History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 57, § 11; P.L. 1912, ch. 769, § 41; G.L. 1923, ch. 59, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 30, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 44-5-6; P.L. 1960, ch. 52, § 29 (unconstit.); P.L. 1961, ch. 3, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1969, ch. 197, art. 7, § 13.