TITLE 23
Health and Safety
CHAPTER 23-9
Quarantine of Vessels
SECTION 23-9-23
§ 23-9-23 Action for recovery of expenses.
If any owner, freighter, mariner, or passenger shall refuse to pay those wages
and charges settled, adjusted, and fixed pursuant to § 23-9-22, then the
city or town shall sue for and recover those wages and charges, and the court
where the action is brought and maintained shall tax double costs for the
plaintiff.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch.
154, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 11; G.L. 1956, §
23-9-23.)