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TO ALL PERSONS 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 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 of taxation on realo 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, Charles H. Knight, neglected to pay the tax assessed against him as expressed in said tax bill amounting to Ninety-eight Cents ($0.98) and in consequence thereof I did on the last day of May, A. D. 1940 levy said warrant upon that certain tract or parcel of land and shown designated as Lot 83 on Assessors' Plat 16, and appearing on Original Tax List and Tax Bill 1939, (also notice of levy served according to law) belonging to said Charles H. Knight 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 E. C. 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 John Brady acting as agent for Alice G. Brady, was the highest bidder, NOW KNOW YE, that, in consideration of the sum of Nine Dollars thirty-nine Cents ($9.39) to me paid by said John Brady the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and convey unto said Alice G. Brady, her heirs and assigns, forever, all the right, title and interest which said Charles H. Knight had in and to said premises at the time of assessing said tax, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging; for a description of said premises, reference is hereby had and made to 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 Alice G. Brady, her 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 Alice G. Brady, her heirs and assigns, that I have advertised the said property as hereinbefore stated and have complied with the terms of the law regarding 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
WILLIAM D. CROSS, Collector of Taxes,
Town of Charlestown for the year 1939
(Ls.)
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 he acknowledged said instrument, by her execution, 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 10:35 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [?]
Town Clerk
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