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| | RHODE ISLAND - Online Information article about RHODE ISLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Island is the smallest state in the Union, having an extreme length, N. and S., of 48 m., an extreme width, E. and W., of 37 m., and a See also: |
 | | Population.—The total population of Rhode Island in 188o was 276,531; in 1890, 345,506; in 1900, 428,556; and in 1910, 542,6102 The increase from 188o to 1890 was 24.9%, from 1890 to 1900 24%, and from 1900 to 1910, 26'6%. |
 | | At the head of it is a commissioner of education, appointed by the governor and the Senate, and a board of education, composed of the governor and the lieutenant-governor ex officio and six other members elected by the General Assembly. |
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