R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-16-9: Clerk’s records — Fees.

Every city or town clerk shall keep a fair record of all his or her proceedings under this chapter, and shall pay all moneys by him or her received for any estrays and for which no owner appears, into the city or town treasury immediately on receipt. The city or town clerk shall be paid twenty-five cents (25¢) for every notice posted or printed; and if no owner appears, and the estray is appraised, and he or she gives a certificate, he or she shall have twenty-five cents (25¢) of the fees.