Glocester v. Smithfield
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
This was an appeal from an order of the Town Council of the town of Smithfield, for the removal of Mary La-tham and Deborah Latham from said Smithfield to the town of Glocester.
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This was an appeal from an order of the Town Council of the town of Smithfield, for the removal of Mary La-tham and Deborah Latham from said Smithfield to the town of Glocester. The order was made upon the complaint of the Overseer of the Poor of Smithfield that said Mary and Deborah were residing in Smithfield having no legal settlement therein and were likely to become chargeable upon the town, which complaint the Town Council adjudged to be true, and that Glocester was the place of the last settlement of said Mary and Deborah. moved that the proceeding should be quashed, because there were…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court, in over-ruling the motion, said, The first act in relation to removal was enacted October, 1727. It authorized a Justice of the Peace or Warden, upon information given him, by his warrant to the constable or town sergeant, forthwith to convey any foreigner or stranger out of the town who comes there to reside, upon neglect to give the Town Council information of his intent to settle therein.
In November, 1737, it was further enacted, that “ Whereas there is no provision made in said act to enable said Town Councils to carry any person out of town if rejected ; It is enacted, that…
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- Inhabitants of Springfield v. Inhabitants of WilbrahamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Inhabitants of Upton v. Inhabitants of NorthbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
- Inhabitants of Boylston v. Inhabitants of PrincetonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- King v. Middletown Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1814
- Town of Randolph v. Town of BraintreeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1838
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