thing Of value staked, wagered OF
pledged or to be wAgered or pledged upon any
such result, or who shall receive, register, re.
cord, forward or purport or pretend 10 forward
20 or for any race course, or person, within oil
without this state, any money, thing or consid'
GRAFTON Of value bot or waGered, or money
thing or consideration Of value offered for the
purpose of being bet or wagcred upon the speed
or endurance of any man or beast; or who shall
occupy any place or building or part Thereof
with books, papers, apparatus or paraphernali,
for the purpose Of receiving or pretending Il
receive or for recording or registering or To-
forwarding or pretending or attempting to for
ward in any manner whatsoever any money
thing or consideration Of value bet or wageres
or who shall receive or offer to receive an.
money, thing or consideration Of value bet or 4
be bet at any race track within or without ti
state. or who shall aid, assist or abet In an,
manner in any Of the acts forbidden by thi
act, shall upon conviction be punished by
fine not exceeding i've hundred dollars or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year. and upol
q second conviction Of O violation Of this nc
shall. be imprisoned for o period not less thai
one, nor more than I'VE years.
SEC. 2. Every incorporated agricultural GO
ciety owning q race track is hereby permittes
20 run or trot horses for purses upon its owI
track, for the purpose Of improving the bree
of horses, whether for the Improvement of tn
thoroughbred or the trotting horse: Provided
however, that such racing shall be confined .
period between the 18th day Of May an
the fifteenth day of November, In each yeal
and the provisions of section one of this &C
shall not apply to the grounds OF such associa
ton on the days when the races aforesaid tax
- place.
SEC. q This act shall take effect from an
after its passage.
CHAPTER 1881.
IAN ACT In Amendment OF an Act. Entitle
IAN Act to simplify the Duties, Equaliz
the Burdens and Increase the Efficiency 9
the Judiciary OF the State"
It Is enacted by the General Assembly as 70
lows:
SECTION 1. Section 7 Of Chapter % of IN
Judiciary Act is hereby amended so ~ to rea
as follows:
"SEc. Z. In any case In which a Jury trfs
shall have been claimed, the common Piles
division of the supreme court may, and upo
the request of either party shall, direct tl
jury TO return n special verdict upon any issr
submitted to the jury"
SIC. 2. This act Aall take effect upon 4
passage, and all acts and parts Of acts incor
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER l2s2.
An ACT For the Protection Of Railroad En-
ployees.
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly a. 70