The Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, January Session, 1899, is a historical compilation of laws, resolutions, and official actions from Rhode Island’s legislature.
This edition records the session beginning January 31, 1899, with statutes on government administration, court salaries, charter amendments, and financial procedures, plus official appendices and lists of members.
What you’ll find in this edition:
- A structured collection of enacted laws and formal resolutions from the January 1899 session.
- Provisions related to negotiable instruments, checks, and promissory notes, along with governing rules and definitions.
- Specific salary statutes for clerks in the common pleas divisions and Newport county, plus related administrative details.
- Charters, amendments, and corporate acts, plus various resolutions and adjournment provisions.
- An appendix listing session members and procedural notes for the General Assembly.
Ideal for researchers, librarians, and readers interested in Rhode Island legal history, state government procedures, or nineteenth-century legislative practice. This edition provides a window into how laws were drafted, recorded, and distributed at the turn of the century.