The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-18
PUBLIC LAWS PASSED AT THE
MAY SESSION, 1894.

rThe Chapters OF the Public Laws are num-
bered continuously from the Public Statutes,
revision Of lss2.
CHAPTER 1879.
AN ACT Providing For the Enforcement OF
Liens Upon Personal Property.
II is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. Whoever has a lien for money
due him on account OF work and labor. care
and diligence, or money expe nded on or about
personal property or for storage OF personal
property by reason OF any contract expressed
" implied, il such money is not paid within
thirty days after q demand in writing deliver
ed 10 the owner or some one OF the owners, or
left al his usual place OF abode, II within this
state, or made by letter mailed 10 him at his
usual post Office address without the state,
may apply BY petition 10 the appellate divi-
sion of the supreme court in the county where
the petitioner or some one Of the petitioners
sides, for an order for the sale OF the property
in satisfaction OF the debt: Provided. that IL the
petitioner, or some one OF the petitioners reside
in the county OF Kent or Bristol. such petition
may be brought in said division in Providence.
SEC. 2. Upon filing the petition, the clerk Of
said division shall issue a citation TO the own
er OF the property 10 appear before said court
why such lien should not be allowed and en-
forced by said court for the amount claimed.
SEC. 8. Such citation shall contain the sub
stance OF the petition and shall be served on
the owner by sheriff or deputy sheriff. at
least ten days before the return day Of the ci-
tation, by leaving an attested copy at the last
and usual place OF abode Of the owner. or by
reading the same in mis- presence and hearing,
" he reside In this state. IL such owner Seside
without the state, such citation may be served
upon him in tfs manner prescribed by law for
service Of subpsnas on nonresident defend
ants in suits in equity.
SEC. 1. IL the owner Of the property is un-
known, such petition may be filed thirty days
after the money becomes due, and and a cita-
ton may issue ITO the unknown owner" de-
scribing the property. In such case, or IL the
residence OF the owner is unknown, such cita-
tion may be served by publication in such
manner as the court may direct.
SEC. ). II the owner makes default at the
time appointed, or IL upon a hearing of the
parties IL appears that a lien exists upon the
property, and u at the property ought 10 be
sold for the satisfaction Of the debt, the court
may make order for that purpose, and the
property may be sold in conformity herewith.
Any 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. g. The court may ascertain the amount
due up TO the time Of the entering Of the order,
and shall make a record thereof.
SEC. Z. Any one justice Of the supreme court,
assigned TO the appellate division, shall be 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 lien
upon property 10 hold or dispose of the same
in any manner authorized by law.
SEC. 9. This act shall take effect Immediate
ly upon its passage.
CHAPTER 1850.
AN ACT TO Restrain Gambling and Pool Sell
ing.
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. 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 privais.&gounds within this
state, with books, apparatus or paraphernalia
for the purpose of recording or registering
bets or wagers or OF selling pools or who shall
record or register bets or wagers sell pools
upon the result of any trial or contest OF skill,
speed or power OF endurance OF man or beast,
OF upon the result of any political nomination,
appointment or election, or being the owner
lessee or occupant OF any room. tent, tenement,
shed, booth or building part thereof know
ingly shall permit the same 10 be used or occu-
pied for 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 wagers, the selling of such
pools, or shall become the custodian or depos-
itory for gain, hire or reward of any money,
property or thing of value staked, wagered or
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
10 or for any race course, or person, within or
without this state, any money, thing or consid-
GRAFTON of value bet wagered, or money
thing or consideration of value offered for the
purpose of being bet or wagered upon the speed
or endurance OF any man or beast; or WI no shall
yr.la hfYll iarxn shax
with books. papers, apparatus or paraphernala
for the purpose Of receiving or pretending to
receive or for recording or registering or for
forwarding or pretending or attempting to for
ward in any manner whatsoever any money.
thing or consideration Of value bet or wagered
or 10 be bet or wagered for any other person,
or who shall receive or offer TO receive any
money, thing or consideration Of value bet or to
be bet at any race track within or without this
state, or who shall aid, assist or abet in any
manner in any Of the acts forbidden by this
act, shall upon conviction be punished by a
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year, and upon
second conviction OF a violation Of this act
shall be imprisoned for q period not less than
, one. nor more than ivs years.
SEC. 2 Every Incorporated agricultural So
ciety owning a race track Is hereby permitted
20 run or trot horses for purses upon its own
track, for the purpose Of improving the breed
Of horses, whether for the improvement Of the
thoroughbred or the trotting horse: Provided
however, that such racing shall be confined TO
the period between the 18th day Of May and
the fifteenth day OF November, in each year
and the provisions Of section Of this act
shall not apply 10 the grounds OF such associa-
tion on the days when the races aforesaid take
place.
SEC. q This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
CHAPTER 1881.
AN ACT In Amendment OF an Act, Entitled
"An Act TO Simplify the Duties, Equalize
the Burdens and Increase the Efficiency OF
the Judiciary OF the State"
Il is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. Section Of Chapter q of the
Judiciary Act is hereby amended SO as 20 read
as follows:
''SEc. Z. In any case In which a jury trial
shall have been claimed. the common pleas
division OF the supreme court may. and upon
the request Of either party shall. direct the
jury 20 return special verdict upon any issue
submitted 10 the jury"
SEC. 2 This act shall take effect upon its
passage. and all acts and parts OF acts incon-