R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-6-7: Compensation of roving clerks.

The additional clerks of committees to serve the other committees of the senate under the direction of the clerk of the senate and the clerks of the committees of the house under the direction of the reading clerk of the house, the “roving clerks,” so-called, shall each receive a sum in full payment for all services rendered at any regular session of the general assembly as determined and set by the joint committee on legislative services.