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PUBLIC LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND.
J A N UARY S E S S I O N , 1885.
CHAPTER 472.
AN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 50 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
“ OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS AND OF THE
TOWN TREASURER AND TOWN CLERK RELATIVE TO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.”
SECTION SECTION
I. School Committee of East Provi- 2. Laws repealed.
dence. 3. Takes effect March 20, 1885.
SECTION 1. The school committee of the town of East
Providence shall consist of five members. At the next
annual town meeting for the election of state and town
officers three of said members shall be elected, one for
one year, one for two years and one for three years, and
annually thereafter as vacancies occur, the same shall be
filled by members elected for three years.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed. |
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
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J A N U A R Y S E S S I O N , 1886.
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CHAPTER 556.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 56 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, “ OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL COM.
MITTEES,” AND OF THE ACT IN AMENDMENT THEREOF.
SECTION SECTION
1. Orders for school money, when May allow scholars to attend
to be drawn. school in other district.
School committee may suspend 2. Laws repealed. yº
school in what case. 3. Takes effect May 1, 1886.
SECTION 1. Section 18 of chapter 56 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 18. The school committee shall give no such
order, until they are satisfied that the services have ac-
tually been performed for which the money is to be paid ;
and they shall have the power, in case the average at-
tendance of any school falls below five to suspend said
school in their discretion, and to make such other pro-
visions as they may deem best for the attendance of the
children properly belonging to said School, upon some
other public school ; but such suspension shall not work
the forfeiture of the public money to any district pro-
vided for by section 16 of this chapter. The school
committee may allow scholars residing in one district to
attend school in any other district.”
SEC. 2. Chapter 327 of the Public Laws and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on and after the
first day of May, A. D. 1886.
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CHAPTER 566.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 50 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, “OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS AND
OF THE TOWN TREASURER AND TOWN CLERK RELATIVE TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.”
SECTION SECTION
1. Blank forms for census of chil- 2. Returns of census, how to be
dren of school age. arranged, etc.
3. Takes effect April 20, 1886.
SECTION 1. Section 11 of chapter 50 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. 11. The blank forms required to carry out the
requirements of the preceding section shall be furnished
by the commissioner of public schools to each town, on
or before the first day of December in each year, and
they shall call in substance for the following information,
namely, the name, age, number of weeks’ attendance upon
any school, parents’ name and residence, of each person
enumerated, and if any parent or guardian shall refuse
to give the above information in regard to his children
or wards, or shall knowingly and wilfully falsify such
information, he shall be fined not exceeding twenty
dollars.” -
SEC. 2. Section 12 of chapter 50 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“SEC. 12. The returns of said census shall be alpha-
betically arranged and deposited in the hands of the
school committees of the several towns on or before the
first day of March in each year; and the receipt of the
chairman or clerk of the school committee to the effect
that the above returns have been so received by him shall
be forwarded to the commissioner of public schools, be-
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fore he shall draw his order for the payment of any por-
tion of the public money to that town.”
SEC. 3. --All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
upon its passage.
CHAPTER 573.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 142 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, “OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY
NOTES.”
SECTION SECTION
1. Legal holidays. 2. Takes effect April 30, 1886.
SECTION 1. Section 8 of chapter 142 of the Public -
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: -
“SEC. 8. The fourth day of July, Christmas day,
the twenty-second day of February, and the thirtieth
day of May, commonly called Memorial day, or when-
ever either of said days falls on the first day of the
week, the day following it, and such other days as the
governor or general assembly of this state or the presi-
dent or congress of the United States may appoint as
days of thanksgiving or days of solemn fast, shall be
holidays.”
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
CHAPTER 579.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 52 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, ENTITLED “ OF DISTRICT MEETINGS.”
SECTION SECTION
1. Notice of district meeting, how 3. District meetings, where held.
given. 4. Takes effect April 30, 1886.
2. Special meetings, how called.
SECTION 1. Sections 1, 3 and 4 of chapter 52 of the
Public Statutes are hereby amended so as to read follows:
“SECTION 1. Notice of the time, place and object of
holding the first meeting of a district for organization or
for a meeting, either annual or special, to choose officers,
or to transact any other business shall be given by the
trustees, or in case of the death, removal, resignation or -
disability of the trustees, by the clerk of the district;
in case there be no trustee or clerk authorized to call a
meeting such notice shall be given by the school commit-
tee of the town. ...--"
“SEC. 3. The trustees, or in case of the death, re-
moval, resignation or disability of the trustees, the clerk
may call a special meeting for election or other business
at any time, and shall call one to be held within seven
days, on the written request of any five qualified electors
stating the object for which they wish it called, and if
the trustees or clerk as above provided, neglect or re-
fuse to call a special meeting when so requested, the
school committee may call it and fix the time therefor.”
