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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, Collector of Taxes for said Town of Charlestown, and successor in office to George F. Cross, late of said Town, deceased, SEND GREETING:
WHEREAS, at the annual town meeting of said Town Legally holden on the 12th day of April, A. D. 1937, it was voted by the electors of said Town, qualified to vote thereon, that a tax of one dollar and twenty one cents ($1.21) on Each One Hundred Dollars should be assessed upon the ratable 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 said George F. Cross, as Collector aforesaid, by the Town Treasurer with a warrant under the hand of said Treasurer there afterwards, commanding him to propose and collect the several sums of money therein expressed of the persons and estates liable therefore; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Tax Assessors did then and there assess and tax upon the real estate hereafter described against Eleanor D. Baker, (Life Estate) Moore Lot, as expressed in said list delivered to said George F. Cross, aforesaid, amounting to $61.60, and in consequence thereof, said George F. Cross, Collector, as aforesaid, by virtue and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and pursuant to the statute in such cases provided, did give notice of the levy upon said real estate, and 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 Garrett's Filling Station, and did also twenty (20) days prior to said sale cause notice in writing of said levy and of the time and place of sales to issue to said Eleanor D. Baker, and to Home Owners Loan Corporation, as Mortgagees, the above being the only person or corporation having an interest in the said 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 appeared to redeem said estate or to pay said tax, said George F. Cross, in his capacity as Collector as aforesaid, did on the 5th day of July, A. D. 1939, 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, of whole, as was found necessary to pay said tax, interest costs and expenses; no bids or offer of bid, for said property, being received at said sale, said George F. Cross, Collector as aforesaid, made public declaration to that effect, and publicly declared that he purchased said property in the name of the Town of Charlestown, aforesaid, for the sum of $72.89, being the amount of said tax remaining unpaid with interest, costs and expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, said William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, in consideration of the premises, and pursuant to the statute in such cases provided, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey and deliver unto the said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, forever, all the right, title and interest in and to the premises of said Eleanor D. Baker, above described, taxed at $61.60, located in said Town of Charlestown, and recorded in the Land Evidence Records of said Town of Charlestown.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to the said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, forever.
WITNESS my hand and seal as Collector as aforesaid this 31st day of May, A. D. 1939.
Executed in presence of
Clinton L. Brown WILLIAM D. CROSS
Collector of Taxes of the Town
of Charlestown
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