DEAD BODY, not to be taken on execution, 495.

penalty for violating law, 495.

digging up, or concealing when feloniously dug up, how punished, 555.
may be disinterred by coroner for examination, when, 573.

DEAF AND DUMB POOR, provision for education of, how and where, 167.
DEATH, registration of, 181-183; how made, 181, 182; penalty for neglect, 182.

by negligence, action for, to whom given, 444, 445, and for whose use, 444-448.

of some of plaintiffs or defendants not to abate action, which proceeds as to rest, 464, 465. by violence, or accident, or in state's prison or jail, to be investigated by coroner's inquest: proceedings, 571-573.

murder committed by one imprisoned for life, punishable by, 539.

civil, attends conviction of arson or murder, 565.

DEBT, action for, not on specialty to be brought within six years, 446.

actions of, penalties and pecuniary forfeitures recoverable by, 574.

action to recover, not to lie against Indian tribe or member of in Charlestown, 442.
secured by bills of exchange and negotiable notes not subject to attachment, 463.

of manufacturing corporation not to exceed capital paid in, 306.

penalty, 306.

of bank, not to exceed 65 per cent. of capital paid in, 296.

penalty, 296.

order of precedence in paying debts of ward by guardian, 337.

of insolvent estates of decedents, 386, 387.

of decedents deemed due and payable on granting of administration, 396.

realty of decedent, how long liable for and enforcements of liability, 397.

not extinguished by debtor's appointment as executor, 383.

of state, provisions in regard to unpaid bonds, 76. See Bonds.

state limitation of power of incurring (Constitution of Rhode Island), 22.

DEBTORS surrendering property should not be imprisoned (Constitution of Rhode Island). 17. committed to jail to have liberty of jail yard in what case and on what conditions, 500. bond of, on jail limits, its conditions and suit, 501.

assignment required of, when, 501.

assignments, transfers, and conveyances of, during imprisonment for debt, when void,

502.

imprisoned, when admitted to poor debtor's oath, proceedings on, 503 sq.

when not to be admitted to oath, 505.

to be discharged if board not paid by creditors, 504.

also, if certificate of oath given, 505.

pending action, or on execution, to have benefit of poor debtor's oath, 505–507.
board of, when committted, not to be demanded of state, 507.

poor tort, to be discharged, if jail board not paid by creditor on citation, 508.
of non-residents, how may be cited to pay taxes for, 111.

DECLARATION, when to be filed in supreme court and common pleas, 465, 466.

on book account to contain bill of particulars, 467.

when to be filed in special court of common pleas, 412.

to be contained in writs of justice courts, 449.

DECLARATIONS against officers personally liable of manufacturing corporations, what to con

tain, 306.

DEED, form of, of real estate sold on execution, 496.

conveying estate tail in fee-simple, how to be executed and acknowledged, 348.

of married women when may be executed as if feme sole, 328–330.

how to be executed and acknowledged, 330.

of certain officials executed without United States, how to be executed and certified without acknowledgment, 351.

of stocks or shares of corporations sold under executions, 497.

or conveyance of property cannot be made by prisoner in state's prison during imprisonment, 568.

of land to United States to be recorded, 33.

DEFENDANT may file account in set-off when and with what effect, 467.

death of, in flowage cases, not to abate action, 218.

may be required to make what affidavits by practice rules, 405. DEFINITION of words in construing statutes, 69.

of common gambler," 558.

of "common seller" of certain liquors, 190.

of "compact part of town," to be fixed by town council, 196.

of land" in mechanic's lien act, 361.

of "town" in title IX, of schools, 132.

of "trustee" in foreign attachment act, 462.

of "creditor" in poor debtor's oath act, 507.

DEGREES of kindred intermarriage prohibited, between what, 324, 325.

of kindred, marriage in prohibited, how punished, 553.

DELIVERY ORDER, bill of lading, or warehouse receipt makes owner relative to purchaser or pledgees when, 261.

DEODANDS abolished, 565.

DEPOSIT of state moneys where may be made, 78.

of insurance companies with general treasurer when required by laws of other states, 311. how certified to, 311.

of insurance companies and examination of, 312.

provisions if deficient, 312.

state not liable for, 312.

in saving banks controllable by depositors, even if minors or married women, 300. general or special of bank, penalty for refusing to pay for five days after written notice, 297, 298.

DEPOSITIONS may be taken by notaries public, 60.

by commissioners, 61.

taken in or out of state how used, 471, 472.

formalities of taking, 471, 472.

notification required, 471.

“in perpetuam rei memoriam," when and how may be taken, 472, 473.

evidence by in equity when and when not, 473.

a mode of giving evidence in civil cases, 473.

permissible in bastardy cases, 473.

fees for taking, 593.

