next preceding such payments, not exceeding ten dol. lars for each quarter year for travelling expenses; but such payments in the aggregate for such travelling expenses shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars in any one year, and shall be made to the respective pupils entitled to the same in proportion to the distance they may reside from said school.” SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 420. Passed Oct. 2, 1896. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 65 OF THE GENERAL It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : Powers of school com . SECTION 1. Sections 9 and 10 of Chapter 65 of the General Laws are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. In the city of Providence the school committee of city mittee of said city shall hereafter employ the superin tendent and teachers, have charge and custody of all school buildings and school property, manage and regulate the schools, and draw all orders for the pay: ment of their expenses from the money appropriated by the city council for the support of public schools: Provided, however, that the city council of said city shall have the expenditure of all sums appropriated for the purchase of land for school purposes or for the improvement of the same or for the construction or repair of school buildings. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 421. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 229, SECTION 14, OF Passed Oct. 2, 1896. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: dents of de- warden of the not required to SECTION 1. Section 14 of Chapter 229 of the Gen- Superinten “Sec. 14. Whenever any agent of the Rhode Island school and SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and CHAPTER 422. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 274 OF THE GEN- ERAL LAWS. Passed Oct. 2, It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : SECTION 1. Section 58 of Chapter 274 of the Gen- “Sec. 58. The costs and expenses of administra- 2 tion in proceedings under this Chapter, including are preferred to registers' and clerks' compensation and expenses, the expenses and compensation of the assignee, and the reasonable fees of his counsel and attorney, shall be first paid in full out of the insolvent estate, in the order named. Sums due to the United States, to the State of Rhode Island, to any town or municipalty in said state, and for the wages of labor performed with- in six months next prior to the adjudication in insol. vency, not exceeding one hundred dollars to any one person, and costs in cases upon which attachments or levies are made, which are dissolved under the pro- visions of this chapter, to the date of such dissolution, shall be next paid in full out of the insolvent estate, SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here- AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR, TO PUR- CHASE FOUR CAISSONS WITH LIMBERS, FOR THE USE OF THE FIRST MACHINE GUN BATTERY, AND MAKING AN SECTION 1. The quartermaster general, under the direction of the governor, is hereby directed to cause chikersum Bat- to be constructed four caissons wită limbers for use of the First Machine Gun Battery, Brigade R. I. M. SEC. 2. The sum of sixteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- in SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its CHAPTER 424. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT, ENTITLED AN ACT TO Passed Oct. 2, 1896. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: be- Point and rail- Point, SECTION 1. The harbor line defined on a plan Harboreline in “Beginning at the point marked “K” on said plat SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 425. Passed Oct. 2, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO HIRE City of Provi- Park and It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The city of Providence is hereby au- thorized and empowered to hire the sum of one hun- Roger Williams Park and Blackstone Park, including SEC. 2. The city council shall annually appropriate, , besides a SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its CHAPTER 426. Passed Oct. 2, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO HIRE It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : 1 |
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