History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 37, §§ 7, 8; P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2601, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 200, art. 2, §§ 1, 2a; P.L. 1987, ch. 563, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1975, ch. 188, art. 1, § 3 and P.L. 1988, ch. 12, § 2.