“SEC. 4. District meetings shall be held in the school-
house, unless otherwise ordered by the district. If there
be no school-house or place appointed by the district for
its meetings, the trustees, or in case of the death, re-
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moval, resignation or disability of the trustees, the clerk,
and if there be no trustees or clerk, the school com-
mittee shall determine the place, which shall always be
within the district.” -
SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon
its passage. -
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PUBLIC LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND,
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J A N U A R Y S E S S I O N, 1887.
- CHAPTER 641.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING “ ARBOIR, DAY.”
SECTION 1. “Arbor Day to be a holiday.
SECTION 1. Such day as the governor of the state
º may appoint as “arbor day” shall be a holiday, but it
shall not be lawful to require payment of notes, checks
and bills of exchange due and payable on said holiday to
be made on the day next previous thereto.
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CHAPTER 644.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 56 OF THE PUBLIC STAT-
UTES, “OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL COMMIT.
TEES, AND APPORTIONMENT AND USES OF SCHOOL MONEY.”
SECTION ~, SECTION
1. Land for school-house sites, 2. Laws repealed.
taken without owner’s con- 3. Takes effect May 6, 1887.
sent, how appraised. -
SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 56 of the Public -
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“SEC. 5. In case the school committee shall fix upon
a location for a school-house in any town or district, or
shall determine that the school-house lot ought to be en-
larged, and the town or district shall have passed a vote
to erect a school-house, or to enlarge the school-house
lot, and the committee shall fix upon a location for a
school-house, and the proprietor of the land shall refuse
to convey the same, or cannot agree with the town or
district for the price thereof, the school committee of
their own motion, or on application of the town or dis-
trict, may appoint three disinterested persons, who shall
notify the parties and decide upon the valuation of the
land; and upon the tender or payment of the sum so.
fixed on to the proprietor, the title to the land so fixed
on by the school committee, not exceeding one acre,
, shall vest in the town or district for the purpose of main-
taining thereon a school-house and the necessary append-
ages thereof.” -
SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage. - -
CHAPTER 649.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO TRUANT CHILDREN AND OF THE
ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SECTION & SECTION
1. Children to attend day schools 9. Truant officers to visit mills, etc.
for what length of time; pen- 10. To demand names of children
alty; exceptions. - employed, etc.
2. What private schools may be 11. Penalty on owners, etc., em-
approved. - ploying children unable to
3. Truant officers, appointment and , write.
duties of; in what cases fees 12. Of town ordinances concerning
may be allowed. truants, etc.
4. Of inquiry into causes of neglect 13. Penalty on truants, etc.
to attend school. 14. Of discharge of truants, etc.
5. No factory or other employees 15. School committees to report;
under ten years of age. in case of refusal, etc., school
6. Children between 10 and 15 money to be withheld.
years, to attend school for 16. Fines, how to inure.
how long. 17. Jurisdiction of district courts.
7. Owners of mills, etc., to keep on 18. Officers complaining not re-
file what certificates of chil- quired to give surety for costs.
dren. 19. Acts repealed; takes effect
8. Penalty on owners, etc. May 6, 1887.
SECTION 1. Every person having under his control a
child between the ages of seven and fifteen years shall
annually cause such child to attend for at least twelve
weeks, six at least of which shall be consecutive, some
public day school in the town or city in which such child
resides, and for every neglect of such duty the person so
offending shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars;
but if such child shall have attended for a like period of
time a private day school, approved by the school com-
mittee of such town or the superintendent of public
schools of such city, or if such child shall have been
otherwise furnished for a like period of time with the
means of education, or shall have already acquired the
elementary branches of learning taught in the public
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schools, or if his physical or mental condition was such
as to render such attendance inexpedient or imprac-
ticable, or has been excused by the school committee
of the town in which such child resides, then such pen-
alty shall not be incurred. -
SEC. 2. For the purposes of the preceding section
such school committees or such superintendent of public
schools shall approve a private school only when the
teaching therein is in the English language and when
they are satisfied that such teaching is thorough and effi-
cient, but they shall not refuse to approve a private
school on account of the religious teaching therein.
SEC. 3 The town council of each town, and the
board of aldermen of each city, shall annually appoint
one or more special constables, and fix their compensa-
tion, who shall be truant officers and who shall under the
direction of the school committee inquire into all cases
arising under the provisions of this act or under any
ordinances made in pursuance thereof by the town or city
by which such officers were appointed, and shall alone be
authorized in case of violation of any of the provisions
of this act, or of any such ordinances, to make complaint
therefor; they shall also serve all legal processes issued
in pursuance of this act or of any such ordinances, but
shall not be entitled to receive any fees for such service :
Provided, however, that in case of the commitment of
any person under the provisions of any section of this
act, or of any ordinance made in pursuance thereof, or
for default of payment of any fine and costs imposed
thereunder, such officer shall be entitled to the regular
fees allowed by law for similar service.
SEC. 4. The truant officers and the school committees
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of the several towns and cities shall inquire into all cases
of neglect of the duty prescribed in section 1 of this act,
within their respective towns and cities, and ascertain
the reasons, if any, therefor, and such truant officers or
any of them shall, when so directed by the school com-
mittee, prosecute any person liable to the penalty pro-
vided for in said section 1.
