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tuxet Falls, or throw any stones off from the same, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars; to be recovered by an action of debt, before any justice of the peace of either of the towns of Warwick or Cranston; one half thereof to and for the use of the complainant, and the other half to and for the use of the town where such complaint shall be made.

SEC. 2. The towns of Warwick and Cranston respectively shall be empowered to appoint each, one suitable person to take care of said bridge, and to prevent damage or injury being done thereto; each of the said persons so appointed shall have power, and it shall be his special duty, to prosecute for any penalties incurred under this act.

An Act to prevent Damage being done to Weybosset Bridge, in Providence.

Penalty for fastening vessel to Weybosset Bridge.

It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

Whosoever shall fasten any vessel to any part of Weybosset bridge shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every offence; to be recovered by the city treasurer of Providence, for the time being, in an action of debt before any justice of the peace in said city, to and for the use of said city.

An Act relative to the passing of Teams and Carriages in Public Highways.

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1. Wheel carriages meeting, to give half 2. Penalty for leaving carriage, &c., the way, &c.; penalty for wilful ne- standing in highway.

glect.

It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

SECTION 1. Every person driving or conducting any wheel carriage of any kind, or any sled or sleigh with any kind of team, in any public highway, when meeting another with any wheel carriage, sled or sleigh, or team, shall, if it be practicable, conduct or keep such as shall be under his care on the right hand side, so that the person met may pass on his left hand, and have, as near as conveniently may be, one half of the way; and every person intentionally and wilfully failing to do so shall forfeit and pay as a fine, to and for the use of

the state, the sum of five dollars; and he shall also be liable to pay all special damages accruing from unnecessary delay or otherwise to any person, by a neglect or refusal to comply with the requisitions of this act; to be recovered by special action on the case by the person so injured: provided, however, that it shall be optional with the driver of any loaded team, when met or overtaken by any empty team or pleasure carriage, either to stop his team until the team or carriage by which he shall be met or overtaken shall have passed, if there be sufficient room, or to give half the way as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. Every person having charge of any wheel carriage of any kind, or sled or sleigh with any kind of team, who shall negligently or wilfully leave the same to go at large in any such highway, shall pay a like fine of five dollars.

An Act to prevent Excessive Riding in any of the places therein mentioned.

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1. Penalty for excessive riding in certain 2. Parts of East-Greenwich and Warwick included, defined.

towns.

It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

SECTION 1. If any person shall ride faster than a common travelling pace, in any of the streets of the town of Newport or Providence, or in such parts of the towns of Warwick and EastGreenwich as are herein after described; or in the compact part of the towns of Bristol or Warren; or in that part of NorthProvidence called Pawtucket; or in that part of South-Kingstown called Kingston; or in that part of Warwick called Apponaug; or in that part of North-Kingstown called Wickford; or in that part of Warwick and Cranston called Pawtuxet; such person shall pay as a fine the sum of two dollars for every offence; one half thereof to the informer, and the other half to and for the use of the town where such offence shall be committed; to be recovered upon complaint thereof made before any one justice of the peace in the town where the of fence shall be committed, with costs, unless justifiable cause for such riding shall be made to appear before such justice of the peace who shall try the same; which trial and judgment thereon shall be final.

SEC. 2. The part of the towns of East-Greenwich and Warwick, first mentioned, where such excessive riding is by this act prohibited, hereby is declared to extend from the

house of the late Rufus Greene, in said East-Greenwich, unto the house of the late Gideon Casey, in Warwick.

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It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

SECTION 1. The respective proprietors on each side of the two ferries kept between Newport and Jamestown, of that between Jamestown and South Kingstown, called the South Ferry, and of that between Bristol and Portsmouth, shall continue to be vested with the exclusive right and privilege of conveying and transporting passengers, horses, neat cattle, and all other freight across their respective ferries, for the several rates of ferriage herein after prescribed, and subject to the regulations and penalties which are by this act or may be hereafter provided.

