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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, George W. Cross, of the Town of Charlestown, Town, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, Collector of Taxes for said Town of
Charlestown, SEND GREETING:
WHEREAS, at the annual town meeting of said town legally holden on the 12th day
of April, A. D. 1937, it was voted by the electors of said town, qualified to vote thereon,
that a tax of One Dollar and Twenty Four Cents ($\$1.20$) on each One Hundred ($\$100.00$) Dollars
should be assessed upon the ratable real property of said town, and
WHEREAS, said tax was afterwards, to wit., on the 15th day of June, A. D. 1937,
assessed by the Board of Tax Assessors of said town according to law, and a copy of the tax
list in due form delivered to me, as Collector, aforesaid, by the Town Treasurer with a
warrant under the hand of said Treasurer thereunto affixed, commanding me to proceed and col-
lect the several sums of money therein expressed to the persons and estates liable therefor;
and
WHEREAS, said Board of Tax Assessors did then and there assess and tax upon the
real estate hereafter described against Noel B. Pesner, D.M.H.O., Reynolds Land, as expressed
in said list delivered to me, amounting to the sum of Thirteen Dollars and eighty Cents
($\$13.80$), and in consequence thereof, i.e., said George W. Cross, Collector of aforesaid, by
virtue and authority vested in me as aforesaid, and pursuant to the statute in such cases pro-
vided, did give notice of the levy upon said real estate, of the time and place of sale by
advertising the same in a newspaper, to wit., the Shankock Press, a newspaper printed in said
County of Washington, for a space of three weeks before said sale, and also by posting of
like notices for the same period in three public places in said Town of Charlestown, to wit.,
in the Town Hall, Town Clerk's Office and Gavitt's Printing Salon, and did also twenty (20)
days prior to said sale cause notice in writing of said levy and of the time and place of sale
to issue to Noel B. Pesner, D.M.H.O., the above being the only person or corporation having
an interest in said estate appearing on the records of said Town of Charlestown, which notices
were duly served twenty (20) days previous to said date of sale, and that
WHEREAS, no person appearing to have redeemed said estate to pay said tax, I, in my
capacity as Collector, as aforesaid, did on the 8th day of July, A. D. 1938, at two o'clock,
P. M. D.S.T., in the Town Hall in the said Town of Charlestown, pursuant to said notices and
levy process and sell all such of said real estate, to wit., to whom, was found necessary to
pay said tax, interest, costs and expenses to Frank Grills, of the Town of Stonington, County
of New London, State of Connecticut, being the highest bidder, thereof, in the sum of Twenty-
Five Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($\$25.44$), that being the amount of said tax remaining un-
paid with interest, costs and expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, the said George W. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, in
consideration of the premises, and of said sum of Twenty-Five Dollars and Forty-Four Cents
($\$25.44$) to me paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and pursuant to the statute
in such case provided, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Frank Grills,
all the right, title and interest of the persons hereinbefore mentioned as notified in and to
the Reynolds Land so called, taxed at Thirteen Dollars and eighty Cents ($\$13.80$), located in
said Town of Charlestown, and recorded in the Land Evidence Records in the said Town of
Charlestown.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto be-
longing to the said Frank Grills, his heirs and assigns, to them and their own use forever.
WITNESS my hand and seal as Collector as aforesaid this 12th day of July, A. D. 1938.
Signed and sealed in the presence of:
HUBERT R. GILMARTIN
GEORGE W. CROSS (SEAL)
Collector of Taxes of the Town
of Charlestown.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, SC.
In the Town of Charlestown, this 12th day of July, A. D. 1938, personally appeared
before me George W. Cross, Collector of Taxes of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, known
to me and known by me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
the same by him signed in his said capacity of said Collector of Taxes to be his free act and
deed.
HUBERT N. GILMARTIN
Notary Public.
Received for record July 15th, A. D. 1938 at 3:45 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, George W. Cross, of the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, Collector of Taxes for said Town of Charlestown,
SEND GREETING:
WHEREAS, at the annual town meeting of said town legally holden on the 12th day of
April, A. D. 1937, it was voted by the electors of said Town, qualified to vote therons, that a
tax of one Dollar and Ninety Cents ($1.90) on each One hundred ($100.00) Dollars should be
assessed upon the ratable real property of said Town, and
WHEREAS, said tax was afterwards, to wit, on the 15th day of June, A. D. 1937, as-
sessed by the Board of Tax Assessors of said town according to law, and a copy of the tax
list due in form delivered to me, as Collector, as aforesaid, by the Town Treasurer with a
warrant under the hand of said Treasurer thereto affixed, commanding me to proceed and col-
lect the several sums of money therein expressed to the persons and estates liable therefor;
and
WHEREAS, said Board of Tax Assessors did then and there assess and tax upon the real
estate hereafter described against Anton Mendrickson, et ux, Laize Land, as expressed in said
list delivered to me, amounting to the sum of One Dollar and Ninety Cents ($1.90), and in con-
sequence thereof, I, said George W. Cross, Collector, as aforesaid, by virtue and authority
vested in me as aforesaid, and pursuant to the statute in such cases provided, did give notice
of the levy upon said real estate of the time and place of sale by advertising the same in a
newspaper, to wit, the Shanock Press, a newspaper printed in said County of Washington, for a
space of three weeks before said sale, and also by posting of like notices for the same period
in three public places in said Town of Charlestown, to wit, in the Town Hall, Town Clerk's Office
and Govitt's Filling Station, and did also twenty (20) days prior to said sale cause notice is
writing of said levy and of the time and place of sale to issue to Anton Mendrickson, et ux,
the above being the only persons or corporations having an interest in said estate appearing on
the records of said Town of Charlestown, which notices were duly served twenty (20) days pre-
vious to said date of sale, and
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