| 23 | | - | SECTION 1. Sections 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18 and 19 of Chapter 544 of the 1923 1 |
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| 24 | | - | Public Laws entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Kingston Fire District in the Town of South 2 |
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| 25 | | - | Kingstown" as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 26 | | - | Sec. 2. The electors, who shall consist of electors of said district qualified to vote in town 4 |
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| 27 | | - | affairs on propositions to impose taxes or for the expenditure of moneys the residents of said district 5 |
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| 28 | | - | qualified to vote in elections of the Town of South Kingstown, shall be entitled to vote and act in 6 |
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| 29 | | - | all meetings of the corporation. 7 |
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| 30 | | - | Sec. 4. Said electors at each annual meeting, and at any other meeting when vacancies 8 |
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| 31 | | - | occur, may elect officers to serve for one year or until the next annual meeting, and until others be 9 |
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| 32 | | - | elected in their stead, which officers shall consist of a moderator, clerk. Treasurer, treasurer, three 10 |
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| 33 | | - | assessors, auditors, and a collector of taxes, whose duties and powers within said district shall be 11 |
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| 34 | | - | such as like officers of towns in this state have within their respective towns. They may also elect 12 |
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| 35 | | - | fire wardens, a president of fire wardens and such other officers and committees as they may deem 13 |
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| 36 | | - | necessary. 14 |
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| 37 | | - | Sec. 5. Said electors at any of their legal meetings shall have power to order such taxes, 15 |
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| 38 | | - | and provide for assessing and collecting the same, on the taxable inhabitants and property in said 16 |
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| 39 | | - | district as they shall deem necessary for purchasing and procuring real estate, buildings and 17 |
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| 40 | | - | implements, apparatus, other equipment and a supply of water for the extinguishment of fire, for 18 |
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| 28 | + | SECTION 1. Chapter 544 of the revised 1923 Public Laws entitled "An Act to Incorporate 1 |
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| 29 | + | the Kingston Fire District in the Town of South Kingstown", is hereby further amended to read as 2 |
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| 30 | + | follows: 3 |
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| 31 | + | Sec. 1. All that portion of the Town of South Kingstown which is bounded and described 4 |
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| 32 | + | as follows: 5 |
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| 33 | + | Section 1. All that portion of the town of South Kingstown which is bounded and described 6 |
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| 34 | + | as follows: Beginning at the intersection of centerlines of Kingstown Road and Ministerial Road, 7 |
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| 35 | + | thence running southerly along the centerline of Ministerial Road two thousand (2,000) feet, thence 8 |
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| 36 | + | running true east approximately three thousand (3,000) feet to a point on the Old Kingston Fire 9 |
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| 37 | + | District Boundary, said point being two thousand two hundred (2,200) feet more or less south of 10 |
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| 38 | + | the centerline of Kingstown Road, thence running true south to a point five hundred (500) feet 11 |
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| 39 | + | south of the southerly boundary of a New England Electric Company power line easement, thence 12 |
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| 40 | + | running easterly along a line five hundred (500) feet south of the southern centerline of Kingstown, 13 |
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| 41 | + | Road, thence running true north five hundred (500) feet to the southern boundary of the power line 14 |
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| 42 | + | easement, thence running easterly along the southern boundary of the power line easement 15 |
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| 43 | + | approximately eight hundred (800) feet to the centerline of Kingstown Road, thence running 16 |
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| 44 | | - | constructing cisterns and reservoirs, laying water pipes and purchasing rights to lay the same, for 1 |
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| 45 | | - | the purpose of lighting the street in said district with electricity or otherwise, for the payment of the 2 |
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| 46 | | - | current expenses of said district, the payment of such police force as they may deem necessary for 3 |
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| 47 | | - | the protection of the inhabitants of said district from fires and for the preservation of the public 4 |
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| 48 | | - | peace therein and for the payment of obligations that have been or may be incurred, by said district 5 |
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| 49 | | - | in the exercise of the powers granted to said district, and also for the payment of any indebtedness 6 |
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| 50 | | - | that has been or may be incurred by said district. Such taxes so ordered shall be assessed by the 7 |
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| 51 | | - | assessors of said district on the taxable inhabitants and property therein according to the last 8 |
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| 52 | | - | valuation made by the assessors of the town next previous to said assessment, adding, however, 9 |
