Rhode Island Code § 23-9-21

Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods
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All goods imported in a vessel as described in this chapter that shall be clandestinely landed or brought into any house, shop, or warehouse without a certificate and allowance as provided in § 23-9-19, or that shall be imported by land as provided in § 23-9-20 and not cleansed or aired by order of the city or town council, shall be forfeited; one-third (⅓) of those goods to the use of the state and two-thirds (⅔) to the use of the person who shall sue for the goods.

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