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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
County of Washington
In Westerly on the 30 day of November, 1955, before me personally appeared Eugenie C. Healey and May A. Healey to me known and known by me to be two of the persons executing the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged said instrument by them executed to be their free act and deed.
EDWARD SABINS
Notary Public
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
County of Washington
In South Kingstown on the 30 day of November 1955, before me personally appeared Horace D. Healey to me known and known by me to be one of the parties executing the foregoing instrument and acknowledged said instrument by him executed to be his free act and deed.
HELEN W. PENRY (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
County of New London
In Salem on the 2nd day of December 1955, before me personally appeared Mary A. Hazard to me known and known by me to be one of the parties executing the foregoing instrument and acknowledged said instrument by her executed to be her free act and deed.
CATHERINE MILLER DIMMOCK (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public
term exp. Nov. 1956
Received for record December 3rd, A. D. 1955 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
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TAX COLLECTORS REPORT RELATING TO TAX SALE
HELD NOVEMBER 7, 1955
I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, COLLECTOR OF TAXES for the Town of Charlestown, in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, hereby make the following report referring to sale of various parcels of real estate for non-payment of taxes due the Town of Charlestown, said sale being held November 7, 1955.
In the matter of real estate on which tax was owed to the tax party or parties whose name or names appear in this report, was sold by me at a Tax Collector's Sale on the dates mentioned for the payment of taxes for the years 1952, 1953, 1954 and December 3, 1954, and interest accrued until April 19, 1954, together with interest due on said taxes, and the costs and expenses incident to said auction or sale.
That said tax sale was duly ordered assessment in Town Meeting by the qualified electors of said Town on the 19th day of April, A. D. 1954, at the rate of two Dollars ($2.00) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the value of the real estate and tangible personal property.
That said taxes were assessed by the Board of Tax Assessors of said Town as of the 1st day of December, 1953, in accordance with the laws of Rhode Island according to law, and that a warrant was duly issued by the Town Treasurer to the Collector to collect the same.
That said taxes were due and unpaid at the time and date of said sale. That I caused to be published in the Westerly Sun, a newspaper published in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington, and State of Rhode Island, a notice of said sale, containing a statement concerning the time and place of sale, the real estate liable for the payment of said tax, and the name or names of the party or parties against whom said tax was due, and a list of the parcels of real estate to be sold, including the plat number (Assessors' Plat) and lot number of by other adequate description (for the levy upon which this report was hereby given), a copy of said notice being attached hereto and made a part of this report.
That said notice was inserted at least three weeks prior to the date of advertised sale, and that on October 20th, October 27th, November and December 3, 1955, I caused to be published in the
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same Weekly Sun a legal notice that specified the time and place of said sale, which
notice gave reference to the original advertisement which gave full description, a copy
of said notice being attached hereto and made part description of this report as exhibit A.
Notices were posted in four public places in said town, to wit: Post Office, Caroline, R. I.,
Wrights Carriage, Caroline, R. I., the Town Hall, Charlestown, R. I., and the
Post Office at Charlestown, R. I. These notices being posted at least three weeks prior to date
of sale, copy of said notices being attached hereto and marked "Exhibit B" for the record as
certifid.
That a notice of levy and sale, together with a copy of original advertisement, was mailed
to each owner of record in the State of Rhode Island to whom each said parcel of real estate was taxed and to
each party interested by registered mail, return receipt requested, and to the tax collector on
the side of the town in which said parcel of land is located, attached to this report; each of said
notices being mailed twenty days before the date of sale.
That the sale was held as advertised in the Town Hall in said Town on Monday the 7th day
of November, A. D. 1955 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon (Standard Time), which was in accordance
with all notices.
That said parcels of real estate were sold at public auction to the highest bidder or bidders
who were present thereat, for the respective sums set forth. That said parcels were sold by Earl
C. Crandall, a qualified auctioneer of said Town under my supervision, to the persons or persons
mentioned in the report below, as the highest bidder or bidders respectively. That it is
represented to me that such persons paid the full amount due for tax, interests, cost and expenses
as aforementioned. An itemized account of each parcel sold at said sale will be made and filed
in a book of levy, said book being in the office of the Collector of Taxes.
