History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 177, § 11; P.L. 1940, ch. 826, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-22-1; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 404, § 15, effective August 9, 1996.