reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
RI Gen L § 28-35-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-33 - Finality of decree - Stay of decree.

§ 28-35-33. Finality of decree — Stay of decree.Any decree entered by the workers' compensation court acting within its powers shall in the absence of fraud be final, and shall take effect immediately upon being entered, and enforcement of the decree shall not be stayed pending appeal. If benefits have been ordered to be paid, reduced, discontinued, or suspended, the terms of the decree shall be followed until reversed. If compensation payments have been ordered by the workers' compensation court, those payments shall be made and continued until reversal, and if payments have not been ordered and the decree is reversed, retroactive payments shall be made from the date provided for in the decision of the supreme court. Provided, that an employee shall not be required to make restitution to the employer for any benefits paid regardless of the outcome of the appeal.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-33; P.L. 1972, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-35-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-34 - Default in appellate procedure.

§ 28-35-34. Default in appellate procedure.As provided in this chapter, the claim of appeal shall not suspend the operation of the decree appealed from, but, in case of default in taking the procedure required, the workers' compensation court upon motion of any party may proceed as if no claim of appeal had been made, unless it is made to appear to the workers' compensation court that the default no longer exists.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 7; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-34.
RI Gen L § 28-35-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-35 - Repealed.

§ 28-35-35. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 8; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-35; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 7, effective June 9, 2014; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 7, effective June 9, 2014.
RI Gen L § 28-35-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-36 - Action by supreme court.

§ 28-35-36. Action by supreme court.The supreme court after hearing any appeal shall determine the appeal, and affirm, reverse, or modify the decree appealed from, and may itself take, or cause to be taken by the workers' compensation court any further proceedings that shall seem just. If a new decree is necessary, it shall be framed by the supreme court for entry by the workers' compensation court. At that time, the cause shall be remanded to the workers' compensation court for any further proceedings that shall be required.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 9; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-36.
RI Gen L § 28-35-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-37 - Delay of process for execution of decree.

§ 28-35-37. Delay of process for execution of decree.No process for the execution of any decree of the workers' compensation court from which an appeal may be taken shall issue until the expiration of the appeal period, unless all parties against whom the decree is made, file with the court a waiver of appeal or by causing an entry thereof to be made on the docket.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 10; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-37; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 2013, ch. 445, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 475, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-38 - Certification of questions to supreme court.

§ 28-35-38. Certification of questions to supreme court.If, in the course of the proceedings in any cause, any question of law arises which in the opinion of the workers' compensation court is of such doubt and importance, and so affects the merits of the controversy, that it ought to be determined by the supreme court before further proceedings, the workers' compensation court may certify that question to the supreme court for that purpose, and stay all further proceedings except those that are necessary to preserve the rights of the parties.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; G.L. 1938, art. 3, § 11; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-38.
RI Gen L § 28-35-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-39 - Payment of compensation.

§ 28-35-39. Payment of compensation.Compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall be paid by check as defined in § 6A-3-104(f) and not by draft, or if mutually agreed upon by both the employee and the employer or its insurer in accordance with § 28-35-40, by electronic fund transfer, or by electronic access device, at no cost to the employee, with the exception of any third-party transactional fees incurred by the employee and shall be paid promptly and directly to the person entitled to it. The check shall contain the following language: "I understand that endorsement hereon or deposit to my accounts constitutes my affirmation that I am receiving these workers' compensation benefits pursuant to law, that I have made no false claims or statements or concealed any material fact, in order to receive these benefits and that doing so would make me liable for civil and criminal penalties, including jail." If paid by electronic fund transfer or by electronic access device, said notice shall be satisfied in accordance with § 28-33-17.2(c)(2). The insurer/employer and/or its third-party administrator shall not have, or be entitled to gain, access to the details of electronic transactions without the express written consent of the employee or court order from a court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-39; P.L. 1984, ch. 142, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; P.L. 1993, ch. 119, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 104, § 3; P.L. 2015, ch. 116, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-35-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-40 - Delivery of weekly compensation.

