R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-20-8: Surveyors for Newport — Election — Bonds.

The council of the city of Newport shall annually, in the month of February, elect one or more surveyors and measurers of boards, planks, timber, joist and scantling, removable at the pleasure of the city council, who shall each give bond, with surety, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), to the city treasurer, for the faithful discharge of the duties of that office.