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| 53 | | - | any taxable property which may have been omitted by said town assessors or which may have been 10 |
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| 54 | | - | since acquired; and in all cases where the town assessors have included property within said district 11 |
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| 55 | | - | and propc1ty without said district in one valuation, the assessors of said district shall make an 12 |
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| 56 | | - | equitable valuation of that portion of the same lying within said district; and in the assessing and 13 |
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| 57 | | - | collecting of said taxes such proceedings shall be had by the officers of said district, as near as may 14 |
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| 58 | | - | be, as are required to be had by the corresponding officers to towns in this state in assessing and 15 |
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| 59 | | - | collecting town taxes assessed for said district have the same powers and authorities as are now by 16 |
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| 60 | | - | law conferred upon collectors of taxes for towns in this state. Said district may provide for such 17 |
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| 61 | | - | deduction from the tax assessed against any person if paid by an appointed time, or for such penalty 18 |
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| 62 | | - | by way of percentage on the tax if not paid at an appointed time as they shall deem necessary to 19 |
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| 63 | | - | insure punctual payment, which penalty shall not exceed that provided by law to be charged by the 20 |
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| 64 | | - | cities and towns of the state on prope1ty taxes assessed by them. 21 |
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| 65 | | - | Sec. 7. Said electors shall have power to enact bylaws prescribing the duties of fire 22 |
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| 66 | | - | wardens and the several officers and committees of said district, and of the inhabitants of said 23 |
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| 67 | | - | district in time of conflagration, and to enforce obedience to the commands of the fire wardens for 24 |
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| 68 | | - | suppressing disorder and tumult, guarding or removing property or rendering other services in time 25 |
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| 69 | | - | of fire, and also for the protection of the water pipes, hose, hydrants or other apparatus or property 26 |
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| 70 | | - | of said district and for the preservation of order and the public peace in said district; and said 27 |
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| 71 | | - | electors may provide for the breach of any such by-law a penalty consisting of a fine not exceeding 28 |
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| 72 | | - | twenty dollars five hundred dollars, to be recovered for the use of said district, or imprisonment for 29 |
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| 73 | | - | a term not exceeding thirty days, or both, which penalty may be enforced by prosecution on 30 |
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| 74 | | - | complaint and warrant in the district court of the fourth judicial district. 31 |
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| 75 | | - | Sec. 9. The fire wardens elected by said district shall publicly within four days next 32 |
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| 76 | | - | preceding the day of holding and regular meeting of said fire district, make a corrected list of the 33 |
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| 77 | | - | names of all persons entitled to vote in such meeting, and certify and deliver the same to the 34 |
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| 47 | + | northwesterly along the centerline of Kingstown Road approximately seven hundred (700) feet to 1 |
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| 48 | + | a point on the westerly extension of the southerly line of the University of Rhode Island, East Farm, 2 |
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| 49 | + | thence running in an easterly direction along the southerly boundary of East Farm to a point one 3 |
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| 50 | + | thousand (1,000) feet northeasterly from Kingstown Road, thence running northeasterly to the 4 |
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| 51 | + | intersection Mitchell's Brook and the centerline of Mooresfield Road, thence running in a 5 |
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| 52 | + | northwesterly direction to the intersection of North Road and Wolf Rocks Road, thence running 6 |
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| 53 | + | southwesterly to a point on the centerline of Plains Road five hundred (500) feet northeasterly of 7 |
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| 54 | + | the centerline of Kingstown Road and Plains Road intersection, thence southwesterly along the 8 |
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| 55 | + | centerline of Plains Road to the point of beginning on Kingstown Road, is hereby incorporated into 9 |
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| 56 | + | a fire district to be called the "Kingston Fire District". Said district may have a common seal, sue 10 |
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| 57 | + | and be sued and enjoy the other powers generally incident to corporations. 11 |
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| 58 | + | Sec. 2. The electors of said district qualified to vote in town affairs on propositions to 12 |
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| 59 | + | impose taxes or for the expenditure of moneys, who shall consist of the residents of said district 13 |
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| 60 | + | qualified to vote in elections of the town of South Kingstown, shall be entitled to vote and act in 14 |
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| 61 | + | all meetings of the corporation. 15 |
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| 62 | + | Sec. 3. The annual meeting of said corporation shall be holden on the first Monday in May 16 |
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| 63 | + | in each year. The first meeting shall be holden in the former Washington county court house 17 |
