R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-20-23: Fees retained by surveyor.

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 ship timber, six cents (6¢) on every one thousand feet (1,000′) board measure of mahogany, cedar and other ornamental lumber, ash, maple, birch and other hard wood.