R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-14-10
No person carrying on or conducting a "closing-out sale"; "going-out-of-business sale"; "discontinuance-of-business sale"; "selling out"; "liquidation"; "lost our lease"; "must vacate"; "forced out"; "removal"; or a sale of other designation of like meaning; or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, under a license as provided for in §§ 6-14-3 - 6-14-6 shall, during the continuance of the sale, for the purpose of selling and disposing of the goods, wares, and merchandise at the sale, add any goods, wares, and merchandise to the stock of goods, wares, or merchandise described and inventoried in the original application for the license, and no goods, wares, or merchandise described and inventoried in the original application, and each addition of goods, wares, or merchandise to the stock of goods, wares, or merchandise described and inventoried in the application, for the purpose of selling and disposing of the goods, wares, and merchandise at the sale, and each sale of the goods, wares, and merchandise at the sale, that were not inventoried and described in the application, shall constitute a separate offense under this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-14-10