§ 28-35-40. Delivery of weekly compensation.Whenever the employee is entitled to weekly compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, the employer, and/or insurance carrier, until further order of the workers' compensation court, shall cause to be paid by electronic fund transfer; or issued as an electronic access device; or mailed first-class mail to the employee, addressed to his or her last known residence; each week the amount of compensation payable to the employee as it may be due. Electronic fund transfer payments or issuance of an electronic access device shall be permitted if mutually agreed upon by the employee and the employer or its insurer on forms provided by the department of labor and training, which may be rescinded at will by either party on forms provided by the department of labor and training and filed with the department.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2992, § 1; G.L., ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-40; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 2015, ch. 104, § 3; P.L. 2015, ch. 116, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-35-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-41 - Time for payment or notification to employee of controverted question.

§ 28-35-41. Time for payment or notification to employee of controverted question.For all injuries occurring on or before February 28, 1986, within twenty-one (21) days after the employer has notice of an injury or death as provided in chapters 29 — 38, of this title and has received the initial medical report referred to in § 28-35-9, the employer or employer's insurer shall either immediately begin the payment of compensation, or advise the director and the employee or his or her representative that the right to benefits under those chapters is controverted. In the event that the employer or his or her insurer does not immediately begin the payment of compensation to the employee, or does not notify the director and the employee that the right to benefits under those chapters is controverted, within the time prescribed by this section, the employer or employer's insurer may be required to pay to an employee who successfully prosecutes a petition for workers' compensation an additional fifty dollars ($50.00), which is to be awarded to that employee by the workers' compensation court in its discretion and added to his or her first week's compensation.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-41; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 8; P.L. 1986, ch. 1, § 8.
RI Gen L § 28-35-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-42 - Penalty for delinquency in payment.

§ 28-35-42. Penalty for delinquency in payment.If any payment of compensation is not paid within fourteen (14) days after it becomes due, there shall be added to that unpaid payment an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of it, which shall be paid at the same time as, but in addition to, that payment, unless the nonpayment is excused by the workers' compensation court after a showing by the employer or his or her insurer that owing to conditions over which he or she had no control the payment could not be paid within the period prescribed for the payment. However, if within one year next preceding the due date of any payment which is not paid within fourteen (14) days after it becomes due, two (2) or more payments payable under the terms of the agreement have not been paid within fourteen (14) days after those payments have become due, it shall be conclusively presumed that the failure of the employer to make the instant payment was owing to conditions over which the employer had control.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-42; P.L. 1963, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-35-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-43 - Time payments due under order or decree - Penalty for delinquency.

§ 28-35-43. Time payments due under order or decree — Penalty for delinquency.Payment of compensation under a decision of the court becomes due upon the effective date of the order and weekly thereafter on the same day. If any payment payable under the terms of an order or decree is not paid within fourteen (14) days after it becomes due there shall be added to that unpaid payment an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) thereof, which shall be paid at the same time as, but in addition to, that compensation unless the nonpayment is excused by the workers' compensation court after a showing by the employer or insurer that owing to conditions over which he or she had no control the payment could not be paid within the period prescribed for payment. However, if within one year next preceding the due date of any payment which is not paid within fourteen (14) days after it becomes due, two (2) or more payments payable under the terms of the order or decree have not been paid within fourteen (14) days after the payments have become due, it shall be conclusively presumed that the failure of the employer to make the instant payment was owing to conditions over which he or she had control. Any order or decree of the worker's compensation court shall be enforceable by suitable action or proceeding brought by either of the parties to it before the court, including executions against goods, chattels, and real estate, and including proceedings for contempt for willful failure or neglect to obey the provisions of the order or decree.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-43; P.L. 1963, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-35-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-44 - Monthly or quarterly payments to nonresidents.

§ 28-35-44. Monthly or quarterly payments to nonresidents.If an employee receiving a weekly payment under chapters 29 — 38 of this title ceases to reside in the state, or if his or her residence at the time of accident is in an adjoining state, the workers' compensation court, upon the application of either party, may, in its discretion, having regard to the welfare of the employee and the convenience of the employer, order that payment to be made monthly or quarterly instead of weekly.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 16; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-44; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-35-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-45 - Review and modification of decrees.

