Every person who shall sell saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, or cream of tartar which has been adulterated and thereby rendered an impure article, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00), together with the cost of testing and analyzing the impure article; one-half (1/2) of the fine to the use of the city or town where the sale shall be made, and one-half (1/2) of the fine, together with the cost of testing and analyzing the impure article, to the use of the person who shall sue for it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-26-4