§ 2-10-12 - Operation of nurseries. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 2-10-12

   § 2-10-12  Operation of nurseries. –The state is authorized to establish, operate and maintain nurseries for theproduction of forest seedlings. Those trees may be used to reforest any landowned by the state, or may be used for planting on other public lands any suchterms deemed to be for the public benefit. Any surplus may be supplied toowners of private land, at a price not exceeding the cost of production, forreforestation purposes upon rural land which has an assessed value of notexceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) per acre. Trees so purchased by owners ofprivate land for reforestation of rural land shall not be removed from thepremises of the rural landowner with the roots attached.