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by original writ of attachment In form
as provided by law. and such original
writ OF attachment shall be issued from
the common pleas division or the supreme
court or any district court wherever the
plaintiff In the action 10 be commenced
by such writ. his agent or attorney. shall
make affidavit. 10 be endorsed thereon or
annexed thereto. that the. defendant is a
nonresident and that the plaintiff has
a just cause of action against the de-
fendant upon which the plaintiff expects
10 recover a sum sufficient TO give juris-
diction TO the court to which such writ
Is returnable
Sec. 2. All acts and parts Of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed and
this act shall take effect from and after
It's passage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-12

said board may deem proper, for failurs
20 complete. according 20 contract. such
road construction or Improvement within
the specified time: and every public road
proved as aforesaid. or after the plans
filed and contract for the construction or
Improvement OF such road or part thereof
has been made as aforesaid. shall be
known asa state road and be kept I'm good
repair from the time OF said construction
and Improvement at the expense OF the
state under the supervision OF said state
board. Every such town or city shall at
its own expense keep such state road
within its limits. respectively. sufficiently
clear OF snow and ice so the same shall
be reasonably safe for travel as now re-
quired by law, and shall at once notify
I'm writing the state board OF public roads
or It's employees or any defect or want or
repair OF such roads
Sec. Z. Whenever said board shall re-
locate, regrade, or improve any main
highway. II shall cause the same 10 be
surveyed and plated. and shall forthwith
file a certified copy Of such plat in the
office OF the recorder of deeds. or in the
office OF the tswn clerk II there be no re-
corder Of deeds. In each city or town
where such highway lies. No length OF
possession or occupation of land within
the limits OF any state road by an owner
or occupier OF adjoining land shall create
u TlBnt 10 SUCH lhnu IN tfe OWutf OF oc-
cupier or a person claiming under him,
and any fences. buildings. sheds. or other
objections enroaching upon such state
road shall upon written notice by said
state board sat once be removed by the
owner or occupier OF adjoining land. and
II not so removed said board may cause
te same TO be removed upon the adjoin-
Ing land OF such owner or occupier; and
any adjoining owner sustaining damage
by the construction. widening. straighten-
ing, or by changing the grade OF any
road improved as a state road, II he shall
agree with said state board upon the
amount OF damage so sustained, he shall
be paid therefor upon certificate or said
board signed by its chairman, and .secro-
tary out OF the appropriation made for
such road Improvement. but II he Is un-
able to agree with said board as to the
amount OF such damage so sustained, he
shall have the same remedy against the
state. as now provided for like damages
against towns and cities by Chapter " OF
the General Laws: Provided. that the no.
tices required 20 be given In such cases TO
town and city councils shall be given to
said state board. The encouragement
shall I'm all cases act as the legal adviser
OF said state board.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect upon
Its passage.
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CHAPTER 9ea,
AN ACT to Define and Prevent Nuisance
Caused by Smoke.

