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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 Charles-
town, SEND GREETING:
WHEREAS, at the annual town meeting of said town legally holden on the 12th day of
April, A. D. 1932, it was voted by the electors of said Town, qualified to vote thereon,
that a tax of One Dollar and Twenty One cents ($1.20) on each One hundred dollars ($100.) should
be assessed upon the taxable 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 against Annunziata Vono, Crandall Ln, as expressed in said
list delivered to me, amounting to the sum of Two Dollars and Forty Cents ($2.40), 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 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 did
also and 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 Annunziata Vono, the above being the only person or corporation
who having an interest in said real 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
WHEREAS, no person appearing to redeem said real 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., in the Town Hall in the Town Hall in the said Town of Charlestown, pursuant to said notices
and levy proceed to sell so much of said real estate, to wit, while, as was found necessary
to pay said tax, interest, costs and expenses to said Edwin Fisher, of the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, being the highest bidder, therefore, in the sum of
Eight Dollars forty-three cents ($8.43), 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 eight Dollars and forty-three cents
($8.43) to me paid, the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge, and pursuant to the statute
in such case provided, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, Convey and deliver unto the said admin
Fisher, his heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title and interest of the person herein-
before mentioned as notified in and to the Crandall Land, so called, taxed at Two Dollars and
Forty Cents ($2.40), 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 Edwin Fisher, his heirs and assigns, to them and their own use forever.
WITNESS my hand and seal as Collector as aforesaid this 27th day of July, A. D. 1938.
Signed and sealed in the presence of: GEORGE W. CROSS
LIESTON L. BROWN Collector of Taxes of the
Town of Charlestown.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Charlestown on the 27th 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 acknowl-
edged the same by him signed in his said capacity of said Collector of Taxes, to be his
free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public.
Received for record August 3rd, A. D. 1938 at 3:20 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
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