In all proceedings arising under this chapter, whenever the assignor or some one of the assignors is an inhabitant of or located in Providence or Bristol county, the papers shall be filed in the clerk’s office of the superior court in Providence; and whenever the assignor or one of the assignors is an inhabitant of or located in either Newport, Kent, or Washington county, the papers shall be filed in the clerk’s office of the superior court in Newport, East Greenwich, or South Kingstown, respectively.