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496 ADMINISTRATORS' DEED.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, LINTON L. BROWN and CHARLES A. WEAVER, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, co-administrators of the Estate of Alice M. Weaver, late of said Town of Charlestown, deceased, by virtue of the authority vested in us by decree of the Probate Court, of said Town of Charlestown, entered May 9, 1955, and by every other power to us thereunto enabling, and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to us paid by STEPHEN A. CORNELL and LUCY E. CORNELL, husband and wife, both of the Town of Richmond, said County and State, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Stephen A. Cornell and Lucy E. Cornell, as Joint Tenants and not to tenants in common, their heirs and assigns forever
an undivided one-half interest in and to that certain lot or tract of land, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a remnant bound set in the lime of a stone wall on the northerly side of the State Highway, at the southwesterly corner of premises of grantor, at the southeasterly corner of the premises of Charles A. Weaver set in the ground at the southeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence running westerly along the line of said stone wall and bounded southerly by said State Highway, a distance of 113.50 feet to another remnant bound set in the ground; thence running northerly, bounded northerly by premises of said State Highway, land now or formerly of Charles A. Weaver et al and extending thereunto, a distance of 300 feet to another remnant bound set in the ground and to the westerly line of premises of said Charles E. Cornell et al, a distance to 300 feet; thence running easterly along the line of said bound by land now or formerly of said Charles A. Weaver et al, a distance of 113.50 feet to the northeasterly corner of said premises of Charles A. Weaver and set in the ground; and also northerly bounded easterly by the premises of said Charles E. Cornell et al, running southerly, bounded easterly by the plane of bearing of the State Highway, a distance of 300 feet; more or less as the same may be bounded or described.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the aforementioned premises with all privileges and appurtenances thereof to them, the said Stephen A. Cornell and Lucy E. Cornell, their heirs and assigns, forever, to their own use and benefit and behoof.
And we hereby covenant to and with the said Stephen A. Cornell and Lucy E. Cornell, their heirs and assigns, that we were and are empowered by the Court aforesaid to make sale thereof; that said premises were sold according to the direction of the said Court of Probate heretofore given to us relative to the sale thereof.
That previous to the sale thereof we gave bond for the faithful application of the proceeds of said sale according to law.
That in every respect we have at all times conformed to the decrees of the said Court of Probate of said Town and the laws of the State in said premises.
That we have good right to sell as aforesaid.
That we will WARRANT AND DEFEND the same against all lawful claims of all persons claiming by, through or under us as such co-administrators; that said Alice M. Weaver devised seized and possessed of the said undivided one-half interest in the aforementioned premises.
WITNESS our hands this 17th day of May, 1955.
CHARLES A. WEAVER
LINTON L. BROWN
Co-administrators of the Estate of Alice M. Weaver
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Richmond, on the 17th day of May, 1955, before me personally appeared Linton L. Brown and Charles A. Weaver to me known and known by me to be the co-administrators of the Estate of Alice M. Weaver, and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they severally acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
ELIZABETH D. SEARLE
Notary Public
Received for record May 17th, A. D. 1955 at 10:35 o'clock, a. m. and recorded by [?] Town Clerk