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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ESTHER OSTERHUS, of Brooklyn, State of New York, for consideration paid, grant to HARRIET MEYER, of Thornwood, State of New York, with WARRANTY CONVEYANCE
That certain parcel or tract of land situate and being in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and bounded and described as follows:
The northerly one-half ($\frac{1}{2}$) part or portion of that certain lot or portion of that tract of land of "Cottage Sites" conveyed to H. H. Burdick, Runnockone, plat entitled "Plat of Cottage Sites", recorded in R. I. Scale 100 feet to an inch, April, 1914 By G. W. Woodward" said plat being filed in Records of Land Evidence Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, Book No. 1, Page 28.
The premises herein conveyed are bounded northerly by Lot Number [?] , a distance of 150 feet, more or less; easterly, by Charlestown Post Rd., a distance of 50 feet, more or less; southerly by the northerly one-half ($\frac{1}{2}$) of said Lot No. 16, a distance of 155 feet, more or less; westerly, by a street, as shown on said plat, a distance of 50 feet, more or less.
Meaning and intending to hereby convey the northerly one-half ($\frac{1}{2}$) portion of the premises conveyed by deed of Hazard H. Burdick to Gustav Osterhus; said deed bearing date of March 20th, 1930 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 24 at Page 86. Reference to said deed and the records thereof thereby being had and made and the same made a part hereof for a more complete and detailed description of the premises herein conveyed. Title being vested in the name of this Grantor by virtue of the provisions contained in the will of my late husband, Gustav Osterhus; a copy of said will being filed in the Records of Probate, said Town of Charlestown.
I, Esther Osterhus, hereby covenant that I am not married.
WITNESS my hand this 12th day of January, 1954.
ESTHER OSTERHUS
(DOCUMENTARY STAMP, $1.10)
STATE OF NEW YORK }
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County of Kings } ss:
In Brooklyn, New York, on the 12th day of January, 1954, before me personally appeared Esther Osterhus, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument, by her executed, to be her free act and deed.
CARL H. HEIBERG (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public
Carl H. Heiberg
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 26-2118250
Qualified in Kings County
Cert. filed with Kings Co. Register
Commission expire March 20, 1955
No. 36387
STATE OF NEW YORK }
COUNTY OF KINGS } SS.:
I, FRANCIS J. SINNOTT, Clerk of the County of Kings, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for the said County, the same being a Court of Record, hereby do hereby Certify, that Carl H. Heiberg whose name and signature are annexed to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgment or proof of the annexed instrument, was at the time of the making a notary PUBLIC in and for the State of New York, duly commissioned and sworn and qualified as such according to the laws of the State of New York; that competent evidence of the truth of the aforesaid certificate of his appointment and qualifications, and his appointment to said office, is at this time on file in my office; that as such he is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, to receive and certify acknowledgments, to take affidavits, to take depositions, and to perform all other acts appertaining to a notary public, and that the signature of said notary public annexed to the annexed instrument with the handwriting of the party executing the same is the signature of the notary, and that the handwriting of his signature signature deposited in my office, and that believe the signature is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, and County this 12 day of Jan., 1954.
FRANCIS J. SINNOTT (Official Seal)
Clerk
Received for record April 29th A. D. 1955 at 11:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
Town Clerk