Excerpt from Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at the May Session 1899: Also Certificates of Incorporation Issued Pursuant to Provisions of Chapter 176 of the General Laws; State of Rhode Island, Etc., Office of the Secretary of State, July 1899 Sec. 2. All free governments are instituted for the protection, safety and happiness of the people. All laws, therefore, Shall be made for the good of the whole; and the burdens Of the state shall be fairly distributed among its citizens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.