No person purchasing lumber outside of the state and trans-shipping the lumber through this state to any other state, is required to have the lumber surveyed and measured.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 135, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 161, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 191, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 388, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 2-20-27.