A fee of one dollar ($1.00), and an allowance of ten cents ($0.10) per mile traveled with any child may be paid to the person designated to deliver any child to a public or private institution, agency, or society, or to bring any child from a public or private institution, agency, or society to a session of the court, the allowance to be paid out of a sum appropriated for this purpose, when certified to by a justice of the court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-39