History: 1953 Comp., § 14-8-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1967, ch. 146, § 3; 1971, ch. 306, § 3; 1977, ch. 29, § 1; 1978 Comp., § 3-8-4, recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 3-8-26 by Laws 1985, ch. 208, § 34; 1997, ch. 266, § 9; 2001, ch. 197, § 3; 2003, ch. 244, § 5; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.