R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-20-22

There shall be paid for the survey of all lumber, excepting hard woods, twenty-five cents (25¢) per one thousand feet (1,000€²) board measure, for mahogany, cedar and cherry-tree timber, boards, planks and joists, fifty cents (50¢) per one thousand feet (1,000€²) board measure, for oak and other hard woods, for ship building, twenty-five cents (25¢) per ton, for ash, maple, birch and other hard wood, forty cents (40¢) per one thousand feet (1,000€²) board measure, to be paid by the purchaser, and in case the purchaser requires that a person should be employed to keep tally of the lumber, an additional fee of five cents (5¢) per one thousand feet (1,000€²) shall be paid for that service. No stock lumber shall be surveyed unless requested by the purchaser.