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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 1945,
SEND GREETING: WHEREAS the taxpayers of said Town of Charlestown, at their annual Financial Town Meeting duly notified and held on the 9th day of April, A. D. 1945, voted and authorized the assessment and collection of taxes upon all real, personal estate, and taxable 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. 1946, the Board of Tax Assessors, of said Town, filed with me a list of the taxable real estate and tangible personal property, and the taxable lists thereof dated September 1945, and the tax struck thereon 1.8%, on each hundred dollars valuation of the taxable real estate and tangible personal property, and the taxable lists thereof dated September 1945, and the tax struck thereon 1.8%, by me William Cross, Treasurer, of said Town;
AND WHEREAS, of Ollie KOLEHMAINEN, neglected to pay the tax-assessed against him in the amount of $1.51; and in consequence thereof I did on the 20th day of August, A. D. 1946, levy said warrant upon a certain tract of land belonging to said Ollie KOLEHMAINEN, in said Town of Charlestown, and did advertise the sale of said sale by posting notices in four public places in said Town of Charlestown, viz: Wright's General Store, the Town Hall, the Post Office, the Town Clerk's Office, and the [?] Garage, also by publishing notices like the South County News, a newspaper published in this Town, once a week, on the 24th day of August, the 31st day of August, and 7th and 14th 1946) and said notices being posted and published at least three weeks prior to said sale and the sale being held on the 24th day of September, A. D. 1946, at the last known place of abode of said Ollie Kolehmainen, as evidenced by receipt on file, viz: the Cave in the North End of Town of Charlestown;
On said 24th day of September, A. D. 1946 at 3 o'clock, p. m., Daylight Saving Time, at the Town Hall, in said Town, I proceeded to sell at public auction by Cleveland Carpenter, a duly qualified auctioneer, the premises aforesaid, and William D. Cross, acting agent for said Town, awarded the same to the highest bidder.
NOW, KNOW YOU, that in consideration of the sum of Seventeen Dollars, Thirty-one cents (307.31), to me paid by said William D. Cross, Agent aforesaid, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, I do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto said Lauri Mammi and Mandi Mammi, as Joint Tenants and not as Tenants in Common, their heirs and assigns forever, the premises aforesaid, formerly belonging to said Ollie Kolehmainen, and sold at said premises at the time of assessing said ta-, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging, the boundaries thereof being as described in the deed hereby sold and conveyed, and as described in that certain deed appearing of record in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No 29 of 132 Following is itemized list covering the amount of the aforementioned tax-es and the expenses of said sale:
Tax. $1.51
Levy Expenses 7.11
Sale Expenses 5.00
Drummer's Recording Tax Deed 3.00
Total $17.31
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said Lauri Mammi and Mandi Mammi, as Joint Tenants and not as Tenants in Common, 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 said Lauri Mammi and Mandi Mammi, their heirs and assigns, that I have advertised the said property as heretofore stated and have complied with the terms of the law regulating the collection of ta-es.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of September, A. D. 1946.
In the Presence of:
Linton L. Brown
WILLIAM D. CROSS (SEAL)
Collector of Tax-es, Town of
Charlestown for the year 1945.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.)
County of Washington
In Charlestown, on the 24th day of September, A. D. 1946, before me personally appeared William D. Cross, Collector of Tax-es, as aforesaid, to me known and known by me as to be the party e-executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by his signature to be his own free act and deed individually, and in his official capacity as aforesaid.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public.
Received for Record September 24th, A. D. 1946 at 3:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded
by [?] Town Clerk
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