Every person importing or purchasing lumber for his or her own private use and benefit, upon giving a certificate to that effect to the surveyor, is not required to have the lumber surveyed and measured but if he or she should dispose of it in any other manner than is provided in this section, he or she is liable to the same penalties as though the certificate had not been given.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-20-26
Importation or purchase for private use
G.L. 1896, ch. 135, § 25; G.L. 1909, ch. 161, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 191, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 388, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 2-20-26.
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