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| 64 | + | building in South Kingstown on the thirtieth day after the approval of this act by the governor, or, 18 |
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| 65 | + | if said day shall fall on a Sunday or a holiday, then on the following day. 19 |
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| 66 | + | Sec. 4. Said electors at each annual meeting, and at any other meeting when vacancies 20 |
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| 67 | + | occur, may elect officers to serve for one year or until the next annual meeting, and until others be 21 |
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| 68 | + | elected in their stead, which officers shall consist of a moderator, clerk. treasurer, three assessors, 22 |
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| 69 | + | auditors, and a collector of taxes, whose duties and powers within said district shall be such as·like 23 |
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| 70 | + | officers of towns in this state have within their respective towns. They may also elect fire wardens, 24 |
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| 71 | + | a president of fire wardens and such other officers and committees as they may deem necessary. 25 |
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| 72 | + | Sec. 5. Said electors at any of their legal meetings shall have power to order such taxes, 26 |
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| 73 | + | and provide for assessing and collecting the same, on the taxable inhabitants and property in said 27 |
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| 74 | + | district as they shall deem necessary for purchasing and procuring real estate, buildings and 28 |
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| 75 | + | implements, apparatus, other equipment and a supply of water for the extinguishment of fire, for 29 |
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| 76 | + | constructing cisterns and reservoirs, laying waterpipes and purchasing rights to lay the same, for 30 |
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| 77 | + | the purpose of lighting the street in said district with electricity or otherwise, for the payment of 31 |
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| 78 | + | there current expenses of said district, the payment of such police force as they may deem necessary 32 |
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| 79 | + | for the protection of the inhabitants of said district from fires and for the preservation of the public 33 |
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| 80 | + | peace therein and for the payment of obligations that have been or may be incurred by said district 34 |
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| 81 | | - | moderator before the time shall arrive for the calling of the meeting to order. In making such list 1 |
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| 82 | | - | the fire wardens shall take from the last corrected voting list of the town of South Kingstown the 2 |
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| 83 | | - | names of all persons residing within the limits of said district who continue qualified to vote in 3 |
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| 84 | | - | elections of the Town of South Kingstown on a proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure 4 |
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| 85 | | - | of money in said town and place said names upon the list to be made up by them, and shall add 5 |
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| 86 | | - | thereto the names of all persons residing within said district who shall be so qualified and whose 6 |
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| 87 | | - | names shall not be upon said voting list and shall cause printed notices of the time and place named 7 |
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| 88 | | - | by them to make such list to be posted in five public places within said district, not more than ten 8 |
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| 89 | | - | nor less than five days before the time appointed for such district meeting, and the list so made and 9 |
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| 90 | | - | certified shall be used in determining any question before such meeting when demanded by ten of 10 |
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| 91 | | - | the voters present; and thereupon the moderator shall receive the votes of all persons whose names 11 |
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| 92 | | - | arc upon such list, and shall reject the votes of all persons claiming to vote whose names are not 12 |
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| 93 | | - | thereon. 13 |
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| 94 | | - | Sec. 10. Said electors at any of their legal meeting shall have power to choose and appoint 14 |
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| 95 | | - | so many men persons as they may think needful to be formed into a fire company or companies, 15 |
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| 96 | | - | and also a hook and ladder company, and to make all such laws and regulations for organizing and 16 |
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| 97 | | - | establishing the same as they shall see fit, and the members of such companies shall be entitled to 17 |
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| 98 | | - | the exemptions, privileges and remedies provided by the general laws of the state for members of 18 |
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| 99 | | - | the fire departments of cities and towns. 19 |
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| 100 | | - | Sec. 11. Said electors may hold special meetings which, as well as the annual meetings, 20 |
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| 101 | | - | shall be notified in such manner as they shall prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the clerk board 21 |
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| 102 | | - | of wardens to call a special meeting upon written application signed by twelve or more of such 22 |
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| 103 | | - | electors, and whenever the subject of ordering a tax or borrowing money is to be acted on, the same 23 |
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| 104 | | - | shall be mentioned in the notice unless it be an annual meeting. 24 |
