7/24/1940 · TAX COLLECTOR'S DEED · book 28 page 278 doc 108@28/278

278 TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, Collector of Taxes, for the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, for the year 1939, SEND GREETING: WHEREAS the Taxpayers of the said Town of Charlestown, at their Annual Financial Town Meeting duly notified and held on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1939, voted and ordered the assessment and collection of a tax on the ratable real estate and tangible personal property of the owners of real and personal estate in said Town of Charlestown; AND WHEREAS, on the 15th day of June, A. D. 1939, the Board of Tax Assessors of said Town made such assessment and fixed the rate thereon of $1.30 one hundred and one dollars hundredths valuation of the ratable real estate and tangible personal property, and the tax bill in due form delivered to me with the warrant duly signed attached thereto, by the Town Treasurer, of said Town, requiring me to proceed according to law and collect said tax and place the same in the Town Treasury of said Town. AND WHEREAS, Inez E. Gaisford, neglected to pay the tax assessed against her as ex officio pressed in said tax bill amounting to One Dollar Forty-seven Cents and in consequence thereof I did on the 1st day of the 1st day of May, A. D. 1940 levy said warrant upon that certain piece or parcel of land shown and designated as lot 4, Assessors' Plat 3, belonging to said Inez E. Gaisford in said Charlestown, and did advertise the same for sale at four public places in said Town of Charlestown, viz: Wrights's Garage, the store of E. C. Brown & Son, Crinellgas's Garage and the post office at Charlestown, R. I., for more than twenty days previous to said sale, and also in the South County News, a newspaper published in said County of Washington, for more than twenty days previous to said sale, and on the 13th day of July, A. D. 1940, at one o'clock, p. m., Daylight Saving Time, at the Town Hall, in said Town, I proceeded to sell at Public Auction, by Robert F. Day, auctioneer qualified, the premises aforesaid, and no bid being offered, I, William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes aforesaid, then and there made public declaration that I was purchasing the above described premises for the Town of Charlestown, aforesaid, at the amount of tax, charges and expenses of sale. NOW, KNOW YE, that in consideration of the sum of Eleven Dollars, ninety-five Cents ($11.95) to me paid by said Town of Charlestown, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and convey, unto said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, forever, all the right, title and interest which said Inez E. Gaisford, had in and to said premises at the time of assessing said tax, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging; for a description of said premises, reference is hereby made to and Assessors' Plats and Cards on file in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown and to the Land Evidence Records of said Town. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, forever, (subject to the right of redemption as provided by law). And I, the said William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, do covenant with the said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, that I have advertised the said property as hereinbefore stated and have complied with the terms of the law regulating the collection of taxes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of July, A. D. 1940. In the presence of: Linton L. Brown Wm. D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, Town of Charlestown for the year 1939 (L. S.) STATE of RHODE ISLAND) County of Washington) In Charlestown, on the 23rd day of July, A. D. 1940, before me personally appeared William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument and did acknowledge said instrument, by his executed, to be his own free act and deed, individually, and in his official capacity aforesaid. LINTON L. BROWN, Notary Public. Received for Record July 24th, A. D. 1940 at 9:55 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk