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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 1938,
SEND GREETING: WHEREAS the taxpayers of said Town of Charlestown, at their annual Finan-
cial Town Meeting duly notified and held on the 11th day of April, A. D. 1938, voted and order-
ed the assessment and collection of a tax on the 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. 1938, the Board of Tax Assessors of said Town made such assess-
ment and fixed the rate thereon at $1.20 on one hundred dollars value of the taxable real
estate and tangible personal property, and the tax bill in due Form delivered to me with
the warrant duly signed thereto attached, by the Town Treasurer, of said Town, requiring me to
proceed according to law and collect said tax and place the same in the Town Treasury of said
Town.
AND WHEREAS, Raymond A. Meikle neglected to pay the tax assessed against him as expressed
in said tax bill amounting to Twenty-Four Cents ($\phi.24) and in consequence thereof I did on the
1st day of March, A. D. 1939 levy warrant upon that certain tract or parcel of real estate
as shown and designated as Lot 40C, Assessors' Plat 4, appearing on the original Tax List and
Tax Bill, 1938, belonging to said Raymond A. Meikle in said Charlestown, and did advertise the
same for sale at three public places in said Town of Charlestown, viz: Charlestown Post Office,
Wright's Garage, Grinnell's Store, of J. C. Brown & Son, and in the Westerly Daily
Sun, a newspaper published in said County of Washington, for more than twenty days previous to
said sale, and on the 6th day of May, A. D. 1939, at 12:30 o'clock, p. m., Eastern Standard
Time, at the Town Hall, in said Town, I proceeded to sell at public auction, by Robert F. Day,
a qualified auctioneer, 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
said tract or parcel for the Town of Charlestown, aforesaid, at the amount of tax, charges
and expenses of sale.
NOW, KNOW YE, that in consideration of the premises, and the setting off of charges
from said Collector of Taxes' roll, in the sum of eight Dollars Ninety-one Cents ($\phi 8.91) by
said Town of Charlestown the recipient whereasfore: 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 Raymond A. Meikle 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 Assessors' Plats and Cards on file in the office of the Town
Clerk of said Town of Charlestown and 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 10th day of May, A. D. 1939.
In the presence of:
Linton L. Brown
WILLIAM D. CROSS (SEAL)
Collector of Taxes, Town of
Charlestown for the year 1938.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND)
County of Washington )
In Charlestown on the 10th day of May, A. D. 1939, before me personally appeared William
D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, to me known and known by me to be the party exe-
cuting the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be
his own free act and deed, individually, and in his official capacity aforesaid.
LINTON L. BROWN, Notary Public.
Received for record May 10th, A. D. 1939 at 9:38 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [?]
Town Clerk
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