§ 23-23.5-1. Prohibition in cities and towns. When any building or premises in any city or town in this state is or are occupied or used for carrying on the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, or other animals, or for a melting or rendering establishment, or for other noxious or offensive trades, occupations, or employments, […]
§ 23-23.5-10. Applicability of provisions to trades disturbing public welfare and convenience. The provisions of §§ 23-23.5-6 — 23-23.5-9 shall extend to the place of any manufacture of, or of working in, any article or substance the manufacture of which shall disturb the public welfare and convenience; provided, that prior to any action of the […]
§ 23-23.5-11. Penalty for carrying on business in place not authorized. Whenever the city or town council of any city or town shall have designated and established in the city or town a place in which the business of boiling bones, depositing filth, keeping swine, or slaughtering cattle or other animals, may be carried on, […]
§ 23-23.5-12. Expressing oil from fish. No person shall carry on the business of expressing oil from fish within any city or town, except in a place as shall be designated by the city or town council; provided, that any city or town council may at any time withdraw that designation, and that no city […]
§ 23-23.5-13. Suit to restrain unlawful trades. In addition to the remedies existing at common law and under this chapter, the city or town council of any city or town may bring suit to restrain the unauthorized occupancy or use of any building or premises which are occupied or used for any trades or occupation […]
§ 23-23.5-2. Enforcement of order of prohibition. A copy of the order or decree of prohibition under § 23-23.5-1 shall be served by the city or town sergeant upon the occupant or person having charge of that building and premises where the trade, employment, or occupation is exercised. If the party upon whom the order […]
§ 23-23.5-3. Appeal from order of prohibition — Jury trial. Any person aggrieved by the order or decree of the city or town council under § 23-23.5-1 may, within three (3) days from the service upon him or her, appeal to the superior court for the county where the city or town is situated, by […]
§ 23-23.5-4. Discontinuance of trade pending appeal. During the pendency of the appeal under § 23-23.5-3 the trade, occupation, or employment shall not be exercised contrary to the order or decree; and upon any violation of the order or decree, the appeal shall immediately be dismissed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 93, § 4; G.L. […]
§ 23-23.5-5. Judgment of court — Costs and damages. The court, upon the trial of an appeal under § 23-23.5-3, shall give judgment, agreeable to law and in accordance with the fact as found, that the order or decree be affirmed or annulled, or the court may alter or modify the order or decree, or […]
§ 23-23.5-6. City or town designation of place for slaughterhouse. The city or town councils of the several cities or towns may designate and establish the place or places where, subject to the provisions of chapter 27 of title 21, the business of slaughtering cattle and other animals shall be carried on, and vest in […]
§ 23-23.5-7. Withdrawal by city or town of right to slaughter. Whenever, in the judgment of the city or town council of any city or town, the welfare and convenience of the city or town requires the withdrawal or suspension of the right of slaughtering provided for in § 23-23.5-6, the city or town council […]
§ 23-23.5-8. Penalty for continuation of business after notice to cease. Every person who shall, after notice given as provided in § 23-23.5-7, commence or continue to carry on the business of slaughtering cattle or other animals in the place or places, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for every day during which he or […]
§ 23-23.5-9. Liability of city or town for suspension or withdrawal of right. In case of suspension or withdrawal by any city or town council of the right to slaughter cattle or other animals, the city or town shall be liable to the person to whom the right has been granted for any loss or […]
