The keeper of any pound in which any animal is impounded shall receive, keep, and feed the animal in that pound and he or she shall and may milk any impounded cow for his or her own use.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-15-6
Care of impounded animals
G.L. 1896, ch. 128, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 154, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 184, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 641, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 4-15-6.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.