Whenever a joint tenant, or a tenant in common of any land subject to a charge or assessment under this chapter [this article], shall pay the whole amount of such charge or assessment, he may recover from the other joint tenant or tenant in common, as the case may be, such proportional part of such charge or assessment as the aggregate value of such land bears to the value of his interest therein, by proceedings in the superior court for the County of Newport in the nature of an action of account, as provided in chapter 2 in title 10 of the General Laws and in any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, and such action is hereby made available for the purposes of this section. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to impair any other right of action which the party paying such assessment or charge may have at law or in equity to secure a contribution from the other parties having an interest in the land subject to such assessment or charge. (P.L. 1958, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1960, ch. 205, § 6.)