The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-01
CHAPTER 8ls,
AN ACT In Amendment of Chapter 90 os ths
General Laws.

CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT In Amendment Of Chapter 90 os ths
General Laws
PASSED May Is. 1861
IL Is enacted by the General Assembly as fol.
SECTION I. Section l3 Of Chapter 90 of the
General Laws Ia hereby amended to read as
follows:
''SEc. 10. The state shall pay 10 the ownes
OF any animal killed under the provisions OF
section 10 of this act. one-half of its appraised
value: but IL upon post nortem examination
II shall be found that tho siaughtt red anima.
was not affected with tuberculosis then the
animal SO killed shall bo paid for at its ful.
appraised value: Provided. tnat the stats
shall not pay for any deceased animal so kill.
ed If the animal has not been owned by some
person In tho state and found In the stats
three months previous to the Fay Of slaugh.
ter"
SEQ. Q. All persons, corporations or com,
panies intending to ship transport, or to drive
cattle into the state, must produce q certtfcats
TO the effect that the cattle to be so shipped,
transported, or driven, are free from tubercu
losis as far as may be determined by physical
examination and the tuborculin test The GER
tificate shall give q description of each animal
brought into the state sufficiently accurate for
Identification. and shall give also tho date and
place of examination OF each animal the prep.
araton Of tuberculin used. the quantity In.
incubation. the temperature AT the eleventh
hour, and every two hours subsequent thereto,
for at least ten hours. or until the reaction il
completed. The certificate shall be signed by
a veterinarian who Is q graduate Of o recog.
nized veterinary college, and shall be sent i'm,
mediately TO the secretary Of the state board
of agriculture, who shall Immediately notify
a commissioner OF the county into which the
cattle are TO be shipped. transported or driven,
and said commissioner shall examine the cat.
tie to identify them. Failure to comply with
the law shall be considered a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine not 10 exceed one hum
dred dollars.
SEC. 8. Complaints for the violation Of the
provisions of this chapter shah be made by the
secretary Of the state board OF agriculture,
and said secretary shall be exempt from CIV
ing security for costs on any complaint made
Is aforesaid.
SEC. 4. Section Of Chapter 90 Of the Gen.
eral LAws is hereby amended to read as FOL,
lows:
"SEc 8. The board may appoint one or
more commissioners in each county Of tho
state, whose duty 10 shall be TO visit and IN.
quire into the condition Of any domestic anil
NAL in their respective counties whenever
there is reason to suspect that any such AMI
NAL, or the carcass of any such animal, IL af.
fected with tuberculosis, or other contagious,
IL ess,tious, or communicable disease: and thu
commissioners in their respective counties aru
authorized to quarantine any such animal or
the carcass of any such animal, until inspect.
cd by the veterinarian employed by the board"
SEC. s. This act shall take effect upon its
passage. and all acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 845.
AN ACT In Amendment OF and In Addition ia
Chapter l87 of the General Laws. entitled
"of Railroad Corporations"
Passed May Ia. 1867
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as fol.
lows:
SECTION l. Section o of Chapter 1877 or the
General Laws "Of railroad corporations" Is
amended TO read as follows:
"SEc. Q. Every passenger upon a railroad
within the limits OF this state shall have the
privilege Of taking with him upon any train.
on which he Is a passenger personal baggage
not exceeding eighty pounds in weight. without
any charge on the part of the railroad COM
pany transporting the same, except the rail-
road fare Of such passenger; and bicycles are
hereby declared to be, and are decreed TO be.
baggage, within the meaning of this section,
and shall be by such railroad companies trans
ported as baggage, subject 60 the same habili-
ties: Provided, however, that no railroad COM
pany shall be required to transport more than
one bicycle for single person, and no such
passenger shall be required Co crate. cover or
protect any such bicycle"
SEQ. 2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
CHAPTER 34s.
AN ACT In Amendment of Chapter 20s Of the
General Laws of Rhode Island.
Passed May Is. 1891
II is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
SECTION. !. Section l Of Chapter 208 OF the
General Laws Of Rhode Island is hereby amend