R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23-9
The council is hereby authorized and empowered to summon witnesses and issue subpoenas in substantially the following form:
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To _____________________________________ of _____________________________________ greeting:
You are hereby required, in the name of the state of Rhode Island, to make your appearance before the commission on _____________________________________ in the _____________________________________ city of _____________________________________ on the _____________________________________ day of _____________________________________ to give evidence of what you know relative to a matter upon investigation by the commission on _____________________________________ and produce and then and there have and give the following:
Hereof fail not, as you will answer to default under the penalty of the law in that behalf made and provided.
Dated at _____________________________________ the _______________________________________ day of _______________________________________ in the year _______________________________________.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23-9