The commissioner may, within thirty (30) days after taking into his or her custody the property so found, sell at public auction so much thereof as shall be sufficient to pay all duties thereon, which he or she shall have paid or for which he or she shall become liable to the customhouse. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 119, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 145, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 150, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 115, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 46-10-9.
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