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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, LAURA W. PROSSER, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, (hereinafter called the mortgagor) in consideration of Thirty-five Hundred ($3,500.00) Dollars, to me paid by INDUSTRIAL TRUST COMPANY, a corporation created by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, and located and transacting business in the City and County of Providence, in said State, the receipt whereof is acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto said Industrial Trust Company, its successors and assigns forever,
(Description of property)
That certain tract or piece of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of the Post Road, which point is 300 feet westerly from the northeasterly corner of said Post Road and a road or lane known as the "Old Post Road", said corner being first here defined as the point of intersection between two lines projected from the stone wall on the west side of the intersection of said Post Road and the lane on the north side of said Post Road; thence running in a general westerly direction, bounded northerly on said Post Road, for a distance of 200.92 feet; thence turning to run eastly or normally of E. C. Akers; thence turning an interior angle of 90 degrees to run 200 feet and continuing in said direction until it intersects the stone wall, bounded on the west by said Akers land a distance of 1634.20 feet, more or less, to a stone wall; bounded on the south by said Akers land; thence turning and running in a northerly direction, bounded westerly by land of said Akers a distance of 200.92 feet; thence turning and running in a general easterly direction, bounded northerly by land of said Akers until it intersects the property of the State of Rhode Island; thence turning and running in a general northeasterly direction until it intersects the stone wall, bounded on the east by the northeast corner of the garage now standing on said premises; thence turning in a westerly and running in a straight line to the point and place of beginning. Containing 167,760 square feet, the same being known as the "Old Post Road house & lot".
Being the first tract described in deeds of Harold T. Prosser and of George H. Nurse, Prosser et al to mortgagor, dated January 2, 1942 and October 1, 1940 and recorded in Book 28, pages 136 and 156, respectively, of the Land Evidence Records of said Town; a portion of said tract conveyed by part conveyances dated November 4, Prosser May 24, 1946, recorded in Book 30, page 29, and to Elizabeth S. Prosser May 24, 1946, recorded in Book 30, page 31; and a portion taken by the State of Rhode Island for highway purposes and that part, if any, taken or used by the United States of America for highway purposes or reference to a certain condemnation records being hereby made and the same made a part of these presents.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises, with their appurtenances, unto and to the use of said Industrial Trust Company, its successors and assigns forever.
And the said mortgagor does hereby, for herself and for her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, covenant with said Industrial Trust Company, its successors and assigns, that she is lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from all encumbrances; that she has good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner as aforesaid; that the said I, Industrial Trust Company its successors and assigns, shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably have and enjoy the said premises; and that the said mortgagor will, and her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns shall, warrant and defend the same to said Industrial Trust Company, its successors and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
And for the consideration aforesaid, I, Laura W. Prosser, hereby covenant that I am a widow and have not remarried.
PROVIDED, NEVERTHELESS, that if the said mortgagor, or her heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall pay unto said Industrial Trust Company, its successors or assigns, the principal and interest of a certain promissory note of the mortgagor of even date here with, and bearing the serial number hereof, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and shall also pay all taxes, assessments, insurance premiums and other sums, the payment of which are hereby required or secured, and as when the same become due and payable, and shall perform all other covenants and conditions as provided herein or in the note above mentioned, then this deed, as also said promissory note, shall become and be absolutely void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
BUT IF DEFAULT shall be made in the payment of said sums or of said interest or of the taxes, assessments, insurance premiums or any other sum of money the payment of which is hereby
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, )
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County of Washington, )
In Westerly, on the twenty fourth day of January, A. D. 1950, before me personally appeared the
above named Laura W. Prosser, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged said instrument, by her executed, to be her free act and deed.
HERBERT E. COOKE
Notary Public.
Received for record January 25th, A. D. 1950 at 10:10 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
INDUSTRIAL NATIONAL BANK of Providence, having received full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage,
does hereby cancel and discharge the same.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, said Company has caused these Presents to be signed and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto
affixed by its Proper Officers duly authorized, this 29th day of April A. D. 1959.
INDUSTRIAL NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE
Signed and sealed in presence of
Margaret A. Serra
By Riran Kendall
Manager
Fred Hayner
Asst. Manager
Received for record April 30th, A. D. 1959 at 3:10 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, JOHN W. SMITH and MABEL F. SMITH, husband
and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
(hereinafter called the mortgagors) in consideration of Fifteen Hundred and 00/100 ($1500.00)
Dollars to us paid by THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Corporation created by Act of the General
Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, located and having its principal office and place of
business in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, the receipt
whereof is acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said WASHINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, its Successors and Assigns, forever,
That certain real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island, fully described as follows:
A certain tract or parcel of land, together with any and all buildings and improvements
thereon, situated in the Town of Charlestown on the Southerly side of the State Highway
leading from the Village of Charlestown to the center of the Village of Wood River, in the
Town of Charlestown, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point & the Northeasterly corner of the tract hereby conveyed
and at the Northeasterly corner of the tract of George S. Carleton, L.
Palmer, et seq thereby Southerly, bounded Easterly by said Palmer land, a
distance of one hundred twenty four (124) feet; then turning North East,
bounded Southerly by land now or formerly of Louis G. Tucker and Ivan R. Tucker, a
distance of one hundred twenty four (124) feet; thence Northerly, bounded Easterly by
westerly lr land now or formerly of Louis G. Tucker and Ivan R. Tucker, one
hundred twenty one (121) feet distant from and parallel to said Palmer land, a
distance of one hundred twenty four (124) feet to said State Highway,
way thence Easterly, bounded Northerly by said State Highway, a distance of
one hundred twenty one (121) feet to the point of beginning, or
however otherwise the same may be bounded or described.
Subject to obligation of said John W. Smith and Mabel F. Smith to maintain a
line fence as set out in the above description.
Being the same premises conveyed by Louis G. Tucker and Ivan R. Tucker to the
said John W. Smith and Mabel F. Smith, the mortgagors herein, by deed dated
January 11, 1950 and appears of record in the Land Evidence Records of the Town
of Charlestown, R. I., in the Book No. 26 at Page 597.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises, with their appurtenances, unto and to
the use of the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, forever.
And we, the said mortgagors do hereby, for ourselves and for our heirs, executors and