SEC. 2. The said proprietors respectively, shall constantly keep and maintain at each of their said ferries, and on each side thereof, one good boat, with proper and sufficient tackle and apparel, together with two good oars and one boat hook, which shall at all times be kept afloat and in constant readiness; and shall, on the application of any person or persons whomsoever for the conveyance or transportation of themselves or freight across said ferries, and on paying or tendering the lawful ferriage therefor, be put off, and shall proceed across said ferries, wind and weather permitting.

SEC. 3. Passengers and freight at Bristol ferry shall and may, on payment or tender of single ferriage, be conveyed across said ferry at all times between sunrising and eight o'clock in the evening, at all seasons of the year.

SEC. 4. At the said other ferries passengers and freight shall and may, on payment of single ferriage, be conveyed across said ferries at all times between sunrising and sunsetting.

SEC. 5. At all times other than as before provided, and on Sundays, thanksgiving days and fast days, passengers and freight shall and may, on payment or tender of double ferriage, be conveyed across said ferries; except that at Bristol ferry they shall be conveyed across between sunrise and eight o'clock, P. M. upon payment of single ferriage, except from the first day of December to the first day of March, when from sunrise until six o'clock, P. M. they shall be conveyed for single ferriage; and before and after those hours, upon the tender or payment of double ferriage: provided, however, that all physicians, surgeons and midwives on their professional duties, and persons going for them, shall at all times be conveyed for single ferriage.

SEC. 6. If any ferryman shall refuse or neglect to keep his boat afloat and in readiness as aforesaid, or shall refuse or neglect to convey or transport any persons applying for passage, or conveyance of freight, and tendering or paying lawful ferriage therefor according to the provisions aforesaid, the proprietor of such ferry where such refusal or neglect shall happen, shall forfeit and pay for each neglect or refusal, the sum of ten dollars; one moiety thereof to the state and the other moiety to the person who shall sue for the same.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the ferryman at each of the said ferries, to put off the boat whenever it shall appear that the boat from the other side is on her passage or nearly arriving at that side where the boat is at the wharf, under the penalty of one dollar; to be recovered by an action of debt in any court proper to try the same.

SEC. 8. No proprietor or keeper of said ferries shall cause or suffer his ferry-boat to be absent from the said ferry on any pretence whatever, excepting for necessary repairs, under the penalty of thirty dollars for every three hours absence therefrom; to be recovered in an action of debt in any court of record proper to try the same; one half thereof to the use of the state, and the other half to the use of him who shall sue for the same.

SEC. 9. The proprietors of each of said ferries shall keep their respective ferry-wharves in good repair, so that at common low water their respective boats can receive on board freight and passengers afloat, and come to, sail and proceed across said ferries, weather permitting.

SEC. 10. If the said proprietors or either of them shall neglect to keep their respective wharves in suitable repair, the proprietor or proprietors so neglecting shall forfeit and pay, to and for the use of the state, the sum of ten dollars for each

and every month's neglect; such neglect to be ascertained by a committee, to be annually appointed in May, as other state officers are, whose duty it shall be to report at the May and October sessions of the general assembly; and all such penalties as they shall report forfeited as aforesaid, shall be sued for and recovered in an action of debt by the general treasurer. SEC. 11. No person shall transport passengers or freight across either of said ferries, except the proprietors thereof or their agents, or take off or land the same at or from either of the said ferry wharves, except as before provided, under the penalty of fifty dollars; one half thereof to the use of the person who shall prosecute and sue for the same, and the other half to the use of the state; to be recovered in an action of debt in any court proper to try the same.

SEC. 12. The proprietors of the said ferries are and shall be entitled to receive the following rates of ferriage and no more, to wit:

Newport and
South Ferry.

Bristol

Ferry.

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For each hog,

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For each sheep or lamb,

But no ferriage shall be charged at Bristol

ferry for a lamb with the ewe.

For all heavy goods per hundred weight,
For every horse and carriage with the persons

in it, at Newport and South ferry,

At Bristol ferry the following rates for the following persons and things and no more:

For every coach, barouche, wagon or other four wheel carriage drawn by two horses, with the persons in the same,

For every additional horse with such coach, barouche, wagon or other four wheeled carriage,

For every chaise or sulkey, and for every carryall or pleasure carriage, and for every wagon hung on or supported by springs of iron and

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