§ 28-35-45. Review and modification of decrees.(a) At any time after the date of the approval of any agreement or at any time after the date of the entry of any decree concerning compensation, and if compensation has ceased under the agreement or decree, within ten (10) years after that, any agreement, award, order, finding, or decree may be from time to time reviewed by the workers' compensation court, upon its own motion or upon a petition of either party upon forms prescribed by the court, after due notice to the interested parties:(1) Upon the ground that the:(i) Incapacity of the injured employee has diminished, ended, increased, or returned;(ii) Employee has recovered from the effects of his or her work-related injury and is disabled only as a result of a preexisting condition;(iii) Employee is able to return to the same work which he or she performed at the time of his or her injury;(iv) Employee has refused an offer of suitable employment; or(v) Weekly compensation payments have been based upon an erroneous average weekly wage; or(2) Regarding any other obligation established under chapters 29 — 38 of this title.(b) Upon this review the workers' compensation court may decrease, suspend, increase, commence, or recommence compensation payments in accordance with the facts, or make any other order that the justice of the case may require. No review shall affect the agreement, award, order, finding, or decree as regards money already paid, except that an award increasing the compensation rate may be made effective from the date of the injury, and except that if any part of the compensation due or to become due is unpaid, an award decreasing the compensation rate may be made effective from the date of injury, and any payments made prior thereto in excess of the decreased rate shall be deducted from any unpaid compensation, in the manner and by the methods that may be determined by the workers' compensation court.(c) Relief on review shall not be denied an employee or granted an employer or his or her insurer on the grounds that the employee is incapacitated by an injury or disease which is different from the one for which the employee was paid compensation if the injury or disease incapacitating the employee results from an injury or disease for which the employee was paid compensation.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 14; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 13; P.L. 1935, ch. 2204, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 13; P.L. 1941, ch. 1064, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2274, § 1; G.L. 1949, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-45; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-46 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-46 - [Repealed.]

§ 28-35-46. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-46; P.L. 1958, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1986, ch. 430, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 322, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; P.L. 1998, ch. 105, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 404, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 28-35-46.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-46.1 - Termination of payment - Accounting.

§ 28-35-46.1. Termination of payment — Accounting.Within sixty (60) days after the discontinuance or suspension of compensation payments under § 28-33-18(d), the employer and/or insurer shall file with the director of labor and training, with a copy to the employee and his or her attorney, and also to the employer if filed by the insurer, an itemized statement of the total amount of compensation, medical expenses, and other expenses paid to or on behalf of the employee. This itemized statement shall be on a form prepared by the director of labor and training for that purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 12; P.L. 2003, ch. 388, § 4; P.L. 2003, ch. 395, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-35-47 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-47 - [Repealed.]

§ 28-35-47. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-47; P.L. 1958, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; P.L. 1993, ch. 474, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 105, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 404, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 28-35-48 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-48 - [Repealed.]

§ 28-35-48. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-48; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 28-35-49 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-49 - [Repealed.]

§ 28-35-49. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-49; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 28-35-50 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-50 - [Repealed.]

§ 28-35-50. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-50; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 28-35-51 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-51 - [Repealed.]

§ 28-35-51. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-51; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 13; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 28-35-51.1, 28-35-52 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-51.1, 28-35-52 - Repealed.

§ 28-35-51.1, 28-35-52. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-35-53 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-53 - Payment when due as condition to relief to employer.

§ 28-35-53. Payment when due as condition to relief to employer.The employer shall not be entitled to any relief granted by §§ 28-35-39 — 28-35-52, if payments in accordance with the existing agreement or decree are not paid in full to the date of the filing of the petition or notice, or the date of the hearing before the commission, or if payments are not made in accordance with the terms of chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-53.
RI Gen L § 28-35-54 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-54 - Certification of papers to court.

§ 28-35-54. Certification of papers to court.Whenever the director certifies to the workers' compensation court papers, agreements, and documents in any proceedings as are provided in chapters 29 — 38 of this title, he or she shall certify them to the workers' compensation court.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 13; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-54; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-55 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-55 - Filing day or required act falling on weekend or holiday.

§ 28-35-55. Filing day or required act falling on weekend or holiday.Whenever, under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, the day, or the last day, for the filing with the workers' compensation court, of any original petition or other petition, motion, decree, claim of appeal, reasons of appeal, brief, or other document, or for the doing of any act required or permitted to be done by those chapters, falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the act or filing may be done on the next succeeding business day.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 15; P.L. 1956, ch. 3723, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-55; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-56 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-56 - Effect of death of petitioner.

§ 28-35-56. Effect of death of petitioner.No proceedings under chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall abate because of the death of the petitioner, but may be prosecuted by his or her legal representative or by any person entitled to compensation by reason of his or her death under those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 14; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-56.