'Personal property', for the purposes of taxation, means all goods, chattels, and effects, wherever they may be, all ships or vessels, at home or abroad, except those that are exempt from taxation by the laws of the United States or of this state. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 45, § 10; P.L. 1905, ch. 1246, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 57, § 10; P.L. 1912, ch. 769, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 59, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 30, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 44-3-2; P.L. 1969, ch. 197, art. 7, § 4.
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