AN ACT to Define and Prevent Nuisances
Caused by Smoke.
PASSED April g. 1902
1t is enacted by the General Assembly rs
follows:
Section /. The issue or emission OF
dense or thick black or gray smoke from
any smokestack or chimney used In con-
nection with any engine, steam boiler.
or furnace OF any description, for
longer period than FIVE minutes at any
one time within any city OF the state hav-
ing a population OF one hundred and
fifty thousand or more, shall be deemed.
and is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance: Provided, that nothing In this
act shall be constructed as applied I'd
chimneys OF buildings used exclusively
for private residences, or TO locomotives
during the time OF starting and feeding
fires therein while In round houses or
round d-house yards.
Sec 2. Every owner. lessee, or person
who has the right to control the opera
ton or use of any such engine, boiler.
OF furnace, and who suffers or permits
the issue or emission OF dense or thick
black or gray smoke from any such
smokestack or chimney. and every per-
son having charge of the ignitng. MAX
ing. feeding, stoAing. or attending any
such furnace, or smoke preventive at
tached thereto or furnace fire, used IN
connection with any such engine, boiler.
stoke. feed. or attend any such furnace,
smoke preventive, or furnace fire that
dense or thick black or gray smoke shall
issue or be emitted from any such smoke
stack or chimney shall be deemed and
held guilty of creating a public nuisance
and OF violating the provisions OF TINS
act
Sec. 8. Any person violating any OF the
provisions of this act shall. upon con-
viction thereof, be fined not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred dol
lars for each offence; and each day when
ever any of the provisions of this act
shall be violated shall constitute a sepa-
rate offence.
Sec. 4. The board OF aldermen OF any
such city may appoint a supervising en-
gineer. who shall have authority to IN
spect and supervise any such engine,
steam boiler, furnace, smoke preventive.
and furnace fire. and the igniting MAX
ing feeding. stocking. and attending any
such furnace. smoke preventive. and fur
mace Are; and he shall have authority, in
the performance OF the duties of his office
10 enter any building or place where the
same are located or where said work Is
carried on; and any person hindering or
obstructing him In the performance OF
any such duty shall be fined not less than
twenty dollars nor more than fifty dol
lars for each such offence. Such engineer
shall report to said board. and perform
such other duties relative to such office,
not inconsistent with the provisions OF
board.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from
and after January !. 1903.
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moved to and placed in said Butler hospi-
tai or any other curative hospital Tor the
insane. Oh good repats, In thus state. man nf
aged unuer the supervision or "a board OF
onicers appointed under the authority OF
this state. by their parents. or parent. or
guardians, az any they have, and TX not.
Dy their relatives and friends, but the su-
perintendent of said hospital shall not
receive any person into mis- custody In
such case without ceruhcate from TWO
practcing physicians OF good standing,
known to him as such. that such person
Is insane, and the state shall not be liable
for the support OF any such person except
Sec. 2 Section Al OF said Chapter So Is
hereby amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. Al. The superintendent or keeper
OF any hospital for the insane 10 this state
may receive and retain therein as a
boarder and patient any person who Is de-
srous OF submitting himself to treatment
therefor but whose mental condition Is
not such as TO render II legal To grant a
certificate OF insanity In his case. No
such boarder shall be detained for moro
than three days after giving notice In
writing TO the superintendent OF such hos
pital OF his intention or desire to leave
such hospital"
Sec. g. Section a OF said Chapter 50 Is
hereby amended so as 10 read as follows:
Sec. a. The board OF state Charities
and corrections may designate as state
or persons under treatment In accord
ance with the provisions OF this chapter.
being Inhabitants or this state, as said
board may deem proper objects for state
aid; ard the state auditor shall draw his
order on the general treasurer for such
sym as the board OF state charities and
directions may certify 10 be due the
Butler hospital or other curative hospi-
tai for the insane. for the maintenance In
whole or In part " any state beneficiary.
M n rate not exceeding seventy dollars
per quarter: Provided, that the amount
paid for the maintenance OF all benef-
diaries in any one year shall not exceed
the amount OF. the appropriau ton In such
wear for the support Of the INDECENT In
sane -
Sec. 4 This act shall take effect upon
It's massage and all acts and parts or
acts inconsistent herewith arr hereby re-
pealed.
kttcst. CHARLES r. BENNFTT,
Secretary cf StatA
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HIS BODY
MAY Be IN
THE HUDSON
Oramatist on Verge Of StarVa-
tion Informed Friend That He
Would Drown Himself.

New York, June Fin a fit OF dts
couragement consequent upon his inabil-
ity to find a publisher for the book he
had made his life work, Arthur Stirling
u believed 10 have ended his life.
To one friend only he confded his
purpose. Because OF letter written by
the respondent man to +. r.. Marvin, q
stenographer In the excise department., 1
Madison avenue. In which he announced
his intention OF drowning himself. the
police have been notified to look for his
body.
The story of the youth is one OF pc
culiar pathos and self-sacrifice. He
came here from the west four years ago,
possessed OF one idea-the work uncess-
tngly on the great book which he be-
heved was TO make him famous. His
education was largely self-acquired. but
he was versed In FIVE languages.
He had DO resources and took the en-
pioyment that first came TO hand AT
one time he served as conductor on a
street car line. at another he was walt
er In a restaurant. He remained long
then gave himself feverishly to his ro-
mantle drama, which he called THE Cap
tive" 1t was couched in blank verse.
His acquaintance with Marvin dates
back two years, when he first en-
ployed him to copy some OF his verses
As months went by and he failed TO find
a publisher despair slowly took possess
sion of him. Unlike other literary men, he
wrote no pot boilers
1t is almost three months since Mar
win last saw him. On going TO his offlce.
he found there this letter:
Dear Mr.. Marvin-I have to write you a
letter which you will find rather abrupt
and startling. but I am very I'll, and
have not much time and can't make IL
any better. You must excuse my troub-
lins you. / know no one else to turn to.
am about starved out-I have only a
few cents left-and ! have made UP my
mind 10 kill myself and save time. Want
somebody to put notice or some sort IN
n paper because i have some people out
In Chicago and / imagine ] owe that TO
them / think you owe me some change
from our last bill. Make the notice short
Put. Chicago papers copy" or something
such Hurriedly yours. A. STIRLING.
I'm going TO drown myself in the Hud-
son. / thank you for your services and
wish you happiness.
The letter was without date or address
and had been posted at Station w.
which Is at 49S Columbus avenue.
Marvin. convinced from what he knew
OF the map that he would keep his word.
inserted in a morning newspaper the fol-
lowing advertisement:
STIRLING-By suicide In the Hudson
river. poet and man OF genius, In the
22d year OF his age. only son OF Richard
II and Grace Stirling, deceased, OF chi
cago.
Chicago papers please copy.
Stirling was OF slender build and dark
complexion. Marvin said he had lived
somewhere on East Houston street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-12

