Rhode Island General Laws Title 6. Commercial Law--General Regulatory Provisions § 6-14-7. Record of license application

Every city or town clerk to whom application is made as provided for in § 6-14-4 shall endorse upon the application the date of its filing;  shall preserve the application as a record of this office;  and shall make an abstract of the facts stated in the application in a book kept for that purpose, properly indexed, containing the name of the person asking for the license;  the nature of the proposed sale;  the place where the sale is to be conducted;  its duration;  the inventory value of the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold;  and a general statement as to where the goods, wares, and merchandise came from, and shall make in the book a notation as to the issuance or refusal of that license applied for together with the date of the issuance or refusal;  and shall endorse on the application the date the license is granted or refused, and the application and abstract shall be prima facie evidence of all statements therein contained.  A copy of the application shall be forwarded by the city or town clerk to the office of the department of the attorney general.