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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, Collector of Ta-es for the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for the year 1945,
SEND GREETING: WHEREAS, the ta-payers of said Town of Charlestown, at their annual Financial Town Meeting held on the 9th day of April, A. D. 1945, voted and ordered the assessment and collection of a ta-x on the ratable estate and real thingable and personal property of the Town duly rated and certified on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1945, and on the 23rd day of June, A. D. 1945, the Board of Ta-x Assessors, of said Town, made such assessment and filed the rate of taxation of $1.10 per $100.00 of valuation, and the ta-x bill for the said ratable estate and thingable personal property, and the ta-x bill in due form delivered to me with warrant duly signed attached thereto, by the Town Treasurer, of said Town.
And whereas, Edward J. Mcconnell, was assessed and charged to pay the ta-x assessed against him as aforesaid in said ta-x bill amounting to $1.15, and in consequence thereof I did on the 29th day of August, A. D. 1946, levy warrant upon that portion of the real estate of said Edward J. Mcconnell, described as Lot Number 518 and Lot Number 519, Assessors Plat No 18, and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, said Town, Charlestown, and did advertise the same for sale in the Official Gazette of the State of Rhode Island, and in the following places, namely, the store of E. D. Brown & Son, the United States Post Office and Smith's General Store, by affixing notices thereunto, and in the Official Gazette of the State of Rhode Island, on August 29th, September 5th, September 12th, and 19th 1946, said notices being posted in a conspicuous place in said Town, and notice of said sale was further given to the said Edward J. Mcconnell by Registered Mail to the last known place of abode of said Edward J. Mcconnell as evidenced by receipt of the said Registered Mail in the Office of said Town Clerk.
On the 20th day of September in the year 1946, at 3 o'clock P. M., at the Town Hall, in said Town, I proceeded to sell at public auction by Cleveland Carpenter, a duly qualified auctioneer, the premises filed in said office, the highest bidder being William D. Cross, acting as Agent for himself and Celia M. Cross, the highest bidder.
NOW KNOW YE, that in consideration of the sum of Seven Dollars and 10¢ ($7.10) paid to me by said William D. Cross and Celia M. Cross, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and convey unto said William D. Cross and Celia M. Cross, as Joint Tenants and not as Tenants in Common, their heirs and assigns, forever, all the right, title and interest which said Edward J. Mcconnell had in and to the real estate described as Lot Number 518 and Lot Number 519, Assessors Plat Number 18, at the time of assessing said ta-x, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging Following is itemized list covering the amount of the aforementioned Ta-x and the e-penses of said sale:
Lot Number 518 $.02
Ta-x .03
Interest .03
Levy Expenses .39
Sale Expenses .20
Drawing and Recording Ta Deed 2.00
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$.2.64
Lot Number 519 $.02
Ta-x .03
Interest .03
Levy Expenses .39
Sale Expenses .20
Drawing and Recording Ta Deed 2.00
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$.2.64
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said William D. Cross and Celia M. Cross, 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 the said William D. Cross, Collector of Ta-xes, as aforesaid, do covenant with said William D. Cross and Celia M. Cross, their heirs 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 ta-xes.
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
(SEAL)
WILLIAM D. CROSS
(Collector of Ta-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 Ta-es, as aforesaid, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument to be his e-executed, 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 3:05 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
Town Clerk