History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 68, § 12; P.L. 1912, ch. 797, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 71, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 180, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 16-21-6; Repealed by P.L. 1978, ch. 215, § 1.