vrbere IS more Catarrh I'm this Sec
zion OF the country than all other dis
eases nut together. and until the last few
saars was supposed 10 be incurable For
Z great many years doctors pronounced
Z, a local disease. and prescribed local
remedies and by constantly failing TO
.ura with local treatment. pronounced ~
sncurable Science has proven catarrh
20 he n constitutional disease. and there
Tore requires constitutional treatment
Hairs Catarrh Cure. manufactured by r.
cheney q Co, Toledo. Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market Ii is
taken Internally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. IL acts directly on the
They offer one hundred dollars for any
ca se II fails 10 cure. Send for circulars
Address' nH + ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family pills are the best
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-12
CHAPTER 90.

AN Act In Amendment OF Section 20 Of
Chapter 253 OF the General Laws. En-
titled 'Of the Service OF writs"
PASSED April 3. 1902
II is enacted by the General Assembly
as follows.
Section l. Section % Of Chapter 253 OF
the General Laws IS hereby amended so
as TO read as follows:
"Section 25. In case such writ shall
have been returned TO the court To which
Il is made returnable, and duly entered
therein. or i'm case the officer who served
such writ shall, from any cause. be un-
able TO accept such bond and release the
shares or personal estate In the hands or
possession OF such trustee from such at
tachment. then the bond given TO re-
lease the attachment shall be delivered
10 the plaintiff or his attorney named on
said writ. such bond running 10 the plain
tiff and with surety to the satisfaction or
the plaintiff or such attorney and upon
the acceptance OF such bond by said
plaintiff or such attorney. said plaintlf
or his attorney shall thereupon give to
said defendant certificate signed by
such plaintiff or his attorney that he has
accepted sold bond and released said
shares or personal estate from attach
ment. In case OF the refusal Of said
plaintiff or his attorney to act upon said
bond or 10 receive proper bond and give
such certificate said defendant may pc
tition the court 20 which such writ IL
pettirnable TO accept n bond running To
the plaintifY and satisfactory TO the court
and release said shares or personal estate
from attachment
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-12

AN ACT Regulating Assignments at
Common Law For the Benefit OF Cred
itors.
PASSED April g. 1902
IL Is enacted by the General Assembly
as follows:
Section l. Any assignee at common law
for the benefit OF creditors, upon applica-
tion to the appellate division OF the SUI
preme court by one-fifth in amount OF the
creditors OF tho assignor. may be required
by said division TO give bond TO the ap-
pellate division OF the supreme court with
good and sufficient surety, 10 be approx
ed by the court. In the amount OF the to-
tai value OF all property conveyed by the
deed OF assignment. conditioned on the
faithful performance OF his duties. All
such bonds shall be filed In the office OF
the clerk OF the appellate division, and
may be sued upon I'm the proper court at
the rela ton or any party interested or ag-
greved, upon surety for costs being given
TO the court I'm which such suit Is
brought Joint assignees may give joint
or several bond: and any assignee so re-
quired 10 give bond falling To give such
bond In manner aforesaid shall be deem
cd 10 have resigned or refused his trust.
Sec .. Every person making an assign
ment at common law for the benefit OF
creditors shall file with his assignee
sworn itemized schedule OF all his assets.
showing the amount and kind OF his
property. where located and the cash val
ue thereof to the best OF his knowledge
and belief, and list OF his creditors. stat
ing their names, residences, and the
amounts due each OF them. and the owl
dences thereof and securities therefor. II
any. held by them.
Sec. 3. Every such assignee shall forth
with cause said deed of assignment 90 be
recorded In the registry of deeds I'm each
town or city I'm which there may be real
estate Of the assignor on which ~ may
operate. and I'm any event I'm the registry
OF deeds OF the town or city where such
assignor resides or is located. and shall
forthwith give public notice Of his quail
flea tion. with notice 90 all creditors 20
persent claims and all debtors 20 make
payments 90 such assignee. I'm some news
paper published In the county IN which
such c-ebSnor resides or II located. and
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CHAPTER sss.