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| 105 | | - | Sec. 15 13. The District may have a common seal, and in its corporate name may sue and 25 |
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| 106 | | - | be sued, prosecute and defend, in any court and elsewhere and enjoy all the other powers generally 26 |
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| 107 | | - | incident to corporations. Every suit whether in law or equity, brought against the district shall be 27 |
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| 108 | | - | brought in the County of Washington unless otherwise directed by law. 28 |
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| 109 | | - | Sec. 17 14. The District may from time to time make and ordain all ordinances, by-laws 29 |
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| 110 | | - | and regulations for the District that shall not be in conflict with or in violation of other provisions 30 |
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| 111 | | - | of this act and not repugnant to law. 31 |
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| 112 | | - | Sec. 18 15. All property held by the said district, except land, pursuant to the authority 32 |
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| 113 | | - | granted by this chapter as amended and located within said district is and shall he exempt from 33 |
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| 114 | | - | taxation. Such exemption shall also apply to any taxes which, but for the passage of this act, might 34 |
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| 84 | + | in the exercise of the powers granted to said district, and also for the payment of any indebtedness 1 |
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| 85 | + | that has been or may be incurred by said district. Such taxes so ordered shall be assessed by the 2 |
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| 86 | + | assessors of said district on the taxable inhabitants and property therein according to the last 3 |
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| 87 | + | valuation made by the assessors of the town next previous to said assessment, adding, however, 4 |
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| 88 | + | any taxable property which may have been omitted by said town assessors or which may have been 5 |
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| 89 | + | since acquired; and in all cases where the town assessors have included property within said district 6 |
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| 90 | + | and property without said district in one valuation, the assessors of said district shall make an 7 |
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| 91 | + | equitable valuation of that portion of the same lying within said district; and in the assessing and 8 |
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| 92 | + | collecting of said taxes such proceedings shall be had by the officers of said district, as near as may 9 |
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| 93 | + | be, as are required to be had by the corresponding officers to towns in this state in assessing and 10 |
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| 94 | + | collecting town taxes assessed for said district have the same powers and authorities as are now by 11 |
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| 95 | + | law conferred upon collectors of taxes for towns in this state. Said district may provide for any such 12 |
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| 96 | + | deduction from the tax assessed against any person if paid by an appointed time, or for such penalty 13 |
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| 97 | + | by way of percentage on the tax if not paid at an appointed time, as they shall deem necessary to 14 |
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| 98 | + | insure punctual payment, which penalty shall not exceed that provided by law to be charged by the 15 |
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| 99 | + | cities and towns of the state on property taxes assessed by them. 16 |
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| 100 | + | Sec. 6. Said electors at any of their legal meetings may authorize and empower the treasurer 17 |
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| 101 | + | of said district to borrow money for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects for which said 18 |
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| 102 | + | district is incorporated, to give the note or notes of said district for the money so borrowed and to 19 |
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| 103 | + | give renewals thereof; provided, however, that at no time shall the note or notes and renewals of 20 |
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| 104 | + | notes outstanding in pursuance of such authority exceed in the aggregate the sum of two million 21 |
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| 105 | + | dollars ($2,000,000). 22 |
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| 106 | + | Sec. 7. Said elector shall have power to enact by-laws prescribing the duties of fire wardens 23 |
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| 107 | + | and the several officers and committees of said district, and of the inhabitants of said district in 24 |
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| 108 | + | time of conflagration, and to enforce obedience to the commands of the fire wardens for suppressing 25 |
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| 109 | + | disorder and tumult, guarding or removing property or rendering other services in time of fire, and 26 |
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| 110 | + | also for the protection of the water pipes, hose, hydrants or other apparatus or property of said 27 |
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| 111 | + | district and for the preservation of order and the public peace in said district; and said electors may 28 |
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| 112 | + | provide for the breach of any such by-law a penalty consisting of a fine not exceeding twenty five 29 |
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| 113 | + | hundred dollars, to be recovered for the use of said district, or imprisonment for a term not 30 |
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| 114 | + | exceeding thirty days, or both, which penalty may be enforced by prosecution on complaint and 31 |
