Title 2, Title 2 and Forestry

All planks and joists shall be surveyed as to quality and numbers the same as boards and their contents measured and marked in board measure.

(a) In the survey and measurement of mahogany and cedar timber, there shall be allowed: (1) If the timber is sound and free from wane, two (2) inches on one side of the square, one inch on the other side and two (2) inches in length; (2) If the timber is wider on one side than on…

In the surveying of soft pine boards there shall be six (6) sorts: (1) The first sort shall be denominated number 1 and marked I, and includes boards free from sap, rot, knots, shakes and splits, not less than one inch thick, square-edged, and contains not less than sixteen (16) …

In the survey of southern hard pine, spruce, hemlock and juniper boards, planks and sawed and hewed timber, there shall be two (2) sorts: (1) The first sort shall be denominated merchantable, and shall include all boards, planks, joists and timber that are sound and square-edged …

In the survey and measurement of mahogany, cedar and cherry-tree boards, planks and joists and other ornamental wood and lumber, that are sound and free from bad knots and shakes shall be denominated merchantable, all others shall be denominated refuse, and allowance shall be mad…

In the survey of ash, maple and other hardwood boards, planks, joists and timber, there are two (2) sorts: The first sort is denominated merchantable and shall include all boards, planks, joists and timber that are sound and free from bad knots and free from shakes and rot; the s…

In the survey of all boards, planks, joists and timber, the contents of this lumber in board measure shall be marked on this lumber in plain and durable numbers, and all other marks, if not correct, shall be erased. In marking the contents of any lumber, the board measure marks c…

The surveyor of lumber for any city or town may appoint one or more deputy surveyors, whose duty it is to survey mahogany, cedar and cherry tree boards, planks, joists and timber, and other ornamental or hardwood lumber, and ship timber, and the deputy shall give bond with surety…

The merchantable lumber shall be marked Λ and the refuse lumber shall be marked λ and shall be plainly and durably marked on each piece. Deduction shall be made for splits, not exceeding in any case one-half (½) the extent of the split.

All boards, planks, joists and timber shall be received and sold according to their contents, as fixed and marked under the provisions of this chapter.

There shall be paid for the survey of all lumber, excepting hard woods, twenty-five cents (25¢) per one thousand feet (1,000′) board measure, for mahogany, cedar and cherry-tree timber, boards, planks and joists, fifty cents (50¢) per one thousand feet (1,000′) board measure, for…

There shall be paid to the surveyor, of the fees provided for in this chapter, for his or her own use, three cents (3¢) on every one thousand feet (1,000′) of pine, spruce, hemlock and juniper boards, planks, joists and sawed timber, four cents (4¢) on every ton of oak and other …

No lumber shall be surveyed on board a vessel when the lumber can be conveniently landed for the inspection of the surveyors.

No person within this state shall sell, purchase or take the delivery of, whether purchased outside of the state or within it or for his or her own personal use or otherwise, any boards, planks, joists or timber brought into the state unless this lumber shall be surveyed, marked …

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…

No person purchasing lumber outside of the state and trans-shipping the lumber through this state to any other state, is required to have the lumber surveyed and measured.

Every person who sells, purchases, delivers or takes the delivery of any boards, planks, joists or timber, in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall pay for all boards, planks, joists and timber sold, purchased or delivered, one dollar ($1.00) per one thousand …

Every person who willfully crosses, alters or defaces any mark affixed to any lumber by any deputy surveyor, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered by the surveyor and to enure as provided in § 2-20-28.

There is a surveyor of lumber for the city of Providence, who is well skilled in the surveying and measurement of lumber. The surveyor shall be elected in the month of February annually, by the city council of the city, and shall hold his or her office for one year and until a su…

Every person appointed to office under this chapter, or his or her deputy, who connives at any fraud or deception in surveying, marking or numbering the contents of any boards, planks, joists or timber, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.

Every surveyor or deputy surveyor who, on due notice and request, willfully neglects or refuses to perform the duties enjoined by this chapter shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.

Any person dissatisfied with the survey and measurement of any lumber purchased or sold by him or her, by any deputy appointed by the surveyor, may require the surveyor, with one or more deputies, at the option of the surveyor, to reinspect the same.

If, upon a reinspection pursuant to § 2-30-32, an error is found in the survey above the amount of five dollars ($5.00), the person who surveyed the lumber shall receive no compensation for his or her services, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than t…

The expense of overhauling lumber for the purpose of reinspection and of the reinspection, shall be paid by the person requiring the reinspection and in all these cases this compensation shall be equally divided among the surveyor and his or her deputy or deputies.

This chapter shall not be construed to require the survey or measurement of any lumber made in any city or town in this state.

The Providence surveyor shall, before entering on the duties of his or her office, give bond with two (2) sureties to the city treasurer, in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), for the faithful discharge of his or her duties.

The Providence surveyor may appoint, subject to the approval of the city council of the city, a number of deputy surveyors, not less than six (6), that he or she judges sufficient, for whose official conduct he or she shall be answerable.

The Providence surveyor shall take bonds from his or her deputies for the faithful discharge of their duties, in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) each, with surety, and the deputies shall be sworn faithfully to perform their duties, and shall be removable by the surveyor fo…

The Providence surveyor shall make return to the city council of the city of Providence, on the first Monday in February annually, of all lumber surveyed by himself or herself or his or her deputies, specifying the various kinds and qualities and by whom surveyed, and the amount …

The council of the city of Newport shall annually, in the month of February, elect one or more surveyors and measurers of boards, planks, timber, joist and scantling, removable at the pleasure of the city council, who shall each give bond, with surety, in the sum of one thousand …

Every surveyor and measurer shall keep a true and faithful record of all surveys of lumber made by him or her, together with all figures made by him in taking an account of those surveys, and that record shall be open to the inspection of all persons.