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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, George s. Cross, of the Town of Charles-
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. 1933, it was voted by the voters of said town, qualified to vote thereon, that
a tax of One Dollar and Twenty Cents ($1.20) on each One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars should be
assessed upon the ratables 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, as aforesaid, by the Town Treasurer with a
warrant under the hand of said Treasurer thereto affixed, commanding me to process and collect
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 said Manna Marttila, Laine Land, as expressed in said list de-
livered to me, amounting to the sum of Three ($3.00) Dollars, and in consequence thereof, I,
said George W. Cross, Collector, as aforesaid, by virtue and authority vested in me as afore-
said, 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 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,
the Town Hall, Town Clerk's Office and Gavitt's Filling Station, and also delivery (20) days
prior to said sale cause notice in writing of said levy and of the time and place of sale to
issue to Manna Marttila, the above being the only person or persons having an interest is
said estate appearing on the records of said Town of Charlestown, which notices were duly serv-
ed twenty (20) days previous to said date of sale, and
WHEREAS, no person appearing to redeem said estate or 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 proceed and sell so much of said real estate, to wit, as was found necessary to pay
said tax, interest, costs and expenses to Francis H. Ford and Katherine A. Ford, his wife, both
of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, as Joint tenants
and not as tenants in common, being the highest bidders, thereof, in the sum of Fourteen Dol-
lars and Six Cents ($14.06), that being the amount of said tax remaining unpaid 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 the said sum of Fourteen Dollars and Six Cents ($14.06)
to me, as the paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and pursuant to the statute in such
cases provided, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey and deliver unto the said Francis H.
Ford and Katherine A. Ford, his wife, as Joint tenants and not as tenants in common, their
heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title and interest of the premises heretofore men-
tioned as notified in and to the Laine Land so-called, taxed at Three ($3.00) Dollars, 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
belonging to the said Francis H. Ford and Katherine A. Ford, his wife, their 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:
EDGENE R. GIZARTIN
GEORGE W. CROSS (SEAL)
Collector of Taxes of the Town
of Charlestown.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, SS.
In the Town of Charlestown, this 12th day of July, A. D. 1939, personally
appeared before me George W. Crosse, 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 his signed in his said capacity of said Collector of Taxes to
be his free act and deed.
NUBENS R. GILMARTIN
Notary Public.
Received for record July 16th, A. D. 1939 at 3:05 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
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Town Clerk
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