All goods imported in a vessel as described in this chapter that shall be clandestinely landed or brought into any house, shop, or warehouse without a certificate and allowance as provided in § 23-9-19, or that shall be imported by land as provided in § 23-9-20 and not cleansed or aired by order of the city or town council, shall be forfeited; one-third (⅓) of those goods to the use of the state and two-thirds (⅔) to the use of the person who shall sue for the goods. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-21; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
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