1.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Marion J. Briggs, and
assessed as Lot Number 51 on Assessors' Plat 18 was sold to Patricia Anne Walsh.
See below the highest bid for the amount of Tax, Interest and
Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 1.20
Interest .10
Levy Expenses 6.85
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$19.29
2.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Edward M. Clarke, and
assessed as Lot Number 374 on Assessors' Plat 18; an undivided three quarter interest
in said lot number was sold to Alice Choinire and William A. Prescott. They
being the highest bidders bid 64 this undivided three quarter interest for the amount of
Tax, Interest and Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 1.20
Interest .10
Levy Expenses 6.85
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$19.29
3.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954, in the names of Louis R. and Lena M. Hazard,
and assessed as Sebastian Lot, was sold to Brenda S. Laskey. She being the highest bidder
bid the amount for the amount of Tax, Interest and Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 1.00
Interest .12
Levy Expenses 8.35
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$20.61
4.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Eliza J. Lord, d.e.h.o., and
assessed as Lot Number 1124 on Assessors' Plat 16, was sold to John W. Hutson and Mary Hutson.
They being the highest bidders bid the whole for the amount of Tax, Interest and Expenses
which were as follows:
Tax 1.38
Interest .11
Levy Expenses 2.65
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$15.28
5.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Eliza J. Lord, d.e.h.o., and
assessed as Lot Number 1125 on Assessors' Plat 16, was sold to John W. Hutson and Mary
Hutson. They being the highest bidders bid the whole for the amount of the Tax, Interest and
Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 1.38
Interest .11
Levy Expenses 2.65
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$15.28
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Eliza J. Lord, d.e.h.o., and
assessed as Lot Number 1126 on Assessors' Plat 16, was sold to John W. Hutson and Mary
Hutson. They being the highest bidders bid the whole for the amount of Tax, Interest and
Expenses which were as follows:
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Tax 1.38
Interest .11
Levy Expenses 2.65
Sale Expenses 3.44
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$15.58
7.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Eliza J. Lord, d.e.h.o.,
and assessed as Lot Number 1197 on Assessors' Plat 16, was sold to John W. Hutson
and Mary Hutson. They being the highest bidders bid the whole for the amount of
Tax, Interest and Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 1.38
Interest .11
Levy Expenses 2.65
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$15.28
8.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Ella S. G. Slocum, and
assessed as Lot Number 102 on Assessors' Plat 18, was sold as to an undivided one-
half interest therein to Edward M. Clarke and Bessie R. Burdick. They being the highest
bidders, bid this one-half interest for the amount of Tax, Interest and Expenses
which were as follows:
Tax 1.20
Interest .10
Levy Expenses 3.43
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$15.87
9.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Ella S. G. Slocum, and
assessed as Lot Number 103 on Assessors' Plat 18, was sold as to an undivided three-
eighths interest therein to Louis R. Burdick and Bessie R. Burdick. They being the
highest bidders, bid this three-eighths interest for the amount of Tax, Interest
and Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 1.20
Interest .10
Levy Expenses 3.43
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$15.87
10.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of Edward L. Lee, and assessed
as Lot Number 1133 on Assessors' Plat 15, was sold as to an undivided one-half interest
therein to Virginia P. Cristofani and William A. Prescott. They being the highest bid-
ders, bid this one-half interest for the amount of Tax, Interest and Expenses which
were as follows:
Tax 0.60
Interest .05
Levy Expenses 6.85
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$18.64
11.
That the real estate taxed in the year 1954 in the name of M. I. Williams, and assessed
as Lot Number 127 on Assessors' Plat 14, was sold as to an undivided one-quarter interest
therein to Alex Bone. He being the highest bidder, bid this one-quarter interest for the
amount of Tax, Interest and Expenses which were as follows:
Tax 2.20
Interest .18
Levy Expenses 6.85
Sale Expenses 3.14
Tax Collector's Deed 8.00
$20.37
I hereby certify that this report is a true account according to my best knowledge and
belief.
WILLIAM D. CROSS
William D. Cross
Collector of Taxes
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of December, A. D. 1955
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public
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EXHIBIT A
TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN, R. I.
Tax Collector's
List
The undersigned Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown hereby certifies that the following described real estate is delinquent in Taxes and is now listed for sale at the Town Hall, Charlestown, R. 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