the state cannot be received at said asylum, the overseer of the poor who cannot be of such town may, with the written consent of the governor, place there received. such pauper at the Butler Hospital for the insane, or, in case such person cannot be received in said hospital, then at some public curative hospital for the insane of good repute, within or without the state; and the sum of thirty dollars per quarter of a year is appropriated out of the state treasury, towards the support of every insane pauper so placed at said Butler Hospital, or at such other curative hospital. Orders, governor may draw, &c. for insane state how drawn and applied. beneficiaries, Detention of insane paupers in town asylums, &c., restricted. SEC. 4. The governor may draw quarterly his order on the general treasurer, for such sum as he may ascertain to be due to the Butler Hospital, or other curative hospital for the insane, in accordance with the preceding section. SEC. 5. He may draw upon the general treasurer annually, for a Appropriation sum not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one year, to be by him appropriated to the maintenance in whole or part of such indigent insane persons, being inhabitants of this state, as he may select as state beneficiaries, not more than one hundred dollars to be by him appropriated annually, for the support of any one person. SEC. 6. No insane pauper shall hereafter be detained in any town asylum, poor-house, lock-up, or bridewell, for a longer period than five days, unless, in the opinion of the superintendent of state charities, he is properly cared for, and the town council of any town shall cause all insane paupers so detained in a town asylum, poor-house, lock-up, or bridewell, in such town, to be removed within five days from the date of their commitment, to the state asylum for the incurable insane, or to some other public asylum for the cure of the insane. SEC. 7. In case any town council shall neglect or refuse to cause such insane paupers to be removed within said five days, the superintendent of state charities and corrections shall cause them to be removed to the state asylum, and the expense of such removal may be recovered from the town so neglecting or refusing, by said superintendent, in an action of the case, for the use of the state. Penalty on TITLE XIII. OF THE TOURO FUND, AND CERTAIN STATE CHARITIES. CHAPTER 70. Of the Touro fund. CHAPTER 71. Appropriations for the education of indigent blind, deaf and dumb, idiot and imbecile persons. Clause of Abraham Touro's will recited, and act of assembly accepting trust, and ordering investment of fund. City council of Newport to appropriate fund to its use, and to account to general assembly. SECTION 1. The following act as passed by the general assembly in June, 1823, and amended in June, 1827, and June, 1834, and now amended, shall continue in force: Whereas, it has been made to appear to this general assembly, upon the representation of Titus Weeks, Esq., executor of the last will and testament of Abraham Touro, Esq., of the city of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, that the said Abraham by his last will bequeathed a legacy in the following words, viz.: "Item.- I give ten thousand dollars to the legislature of the state of Rhode Island for the purpose of supporting the Jewish synagogue in that state; in special trust to be appropriated to that object in such manner as the said legislature, together with the municipal authority of the town of Newport, may from time to time direct and appoint:" Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That said legacy and trust be and hereby are accepted by the general assembly; and the general treasurer is authorized and directed to apply for and receive from said executor the said legacy or donation of ten thousand dollars, to give all proper receipts and acquittances therefor upon receipt thereof, and as soon as possible to vest the same entire in the stock of some substantial bank or banks, or in some of the United States stocks; and the certificates or evidences of such stock shall be carefully kept by said general treasurer in his office; and it shall be the duty of said general treasurer once in every year to report to the general assembly the state of said fund. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the city council of Newport may, and it shall be their duty to cause all repairs to be made upon said synagogue buildings and premises, and upon the wall inclosing the Jewish burying-ground in Newport, appurtenant to said synagogue, which in their opinion may be necessary and proper; and whenever there shall be no person of the Jewish persuasion residing in Newport, and qualified and authorized to have the care and superintendence of said synagogue, said council shall appoint some suitable person or persons for that purpose, with such compensation as said council, with the approbation of the general assembly, shall think reasonable: Provided, that all accounts and charges for expenditures of every kind out of said fund shall be presented to the general assembly, and if approved of by them, shall be paid by the general treasurer upon their order out of the interest or profits accruing on said fund; Provided, also, that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize said city council or any other person whatever in any manner to interfere with, or restrain the full and free exercise of the Jewish religion in said synagogue, or by any individual of that faith residing in Newport, or to interrupt the possession, control, and management with which the proprietors of said synagogue and premises, or any other persons according to the laws and customs of the Jews, may be invested. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of City council of recommend said city council, from time to time, as occasion shall present, to recommend to the general assembly such disposition of the profits of Newport to said fund; and such measures and provisions as in their opinion shall disposition of be best calculated to promote and fulfil the object and intention of profits of fund. the donor, the said Touro, as expressed in his said will, in supporting and advancing said Jewish institution. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the city council of Newport be and they are hereby authorized, from time to time, as occasion may require, to draw on the general treasurer for the interest of the Touro Jewish synagogue fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary to keep said synagogue and premises in complete repair; and that said council make report of their expenditures to the general assembly, annually, at the May session thereof. City council of draw for and assembly. CHAPTER 71. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION OF INDIGENT BLIND, SECTION 1. Amount annually appropriated by state for education of blind, deaf and dumb, idiots and imbeciles, and where to be expended. SECTION 2 and 3. Governor how to select state 4. Governor may draw money for clothes of beneficiaries. Annual appropriation by state for education of blind, deaf and dumb, idiots and im beciles, amount of, and where to be expended. SECTION 1. The sum of three thousand dollars is hereby annually appropriated out of the general treasury, for the education of the indigent blind of this state, at the Perkins Institution for the blind at South Boston, Massachusetts; for the education of indigent deaf mutes of this state at the American Asylum at Hartford, Connecticut; and for the education of such indigent idiot and imbecile persons of this state, at institutions now established, or that may be established within or without the state, for the education and improvement of such idiot and imbecile persons. SEC. 2. The governor may select such indigent persons, being in- Governor, how habitants of the state, as he shall deem proper as state beneficiaries, and may determine the amount of said appropriation to be applied to the education of each; so that no one person shall receive any portion thereof for more than five years, nor shall any state beneficiary at said American Asylum receive more than one hundred and seventy-five dollars; at the Perkins Institution for the blind more than three hundred dollars; and at any other institution more than one hundred dollars, in any one year. to select state beneficiaries. SEC. 3. The governor may draw upon the general treasurer, from May draw aptime to time, for the purposes aforesaid, his drafts therefor, in any propriation. one year not to exceed, in the whole, the amount above appropriated in the first section of this chapter. SEC. 4. The governor may draw upon the general treasurer, for whatever sum of money he may deem sufficient, not exceeding the sum of twenty dollars yearly, in any one case, for the purpose of furnishing the necessary clothes to any one of said beneficiaries. May draw money for clothes of bene-ficiaries. 168 TITLE XIV. OF INTERNAL POLICE. CHAPTER 72. Of nuisances. CHAPTER 73. Of the suppression of certain nuisances. CHAPTER 74. Of regulations for the prevention of infectious and contagious diseases. CHAPTER 75. Of quarantine. CHAPTER 76. Of contagious disease among cattle. CHAPTER 77. Of the registration of births, deaths, and marriages. CHAPTER 78. Of licensed houses. CHAPTER 79. Of the suppression of intemperance. CHAPTER 80. Of shows and exhibitions. CHAPTER 81. Of bowling alleys, billiard tables, and shooting galleries. CHAPTER 82. Of firearms and fireworks. CHAPTER 83. Of dogs. CHAPTER 84. Of birds. CHAPTER 85. Of ferrets and weasels and hares. CHAPTER 86. Of cruelty to animals. CHAPTER 87. Of stakes and buoys. CHAPTER 88. Of pilots and pilotage, &c. CHAPTER 89. Of the protection of navigation in the Pawtucket River. to provide for removal of nui sances, &c. SECTION 1. If nuisances or other causes injurious to the health of Town councils the inhabitants of any town, shall not be removed by the person permitting or erecting the same, pursuant to any order or regulation of the town council of the town, the town council shall thereupon adopt such measures as they shall deem effectual for the removal of such nuisances, or other causes injurious to the health of the inhabitants as aforesaid, at the proper charge and expense of the person erecting or permitting the same. SEC. 2. The sheriff, his deputies, and the town sergeants and constables of the several towns, shall execute all such precepts and orders as shall be to them directed by said town councils, for carrying into execution the provisions of the section next preceding. Orders of, what officers to exe cute. SEC. 3. The town councils of the several towns may designate and Town councils establish the place or places where the business of slaughtering cattle may designate and other animals shall be carried on, which designation shall vest in places for slaughtering the occupant or owner thereof a right to the use and occupancy of animals. said place or places for the purposes aforesaid, until the same be withdrawn or suspended in the manner hereinafter provided, or until the same shall have been abated as a public nuisance. SEC. 4. Whenever, in the judgment of the town council of any May withdraw town, the convenience or health of said town requires that the right right to use of slaughtering, as provided in the section next preceding, should be such places. withdrawn or suspended, the said town council may suspend or withdraw said right, first giving to the owner or occupant of such place or places two months' notice, in writing, of the intention to suspend or withdraw the same. thereafter. SEC. 5. Every person who shall, after such notice has been given Penalty for as aforesaid, commence or continue to exercise or carry on the busi- slaughtering ness of slaughtering cattle or other animals, in such place or places, shall be fined fifty dollars for every day during which he shall continue to exercise or carry on the business aforesaid. SEC. 6. In case of the suspension or withdrawal by any town council of the said right to slaughter cattle or other animals, the said town shall be liable to the person to whom such right has been granted, for any loss or damage consequent upon the withdrawal or suspension of said right, by any town council, to be recovered at a special court of common pleas, in the manner provided by law for cases within the jurisdiction of said court. SEC. 7. Whenever the town council of any town shall have designated and established therein a place in which the business of boiling bones, depositing filth, keeping swine, or slaughtering cattle or other animals, may be carried on, as herein provided, every person who shall carry on such business in any other place, shall be fined fifty dollars for each day in which he shall carry on the same. Towns liable for damage caused by such withdrawal. Boiling bones, depositing filth, keeping swine, or slaughtering cattle, prohibited, except, &c. SEC. 8. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive Farmers may any farmer, not engaged or concerned in the business of slaughtering slaughter their cattle or other animals, from erecting or continuing to use any build- cattle, &c. ing on his premises, for the purpose of slaughtering his own cattle, or other animals from time to time, as before accustomed to do. SEC. 9. No person shall carry on the business of expressing oil Expressing oil from fish within any town, but at a place within such town to be from fish prohibited, exdesignated by the town council thereof. cept, &c. SEC. 10. Every person violating the provisions of the preceding Penalty. section, shall befined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. SEC. 11. Town councils of the several towns may prohibit burials |