DEPUTY clerks, supreme court and common pleas, appointment of, 428.

commissioner of wrecks and wrecked goods, appointment of and powers, 214.

inspectors of beef and pork how appointed, bond of, tenure of office and duties, 228, 230. inspectors of lime, 232.

inspector and assayers of liquors, 250.

inspector of scythe stones, appointment of, bonds and duties, 240.

measurers of grain, salt, shorts, and sea-coal, appointment of and duties, 241,

secretary of state, powers and duties of, 60.

sheriff, appointment of, bonds of, liabilities and duties, 435–438.

exempt from jury duty, 430.

exempt from militia duty, 602.

may remain in office notwithstanding death of principal, 437, 438.

may be removed from office by supreme court and common pleas, 438.

See also Sheriffs.

surveyor of highways to impound animals at large, 222.

surveyor of timber, appointment of, bonds and duties, 236.
town clerk, when and how to be appointed, 100.

DESCENT, canons of, 389, 390.

242.

DETINUE, actions of to be brought within six years, 446.
DEVISE, requisites for valid, 373, 374.

how may cover after acquired realty, 373.

in fee-tail limited to children of first devisee, 373.

for life, remainder to children or issue of life devisee gives what estate,
without words of limitation gives what estate to devisee, 374.

how may be revoked, 374.

DEVISEES dying before testator, their lineal descendants take devise, 374.

when to have right of administration, 377.

373.

liability of real estate in hands of, for three and one half years; mode of enforcing liability, 397.

action against for debts of testator, when may be brought, 447.

actions not to lie against for testator's debts during three years after proof of will, 397,

398.

DIRECTORS OF BANKS must be citizens, resident, and stockholders, 295, 296.

may be removed by stockholders, how, 296.

may remove officers appointed by them, how, 296.

how many needed to discount notes or bills, 296.

fine on, if bank circulation exceeds 65 per cent. of paid-up stock, 296.

not to be agent to close up bank, 301.

personally liable if bank debts exceed 65 per cent. of paid-up stock, 396; actions against, 296; if absent, how may exonerate themselves, 296.

last in office of dissolved bank to surrender plates to supreme court or common pleas,

551.

penalty, 551.

See also, for disposition of plates, p. 301, sec. 59.

general treasurer to be of state banks wherein state owns stock, 295.

DIRECTORS and other officers of manufacturing corporations when jointly and severally liable for corporate debts, 304-306.

DISABILITY, limitation of actions by persons under, after removal of, 447.

of aliens relative to real estate, removed, 348, 349.

DISCHARGE of individual copartner or joint debtor not to discharge rest, when, 288, 289.

from military duty, how and by whom granted, 619.

DISCONTINUANCE of actions in supreme court and common pleas, how made, 465; when

not, 468; costs in, 480.

DISCOUNT of notes or bills by bank, how many directors required for, 296.

DISORDERLY persons, resorts of, common nuisances, 170.

houses, penalty for not leaving when summoned by officer, 172.

arrest for twenty-four hours in case of refusal to leave, 172.

DISTRAINT FOR TAXES, what property free from, 110.

mode of conducting, 110.

against representatives of non-residents, 111.

DISTRESS, process of to be governed by rules of attachments in civil actions, 459.
DISTRIBUTION of published returns of banks and saving banks, 302, 303.

of Rhode Island Reports, 59.

of public laws, &c., 64, 65.

of laws of United States, 65, 66.

probate court to give notice before making order of, 370.

of intestate personalty, how made, 390.

share in, not claimable for three years unless bond given, 390, 391.

not claimed for five years, how to be disposed of, 393, 394.

DISTRICT, elective, clerk of included under words "ward clerk," 69.

meetings for election (see elective meetings), when to open and close, 49. officers, moderator and clerk, 48.

clerk, duties of, 48, 50.

lists of voters when voters on wrong, 50.

meetings of, when held, and notice of, 119.

DISTRICT Continued.

elective, who may vote at, 120.

school, how established, 117.

boundaries of, how recorded, 118.

to be bodies corporate, 118.

powers of and liabilities, 118.

scholars from without may attend school in when, 123.

actions against, who may answer, 128.

judgments against followed by warrant; form and effect of latter, 128.
process against how served, 129.

records how kept, 129.

school may be altered or discontinued by school committee, 124.

school moneys, how forfeited and disposed of, 126.

taxes how levied and assessed; when abatement allowed, 122.

when sale ordering final, 128.

divided when and how, and effect on property, 121.

adjoining may unite and form joint district, 120, 121.

joint powers of property and right to public money, 120, 121.

division of state into two, for choice of representatives to congress, 54. DISTURBING lawful meetings, schools, &c., how punished, 543.