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| 115 | + | warrant in the district court of the fourth judicial district. 32 |
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| 116 | + | Sec. 8. The fire wardens elected by said district may order, in time of fire, such buildings 33 |
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| 117 | + | to be torn down or blown up as they shall judge necessary to stop the progress of the fire; and if it 34 |
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| 118 | | - | be assessable with respect to property, except land, held by said district on December 31, 1962. 1 |
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| 119 | | - | Sec. 19 16. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all acts and parts of acts 2 |
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| 120 | | - | inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 3 |
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| 121 | | - | SECTION 2. Sections 13, 14, and 16 of Chapter 544 of the 1923 Public Laws entitled "An 4 |
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| 122 | | - | Act to Incorporate the Kingston Fire District in the town of South Kingstown" are hereby repealed 5 |
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| 123 | | - | in their entirety: 6 |
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| 124 | | - | Sec. 13. In addition to the foregoing, said district shall have the power for the purpose of 7 |
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| 125 | | - | supplying water within said district for fire protection and for domestic, manufacturing and other 8 |
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| 126 | | - | purposes and for the transaction of any other business connected therewith, to acquire, by purchase 9 |
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| 127 | | - | or otherwise, own, operate, subdivide, construct. improve, repair, develop, manage, lease, 10 |
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| 128 | | - | mortgage, pledge, sell, exchange, assign or otherwise deal in real estate, interests in real estate, 11 |
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| 129 | | - | riparian rights, water, rights of water and of way, any and all kinds of buildings, and any and all 12 |
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| 130 | | - | personal and other property of any and all kinds incidental thereto. Said district may acquire and 13 |
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| 131 | | - | hold the capital stock of any water company authorized to do business within said district. 14 |
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| 132 | | - | Sec. 14. Said district may construct driven and bored artesian or other wells and may erect 15 |
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| 133 | | - | on land acquired by it such dams, buildings, reservoirs, filtering galleries, filters, standpipes, 16 |
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| 134 | | - | fixtures and other structures, apparatus or equipment as may be convenient for the establishment 17 |
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| 135 | | - | and maintenance of a complete and effective system of water works and may do all other acts 18 |
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| 136 | | - | reasonably necessary to carry out the powers granted in Section 13 hereof. Said district may make 19 |
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| 137 | | - | excavations, procure and operate machinery, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other 20 |
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| 138 | | - | works under or over any land, water courses, and along or over any highway or other way, in such 21 |
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| 139 | | - | manner us not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of constructing, laying, 22 |
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| 140 | | - | maintaining and repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works and for all other 23 |
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| 141 | | - | purposes of this act, said corporation may dig up, raise and embank any such land, highways or 24 |
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| 142 | | - | other ways, in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel under the protection and 25 |
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| 143 | | - | with the assent of the town council of the town as to highways or other ways within its control, and 26 |
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| 144 | | - | of the department of public warks (sic) as to highways or other ways within its control. 27 |
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| 145 | | - | Sec. 16. Said district may sell and distribute water throughout said district, or authorize the 28 |
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| 146 | | - | same to be done, and may regulate its use and fix the price and rates to be paid therefor, subject to 29 |
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| 147 | | - | and with the benefit of the provisions of chapters 122 and 449 of the general laws, as amended. 30 |
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| 148 | | - | Said district shall have the exclusive right to the water acquired or distributed by it, and may 31 |
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| 149 | | - | maintain an action against any person for using the same without its consent. 32 |
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| 121 | + | shall happen that the pulling down or blowing up of any such building by direction as aforesaid 1 |
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| 122 | + | shall be the occasion of stopping the progress of such fire or if the fire stop before it comes to the 2 |
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| 123 | + | same, the owners shall be reasonably paid therefor by a tax upon said district the amount of which 3 |
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| 124 | + | tax shall be adjudged by the Superior Court for the county of Washington, which court is hereby 4 |
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| 125 | + | authorized and empowered, on application to it made in behalf of such owners, to ascertain and 5 |
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| 126 | + | adjudge the amount necessary and cause the same to be certified to said district, and such tax shall 6 |
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| 127 | + | be assessed and collected as other taxes are herein required to be assessed and collected in said 7 |