SEC. 5. No child under 10 years of age shall be em-
ployed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile
establishment, or by any telegraph or telephone company
in this state, during the time that the public schools of
the town or city in which said child may reside are in
session, and any parent or guardian who permits such
employments shall for every such offence be fined not
exceeding twenty dollars.
SEC. 6. No child between the ages of 10 and 15
years shall be so employed except during the vacations
of the public schools of the town or district in which such
child resides, unless during the twelve months next pre-
ceding such employment he shall have attended school as
provided for in section 1 of this act, or shall have already
acquired the elementary branches of learning taught in
the public schools, or shall have been excused by the
school committee of the town in which such child resides,
nor shall such employment continue unless such child
shall attend school as above provided each year, or until
he shall have acquired the elementary branches of learn-
ing taught in the public schools, and no child shall be so
employed who does not present a certificate made by or
under the direction of said school committee of his com-
pliance with the requirements of this section.
SEc. 7. Every owner, superintendent or overseer of
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any establishment or company named in section 5 of this
act shall require and keep on file a certificate of the place
and date of birth of every child under fifteen years of
age employed therein, as nearly accurate as may be, so
long as such child is so employed, which certificate shall
also state, in the case of a child under fifteen years of
age the amount of his school attendance during the year
next preceding such employment. The certificates herein
mentioned shall be signed by a member of the school
committee of the town or city where such attendance
was had or by some one authorized by such committee,
and the form of said certificate shall be furnished by
the secretary of the state board of education.
SEC. 8. Every owner, superintendent or overseer of
any such establishment or company who employs or per-
mits to be employed any child in violation of either of the
two next preceding sections, and every parent or guard-
ian who permits such employment shall be fined not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars. -
SEC. 9. The truant officers shall at least once in
every school term and as often as the school committee
require, visit the establishments described in section 5 of
this act, in their respective towns and cities, and ascer-
tain whether the provisions of the four next preceding
sections hereof are duly observed, and report all viola-
tions thereof to the school committee.
SEC. 10. The truant officers shall demand the names
of the children under fifteen years of age employed in such
establishments or company in their respective towns and
cities, and shall require the certificates of age and school
attendance prescribed in section 7 of this act to be pro-
duced for their inspection and a refusal to produce such
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certificates shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten
dollars. t º: -
SEC. 11. Every owner, superintendent or overseer
of any such establishment or company who employs or
permits to be employed therein a child under fifteen
years of age who cannot write his name, age and place
of residence legibly, while the public schools in the town
or city where such child lives are in session, shall for
every such offence be fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
SEC. 12. The town council of each town and city
council of each city shall make all needful provisions
and arrangements concerning habitual truants and chil-
dren who may be found wandering about in the streets
or public places therein, having no lawful occupation or
business, not attending school and growing up in ignor-
ance, and shall make such ordinances as will be most
conducive to the welfare of such children and to the
good order of such town or city, and shall designate or
provide suitable places for the confinement, discipline
and instruction of such children.
SEC. 13. Every minor convicted under an ordinance
made under the provisions of section 12 of this act of
being an habitual truant or of wandering about the
streets and public places of a town or city or of having
no lawful employment or business or of not attending
school and of growing up in ignorance shall be com-
mitted to any institution of instruction or suitable place
designated or provided for the purpose under the author-
ity of said section 12 for a period not exceeding two years.
SEC. 14. Children so committed may on satisfactory
proof of amendment or for other sufficient cause be dis-
charged from such institution or place by the court which
committed them. -
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SEc. 15. The school committee of the several towns
and cities shall annually report to the state board of
education whether their towns or cities have made the
provisions required by this act and in case the town
council of any town or the board of aldermen and city
council of any city shall in any year refuse or neglect to
comply with the provisions of section 3 and section 12
of this act or of either of them after having been duly
notified by the commissioner of public schools, fifty per
cent. of the money apportioned to such city or town from
the state for school purposes shall be withheld until the
provisions of said section 3 and section 12 of this act
shall have been complied with. * *
SEC. 16. All fines under the provisions of this act
shall inure and be applied to the support of the public
schools of the town or city where the offence was com-
mitted. * ,
SEC. 17. The district courts of the state shall have
* * jurisdiction in their respective districts of all cases aris-
ing under this act and all ordinances passed in conform-
ity with this act. - • ' -
SEC. 18. No officer complaining under any of the
provisions of this act or under the provisions of any or-
dinance that may be passed in pursuance hereof, shall
be required to give surety for costs and such officer
shall not in anywise become liable for any costs that
may accrue on such complaints.
SEC. 19. Chapter 363 of the Public Laws, passed at
the January session, 1883, chapter 457 of the Public
Laws, passed at the May session, 1884, and all other
acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed, and this act shall take effect from and after its
passage. f -
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