R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-15-15: Transfer of fish from branded casks — Misbranding.

Every person who shall shift any fish from any cask after the cask has been branded by the packer, and shall offer to sell or export the fish from this state, or shall brand any cask into which the fish shall be shifted, or shall brand any cask with the branding iron of a packer or with any iron made in imitation of it, shall be fined not less than thirty dollars ($30.00) nor more than one hundred sixty dollars ($160) for each offense.