§ 2-20-22

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 oak and other hard woods, for ship building, twenty-five cents (25¢) per ton, for ash, maple, birch and other hard wood, forty cents (40¢) per one thousand feet (1,000′) board measure, to be paid by the purchaser, and in case the purchaser requires that a person should be employed to keep tally of the lumber, an additional fee of five cents (5¢) per one thousand feet (1,000′) shall be paid for that service. No stock lumber shall be surveyed unless requested by the purchaser. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 135, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 161, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 191, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 388, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 2-20-22.