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| 128 | + | district; but no building in which any fire shall first break out or begin shall be paid for under this 8 |
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| 129 | + | provision. 9 |
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| 130 | + | Sec. 9. The fire wardens elected by said district shall publicly within four days next 10 |
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| 131 | + | preceding the day of holding and regular meeting of said fire district, make a corrected list of the 11 |
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| 132 | + | names of all persons entitled to vote in such meeting, and certify and deliver the same to the 12 |
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| 133 | + | moderator before the time shall arrive for the calling of the meeting to order. 13 |
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| 134 | + | In making such list the fire wardens shall take from the last corrected voting list of the town 14 |
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| 135 | + | of South Kingstown the names of all persons residing within the limits of said district who continue 15 |
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| 136 | + | qualified to vote on a proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in said town in 16 |
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| 137 | + | elections of the town of South Kingstown and place said names upon the list to be made up by 17 |
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| 138 | + | them, and shall add thereto the names of all persons residing within said district who shall be so 18 |
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| 139 | + | qualified and whose names shall not be upon said voting list and shall cause printed notices of the 19 |
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| 140 | + | time and place named by them to make such list to be posted in five public places within said 20 |
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| 141 | + | district, not more than ten nor less than five days before the time appointed for such district meeting. 21 |
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| 142 | + | and the list so made and certified shall be used in determining any question before such meeting 22 |
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| 143 | + | when demanded by ten of the voters present; and thereupon the moderator shall receive the votes 23 |
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| 144 | + | of all persons whose names are upon such list, and shall reject the votes of all persons claiming to 24 |
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| 145 | + | vote whose names are not thereon. 25 |
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| 146 | + | Sec. 10. Said electors at any of their legal meeting shall have power to choose and appoint 26 |
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| 147 | + | so many men persons as they may think needful to be formed into a fire company or companies, 27 |
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| 148 | + | and also a hook and ladder company, and to make all such laws and regulations for organizing and 28 |
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| 149 | + | establishing the same as they shall see fit, and the members of such companies shall be entitled to 29 |
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| 150 | + | the exemptions, privileges and remedies provided by the general laws of the state for members of 30 |
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| 151 | + | the fire departments of cities and towns. 31 |
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| 152 | + | Sec. 11. Said electors may hold special meetings which, as well as the annual meetings, 32 |
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| 153 | + | shall be notified in such manner as they shall prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the clerk board 33 |
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| 154 | + | of wardens to call a special meeting upon written application signed by twelve or more of such 34 |
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| 153 | | - | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 158 | + | electors, and whenever the subject of ordering a tax or borrowing money is to be acted on, the same 1 |
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| 159 | + | shall be mentioned in the notice unless it be an annual meeting. 2 |
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| 160 | + | Sec. 12. Said electors may enact all by-laws by them judged necessary and expedient for 3 |
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| 161 | + | carrying the provisions of this act into effect: Provided, that no greater penalty be inflicted thereby 4 |
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| 162 | + | than is prescribed in the seventh section hereof, and provided the same be not in violation of or 5 |
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| 163 | + | repugnant to the laws of this state. 6 |
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| 164 | + | SECTION 2. Sections 13 and 14 of chapter 544 of the revised 1923 Public Laws entitled 7 |
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| 165 | + | "An Act to Incorporate the Kingston Fire District in the Town of South Kingstown", are hereby 8 |
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| 166 | + | repealed. 9 |
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| 167 | + | Sec. 13. In addition to the foregoing, said district shall have the power for the purpose of 10 |
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| 168 | + | supplying water within said district for fire protection and for domestic, manufacturing and other 11 |
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| 169 | + | purposes and for the transaction of any other business connected therewith, to acquire, by purchase 12 |
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| 170 | + | or otherwise, own, operate, subdivide, construct, improve, repair, develop, manage, lease, 13 |
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| 171 | + | mortgage, pledge, sell, exchange, assign- or otherwise deal in real estate, interests in real estate, 14 |
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| 172 | + | riparian rights, water, rights of water and of way, any and all kinds of buildings, and any and all 15 |
