R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-3-5: Warrants to commissioners.

The court shall issue its warrants to the commissioners, which shall be in substance as follows:

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. SC. To .............. of .............. in the county of .........................................

Greeting:

Whereas the probate court of the town of .............. at its session on the .............. day of .............. did pass the following decree, to wit: [Here insert a copy of the decree.]

You are therefore hereby authorized, after being engaged to the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in you, to appraise all the real estate described and referred to in the decree, each parcel by itself, at the present value thereof in money, and, after having made such appraisement, to divide the real estate among the parties named in the decree in the proportions set forth therein. You are to let all persons named in the decree have notice when you proceed to make such appraisement and division, and, having completed the same, you are to make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto this probate court as soon as may be. Signed for and in behalf of the probate court on this .......... day of .........