Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-03

snos os shs yssordss a dssds Of ssid city .
description Of ths land and slso plat thereof.
and : sesssnsns that the s.s.s Y taken pur.u'
scvptiou and statemout shall bs signed by the
mayor OF said cioy. Hnd upon the filing OF
such description and ststsnsnt, the title In
foo simple of such land shah vest In said city
Of Providenco: md after sAe ming Of such
description and statement notice Of the taking
Vt such land shall be eservod upon tho owners
% snd persons having an estate In and inter.
ested In such land by the city sergeant OF said
city leaving a true and>attested copy OF such
description and statement with each of such
persons personally, or at their last and usual
place OF abode In this state with some person
living there, and, In case any Of such persons
ara absent from this state and have no last
and usual place Of abode therein occupied by
any person. such copy shall bo left with tho
persons, IL any In charge OF or having posses
sion OF such land taken OF such absent persons
II the same In known TO said officer. II any
party shall agree with said city for the price
OF the land 40 taken, tho Same shall bo paid
him forthwith by said city.
SEC. .. Any owner of, or person entitled 10
any estate In, or interested In any part OF the
land 80 taken, who cannot sgroe with said city
for the price Of the land 80 taken In which no
IL Interested as aforesaid, may within three
months after personal notice Of said taking
or II he have no personal notice may within
ono year from the fling of che description
and statement referred to IA section two OF
this act, apply by petition TO the common
pleas division ot the supreme court, In tho
county OF Providence, setting forth the taking
OF his land and praying for assessment OF
damages by fury. Upon the nling Of said
petition the said court shall cause twenty
days notice Of the pendency thereof 20 be
given TO said city by serving the mayor OF
said city with . certified copy thereof, and
may proceed aftsr such notice TO the trial
thereof. and such trial shall determine all
questions OF fact relating to the value Of such
land and the amount thereof, and judgment
shall be entered upon the verdict OF such Jury.
and execution shall be issued therefor. In
case Of conflicting claims to such land by any
two or more petitioners, said court may set
down the petitions OF such petitioners for
trial at tho same time by the jury, and may
frame all necessary issues for the trial thereof
SEC. 4. In case any owner OF. or person hav-
ing an estate in. or interested In such land
shall fail to receive personal notice OF the
taking of such land, and sl,tl fail to fle his
petition provided In section three Of this
act, said court In its discretion may permit
the filing of such petition subsequent TO said
period OF one year from the filing OF su ch de-
| scription and statement Provided, such per-
| son shall have had no actual knowledge OF
| the taking of such land In season to file such
| petition. and provided said city, after the Ill
| ing OF such description and statement. shall
| not have paid any other persons claiming to
| own such land the price or value Of the same.
| judgment rendered against said city under
the provisions Of this act.
| Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and
| after It's passage.
CHAPTER l4l0.
| AN ACT In Amendment OF Chapter 87 Of the
Public Laws, Entitled "An Act In Relation
to the North Burial Ground In the City of
Providence"
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly rs fol-
| lows
SECTION I. Section OF Chapter 357 OF the
Public Laws, entitled "An act in relation to
| the North Burial Ground in the city of Provi-
dence," passed at tho January session, A. ID.
1861 Is hereby amended so rs to read as fol-
| lows
"SECTIoN l. Any person may by deed or
| will, give, bequeath or devise to the commits
sioners for the time being Of the. North Burial
Ground, in the city of Providence, and their
| successors in Office, any property or estate,
real or personal, to be applied to the improve
| ment of any burial lot, or the construction OF
| monument or other structure for a memo
| rial to the dead in said ground, or for the
purpose Of constituting a fund to be held In
perpetual trust 80 that the income thereof
| may be applied continually for the preserva
tion and care Of any such burial lot monu
mental structures therein, as in and by such
| deed or VIII may be directed or declared u
be the object Of the creation OF such trust
and ii shall be lawful for the commissioner OF
said burial ground, for themselves and their
| successors In Office in trust for the purpose OF
burial OF such persons only In such lot OF lots
as shall be designated and directed by the
grantor in any deed or by the testator in any
| will"
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
| CHAPTER l4ll