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| 173 | + | personal and other property of any and all kinds incidental thereto. Said district may acquire and 16 |
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| 174 | + | hold the capital stock of any water company authorized to do business within said district. 17 |
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| 175 | + | Sec. 14. Said district may construct driven and bored artesian or other wells and may erect 18 |
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| 176 | + | on land acquired by it such dams, buildings, reservoirs, filtering galleries, filters, standpipes, 19 |
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| 177 | + | fixtures and other structures, apparatus or equipment as may be convenient for the establishment 20 |
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| 178 | + | and maintenance of a complete and effective system of water works and may do all other acts 21 |
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| 179 | + | reasonably necessary to carry out the powers granted in Section 13 hereof. Said district may make 22 |
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| 180 | + | excavations, procure and operate machinery, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other 23 |
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| 181 | + | works under or over any land, water courses, and along or over any highway or other way, in such 24 |
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| 182 | + | manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of constructing, laying, 25 |
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| 183 | + | maintaining and repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works and for all other 26 |
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| 184 | + | purposes of this act, said corporation may dig up, raise and embank any such land, highways or 27 |
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| 185 | + | other ways, in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel under the protection and 28 |
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| 186 | + | with the assent of the town council of the town as to highways or other ways within its control, and 29 |
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| 187 | + | of the department of public warks (sic) as to highways or other ways within its control. 30 |
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| 188 | + | SECTION 3. Section 15 of chapter 544 of the revised 1923 Public Laws entitled "An Act 31 |
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| 189 | + | to Incorporate the Kingston Fire District in the Town of South Kingstown", is hereby renumbered 32 |
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| 190 | + | as Section 13. 33 |
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| 191 | + | Sec. 1513. The District may have a·common seal, and in its corporate name may sue and 34 |
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| 195 | + | be sued, prosecute and defend, in any court and elsewhere and enjoy all the other powers generally 1 |
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| 196 | + | incident to corporations. Every suit whether in law or equity, brought against the district shall be 2 |
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| 197 | + | brought in the County of Washington unless otherwise directed by law. 3 |
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| 198 | + | SECTION 4. Section 16 of chapter 544 of the revised 1923 Public Laws entitled "An Act 4 |
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| 199 | + | to Incorporate the Kingston Fire District in the Town of South Kingstown", is hereby repealed. 5 |
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| 200 | + | Sec. 16. Said district may sell and distribute water throughout said district, or authorize the 6 |
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| 201 | + | same to be done, and may regulate its use and fix the price and rates to be paid therefor, subject to 7 |
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| 202 | + | and with the benefit of the provisions of chapters 122 and 449 of the general laws, as amended. 8 |
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| 203 | + | Said district shall have the exclusive right to the water acquired or distributed by it, and may 9 |
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| 204 | + | maintain an action against any person for using the same without its consent. 10 |
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| 205 | + | SECTION 5. Sections 17, 18, and 19 of chapter 544 of the revised 1923 Public Laws 11 |
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| 206 | + | entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Kingston Fire District in the Town of South Kingstown", and 12 |
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| 207 | + | in all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, are hereby renumbered as Section 14, 15, 13 |
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| 208 | + | and 16. 14 |
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| 209 | + | Sec. 1714. The District may from time to time make and ordain all ordinances, by-laws 15 |
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| 210 | + | and regulations for the District that shall not be in conflict with or in violation of other provisions 16 |
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| 211 | + | of this act and not repugnant to law. 17 |
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| 212 | + | Sec. 1815. All property held by the said district, except land, pursuant to the authority 18 |
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| 213 | + | granted by this chapter as amended and located within said district is and shall he exempt from 19 |
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| 214 | + | taxation. Such exemption shall also apply to any taxes which, but for the passage of this act, might 20 |
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| 215 | + | be assessable with respect to property, except land, held by said district on December 31, 1962. 21 |
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| 216 | + | Sec. 1916. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all acts and parts of acts 22 |
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| 217 | + | inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 23 |
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| 218 | + | SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon passage. 24 |
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