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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, Collector of Taxes,
for the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for the year 1939.
SEND GREETING: WHEREAS the taxpayers of said Town of Charlestown, at their annual
Financial Town Meeting duly notified and held on the tenth 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 on each one hundred dollars 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, George R. Holberton, d.e.h.o., neglected to pay the tax assessed against
it as expressed in said tax bill amounting to Forty eight and 10/100 Dollars and in consequence
thereof I did on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1940 levy said warrant upon that certain tract of
land or premises taxed as House Lot - Land & Bldgs., and appearing on Original Tax List and
Tax Bill, 1939 (also notice of levy served correctly to the address) belonging to said George R. Hol-
berton, d.e.h.o., in said Charlestown, and did advertise the same for sale at four public places
in said Town of Charlestown, viz: Wright's Garage, the store of G. D. Brown & Son, Grinnell'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 P. Day, a qualified auctioneer, the premises aforesaid, and Syl-
vester J. Capalbo acting as agent for himself and Ruth B. Capalbo was the highest bidder, NOW,
KNOW YE, that in consideration of the sum of Fifty-nine Dollars Forty Cents ($59.40) to me paid
by said Sylvester J. Capalbo the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and
convey unto said Sylvester J. Capalbo and Ruth B. Capalbo, their heirs and assigns, forever,
all the right, title and interest which said George R. Holberton, d.e.h.o. 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 had and made to Original Tax List, 1939,
and to the Records of Land Evidence, in said Town of Charlestown
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said Sylvester J. Capalbo, and Ruth B. Capalbo,
their heirs 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 Sylvester J. Capalbo and Ruth B. Capalbo, their heirs and assigns, that I have adver-
tised 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 returned 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 by me to be the
party executing the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged 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 10:05 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
Town Clerk
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