PUBLIC LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND-

AND

PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS,

AS REVISED BY A COMMITTEE, AND FINALLY ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT THE SESSION IN JANUARY, 1844.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

THE CHARTER OF CHARLES II., DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SUPPORT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, PROCEED-

INGS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES BY RHODE-ISLAND, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S AD-
DRESS OF SEPTEMBER, 1796, AND CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

OF RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

PROVIDENCE:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY KNOWLES & VOSE.

1844.

29900 1.41

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, by Knowles & Vose, in the

Clerk's office of the District Court of Rhode-Island.

GENERAL CONTENTS.

THE CHARTER Of Charles II., to the Colony of Rhode-Island and Pro-

vidence Plantations,

1

The Declaration of Independence,

10

The Articles of Confederation,

President Washington's Address to the people of the United States,

The Constitution of the United States,

13

34

20

The act of the Convention of the State of Rhode-Island, &c., adopt-

ing the Constitution of the United States,

29

The Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Planta-

tions,

44

An act establishing the Digest of Laws, as reported by the committee

appointed to revise the laws of this State, and amended by the

General Assembly,

An act defining the extent of the several Counties in this State,

An act in relation to certain lands in this State, owned by the United

States,

An act in relation to the Seal of the State,

59

62

63

64

An act in relation to the Construction of Statutes,

64

An act to regulate the organization of the General Assembly,

66

An act directing the method of passing the Acts of the General Assem-

bly, for recording and distributing the same, and distributing the

laws of the United States,

67

An act directing the method of preferring petitions to the General As-

sembly, and of acting thereon,

An act relative to Senators and Representatives to represent this State

in Congress, and of Electors for the election of President and

Vice President of the United States,

75

An act in relation to Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, and Jailers,

77

An act in relation to Coroners,

84

An act in relation to Public Notaries,

An act in relation to the Supreme Court,

88