AN ACT 10 Prevent and Punish the Desc
Grafton of the Flag OF the United States
Of America.
passed April 8. 1907
IL Is enacted by the general Assembly az
follows:
Section 1. Any person who In any man.
ner. for exhibition or display, shall place
or cause to be placed any word. figure.
mark picture design, drawing. or adver-
tisement OF any nature upon any flag.
standard. color. or ensign OF the United
States of America, or shall expose or
cause to be exposed TO public view any
such flag, standard. color, or ensign upon
which shall be printed. painted, or other
wise placed, or to which shall be attached,
appended, affixed, or annexed. any word,
figure. mark, picture. design or drawing,
or any advertisement of any nature, or
who shall expose to public view, manu-
facture, SELL expose for sale. give away,
or have In possession for sale or TO give
away, or for use for any purpose, any
article or substance, being an article of
merchandise or a receptacle of merchan-
disc, upon which shall have been printed,
painted, attached. or otherwise placed a
representation Of any such flag, standard,
color. or ensign. TO advertise. call atten-
ton to, mark. or distinguish the article
or substance on which SO placed, or who
shall publicly mutilate. deface. defile, or
DEFY. trhmple upon OF cast Son,einpt'
either by words or act. upon any such
Tag standard, color. or ensign, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars or by Imprisonment
for not more than thirty days, or both, In
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. The words flag. standard, color
or ensign, as used In this act, shall in
clude any flag. standard. color. ensign, or
any picture or representation OF either
thereof made of any substance. or repre-
sented on any substance, and OF any size
evidently purporting TO be either OF said
flag standard. color. or ensign of the
.,nited States of America. or a picture or
a representation OF either thereof. upon
which shall be shown the colors, the
stars, and the stripes. In any number of
either thereof, or by which the person
seeing the same. without deliberation
may believe the same TO represent the
flag, coiors. standard. or ensign OF the
United States of America.
Sec. g. This act shall not apply to any
act permitted by the statutes or the
United States army and navy regulations.
newspaper. periodical. book. pamphlet
circular, certificate, diploma, warrant, or
commission OF appointment to office. or
namental picture, articles OF tewelry. or
stationery for use in correspondence, on
any OF which shall be printed. painted. or
placed said flag, disconnected from any
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on
January !, 1904.
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excepting national banking associations
OF other corporations existing under the
laws or by the authority OF tho United
States. shall carry on within this state
the business for which II was incorporat-
ed. or enforce In the courts OF this state
less IL shall have complied with the fol-
lowing sections OF this chapter"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon
its passage. and all acts and parts Of
acts Inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
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CHAPTER $50.

AN ACT In Amendment Of Section 36.
OF Chapter 2b3 Of the General Laws.
Entitled "Of the Service OF Writs."
passed April 3. i9o2)
rt is enacted by the General Assembly
section 4 Section s6 Of Chapter 253
of tho General Laws. entitled "Of the
service of writs" is hereby amended so
as 10 read as follows:
sec. &c. No corporation. unless incor-
|porated by the general assembly OF this
state. or under Sep,ral law OF this state.
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CHATTER es7.

AN ACT In Amendment OF Chapter IL or
the General Laws. Entitled ''Of the At
torneyGeneral and the Assistant Attor-
(Passed April 4. 1907
IL Is enacted by the General Assembly as
section I Chapter II OF the General
Laws is hereby amended by adding the
following section:
sec S The attorney general may draw
orders upon the general treasurer Tor the
payment Of such services as may be au
thorized by him I'm the execution OF the
laws. not exceeding In amount two thou
sand dollars annually,
Sec. q This act shall take effect on
and after its passage.
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CHAPTER ssl.

AN ACT In Amendment OF Chapter 295
OF the General Laws.
Passed April 3. 1909
II IL enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section 1. Section s OF Chapter 2s6 OF
the General Laws Is hereby amended so
as TO read as follows:
Sec. 3. All grand and petit Jurors
shall be paid for each days attendance
on the common pleas division OF the su-
preme court, each two dollars. Drawn
Jurors shall be entitled to ten cents for
each miles travel to and from court for
the first day and three cents for each
miles travel to and from court for each
subsequent day OF his attendance"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage. and all acts and
parts OF acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
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CHAPTER sS5.

AN ACT Providing For the Service Of
writs I'm Tort Actions Upon Nom Rest
dents Having Property Within the
state.
PASSED April 2. 1927
Tt r. enacted by the General Assembly, as
follows
Section l. Actions at law sounding in
tort may be Instituted against non-resi-
dents having property witbsa The state
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PUBLIC LAWS, PASSED AT THE
JANUARY SESSION. 1902.

(The Chapters Of the Public Laws are
numbered continuously from the Cen
eral Laws, Revision OF 1850