Of jurors. Portion set off to be the Providence. and councilmen. and annexed, shall be assumed, and are hereby imposed upon said city of Providence. SEC. 11. Chapter 484 of the statutes is so amended that hereafter there shall be drawn seven petit jurors of the first class, and eight petit jurors of the second class, from the city of Providence, and one petit juror of the first class, and one petit juror of the second class from the town of Cranston. SEC. 12. Said portion so set off and annexed shall 9th ward of be until the next division of said city of Providence into wards, the ninth ward of said city; and the board of aldermen of said city are hereby directed to cause an election to be held in said ward, on or before the first day of July, A. D. 1868, for the purpose of electAlderman ing one alderman and four councilmen, residents therein, and who would have been qualified to vote in said town of Cranston on said day of election, upon any proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in said town of Cranston, had not this act been passed, to be voted for by the voters in said ward, having said qualifications, and to hold their offices for the municipal year commencing on the first Monday of June, A. D. 1868. At said election, the voters in said ward who would have been entitled to vote on said day for general officers, had not this act been passed, shall also elect a warden and clerk, and six members of the school committee, residents therein, who shall hold their respective offices as follows: said warden and clerk and two members of said school committee for the term of one year from the first Wednesday of April, A. D. 1868, and two members of said school committee for two years from said date, and two members thereof for three years from said date, the respective terms of office of said school committee to be designated upon the ballot; and all the names of said school committee shall be upon one ballot. Division of SEC. 13. The act entitled "An act dividing the into districts, town of Cranston into districts for the purpose of voting," passed at the May session, A. D. 1856, is hereby repealed. repealed. SEC. 14. Section one of chapter 610, of the stat utes, is so amended that hereafter the school committee of the city of Providence, shall consist of fifty-seven members. SEC. 15. The senator and representatives elected from the town of Cranston, at the last general election, and all town officers already elected, shall hold their respective offices for the terms for which they were elected. SEC. 16. All proceedings, civil and criminal commenced or pending prior to the passage of this act, before the trial justice, residing in said portion set off, and annexed as aforesaid, shall remain within the jurisdiction of said justice, who is hereby authorized to proceed to final judgment and execution therein, as if this act had not passed. SEC. 17. The town clerk of said town of Cranston, shall, on or before the fifteenth day of June, A. D. 1868, transmit to the Board of Aldermen of said Providence, a certified list of all the persons residing in said portion set off, and annexed as aforesaid, who would have been qualified to vote in said Cranston, upon any proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in said Cranston, on the tenth day of June, A. D. 1868, had not this act been passed. And also a certified list of all persons residing therein, who might have been qualified to vote for general officers on said tenth day of June, A. D. 1868, had not this act been passed. SEC. 18. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 771. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 66 OF THE REVISED Passed June STATUTES-“ OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL COM- 10, 1868. MITTEES." It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Whenever the city council of the city of Providence shall fix upon a location for a school house in said city, the provisions of sections five and six of said chapter sixty-six shall apply to the city of Providence. SEC. 2. The board of aldermen of said city shall appoint the three disinterested persons named in said section five. SEC. 3. The fifth section of said chapter, is hereby so amended that the land taken under the provisions of said section, shall not exceed one acre. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 772. Passed June AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO BUILD A 10, 1868. BRIDGE ACROSS PROVIDENCE RIVER. Passed June 10, 1868. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. That the city of Providence be, and they are hereby authorized to erect and build a bridge across Providence river within the limits of said city at such place as the city council of said city shall select, between Weybosset bridge and the south line of India street on the east side of said river, and the south line of Crary avenue on the west side of said river. SEC. 2. Said city shall construct, keep and maintain in said bridge a swing draw with an opening on each side thereof, of not less than one hundred feet in width, and shall at all times keep a sufficient force stationed at said bridge to open said draw for the passage of vessels through the same, and without expense to said vessels. SEC. 3. Said city of Providence is hereby authorized and empowered to hire the money necessary for the erection of said bridge, not to exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars and to issue their obligations therefor in such form and upon such terms as the city council of said city may elect. CHAPTER 773. AN ACT IN ADDITION TO TITLE XX, CHAPTER 138, OF THE It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Every guardian is hereby empowered, under the advice and direction of the court of probate appointing such guardian, to adjust by compromise any claims in favor of, or against the estates of the wards by them represented. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 774. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE ACT PASSED AT THE JANU- Passed June ARY SESSION, 1845, ENTITLED "AN ACT IN AMENDMENT 10, 1868. OF AN ACT ENTITLED 'AN ACT RELATING TO OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND TO THE ASYLUM, IN THE TOWN OF It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section two of the act to which this is an amendment passed at the January session, 1845 is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. The qualified electors of said town are hereby authorized at their annual town meeting in each year hereafter to elect not less than three nor more than five persons being freeholders of said town commissioners of said asylum, who shall exercise the same powers and be subjected to the same duties as are granted to and imposed from said commissioners by the provisions of the said act, passed at the June session, A. D. 1823. SEC. 3. The election of commissioners of said asylum at the annual town meeting, of said town, in April, 1868, is hereby legalized and declared valid to all intents and purposes. Said commissioners till their successors are qualified to have all the powers and be subject to the duties aforesaid. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Passe June 10, 1868. CHAPTER 775. AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be authorized by law, are hereby appropriated. to the objects hereinafter expressed, for deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of April A. D. 1868. For deficiency in the appropriation for the justices of the court of magistrates in the village of Pawtucket, ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents. For additional deficiency in the appropriation for the expenses of the general assembly, including pay of its officers, clerks and stationery, two thousand dollars. For deficiency in the appropriation for judicial expenses, one thousand and fifty dollars. |