DIVIDEND of manufacturing corporation made after or causing insolvency, liability of directors for, 304.

DIVISION OF REALTY among heirs of intestate by probate court, procedure in, 391, 392. to be included in expenses of administration, 395.

held in common by devise, may be made how, 392.

undevised, acquired subsequent to will, may be made how, 392.

of dower lands after widow's death, how made, 392.

if persons interested refuse to pay share of expense, warrant of distress may issue, how, 392, 393. See Partition.

DIVORCE: alimony and custody of children in exclusive jurisdiction of supreme court, 403. may be decreed from bond of marriage, or from bed and board, and for what causes, 333,

334.

effect of on property of wife and on property of husband, 333, 334.

jurisdiction over, vested in supreme court, 334.

procedure in, 334.

alimony and allowances for prosecuting complaint of, 333, 334.

where petition to be filed and heard, 334.

interlocutory decrees, injunctions, and allowance in, 334.

publication of returns of, 183.

DOCKET, actions in supreme court and common pleas discontinued in vacation to be on docket of next term, 465.

DOCKING estates tail, how may be done, 348.

DOCUMENTS in hands of opposite party, production of when compellable, and how, 474.

public, publication and distribution of, 65.

DOGS, regulations concerning may be made by city and town councils, 199.

may be taxed, 199.

must be licensed, 200, 201.

owner of, liable for damage done by, 199, 200, 202.

persons harboring also liable, 199.

how to be collared and marked, 199.

when may be killed, and by whom, 199–201.

stealing or removing collar from, penalty for, 201, 202.

license money of, to go to school fund, 202, 203.

DOORS and entrances of places of public amusements to be regulated by city and town coun cils, 98.

DOWER secured to widows, 390.

when testamentary provision made in lieu of, widow must elect within one year, 374.

assignment of, may be included in expenses of administration, 395.
widow's right of, and how assignable by heir, 514, 515.

by action, 515, 516.

by probate court, 366, 516.

action of, against whom may be brought, 515.

proceedings in, 515, 516.

forfeited by waste, 517.

barred by jointure settled and accepted, 517.

crops on land of, may be bequeathed by widow, 518.

fences on when removable by widow and her executors, 518.

of married women, right of, how may be barred, 331.

if released by attorney, how power of attorney to be executed and acknowledged, 331. when woman entitled to, after divorce, 333.

DRAFTS OF MILITIA into active service in case of war or insurrection, how made and executed, 617.

DRIFTWAYS may be laid out by town council, how, 134.

damages for, how recovered and divided among parties in interest, 135.
may be altered or discontinued by whom, 137.

DRILL OF MILITIA to be that ordered for United States army, 612.
meetings for and inspection of militia, provisions regulating, 612–614.
DRIVERS ON HIHGWAYS, to pass to right, penalty for not, 146.
DRIVING FAST, prohibited, penalty for, 146, 147.

DRUGS AND MEDICINES, adulterating for sale, how punishable, 556.
5 and 8.

act regulating sale of, 254, 256.

DRUNKARDS, how punishable, 555.

common drunkards, who are, 555, 556.

notorious, spirituous and intoxicating liquors not to be sold to, 186.

See also 255, secs.

penalty for ejecting, drunk, from premises where liquor was sold to him, 187.

damages caused by, recoverable of liquor seller, and owner and lessor of place where sold, 194, 445.

to be sent to work-house and house of correction, 565.

and vagabonds and paupers to be stricken from militia rolls, 602.

guardians of habitual, how appointed, 336.

may be placed in curative hospital by guardian, how, 336. DUCKS, wood, gray, and black, not to be killed, when, 203. penalty, 204.

DUEL, engaging in, how punished, 540.

giving or accepting challenge for, how punished, 540.

arranged in state and fought out of state, if person dies from in state, manslaughter on part of principal, and murder on part of second, 540.

fought out of state, acquittal or conviction in state or county where fought, pleadable in
bar of pro-ecution, 540.

DUMPING FILTH, penalty for, in other than designated place, 169.
DWELLING-HOUSE, search of, and seizure of liquors in, 192.

must not be connected with licensed liquor places, 186.

EAR, EYE, NOSE, &c., slitting or cutting off, how punished, 539, 540.

See also page 541.

EARTH, may be removed from adjacent land to repair highway by surveyor, 141. EASEMENTS, adverse possession of, or prescription, how to be proved both in public and pri

vate claims, 354.

of light and air, not gainable by mere continued use of windows, 354.

of footway separate from carriage rights, not gainable by prescription or adverse use, 354. notice of intention to dispute, how served and recorded, to be deemed interruption of, 354. suit may be brought on such notice as on a disturbance, 354.

not to be gained by maintenance of telegraph poles or wires, 354, 355.