12/13/1955 · DEED · book 35 page 203 doc 4794@35/203

203 TAX DEED KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I, William D. Cross, of the Town of Charlestown, in the State of Rhode Island, Collector of Taxes for said Town of Charlestown, send greeting: WHEREAS, the Board of Assessors of said Town did, as of the thirty-first day of December, A.D. 1953 at twelve o'clock noon, assess valuations on all the real estate and visible personal property, reproducible the taxable titles thereof within said town; and whereas said Board of Assessors before assessing said valuations, did cause printed notices of the time and place of their meeting to be posted, in three public places within said town; and whereas said Board of Assessors, further providing, and being no newspaper published in said Town, said Board of Assessors did advertise said notice of the time and place of their meeting by publishing the same in a newspaper published in the Town of Westerly, in the County of Washington, in such area for three successive weeks next preceding the time of such meeting; which said notice: stated that the Board of Assessors would meet in session after December 31 next at 1953 at twelve o'clock noon and between that time and the 12th day of January, A.D. 1954 at 4 o'clock p.m., to hear and determine all objections to said valuations, and to make such changes as they may find just and proper, and to make a list specifying the value of every parcel of such real and personal estate, said notices being published in said Westerly Sun on December 17, 24 and 31st on January 7, 1954; AND WHEREAS, the Electors of the Town of Charlestown, qualified to vote upon any proposition to impose a tax, in Town Meeting legally assembled on the 19th day of April, A.D. 1954, voted to impose a tax for the year 1954 on all the real and personal, visible and tangible personal property of said Town to be apportioned upon the assessed valuations as determined by the Board of Assessors, and to be levied and collected in accordance with the directions contained in said resolution and at the time or times specified therein; AND WHEREAS, the Board of Assessors of said Town did apportion said tax levy on the inhabitants of said Town and all the taxable property therein upon the said valuations as aforesaid, and said list was filed by the Board of Assessors in the office of the Collector of Taxes on January 22nd at twelve o'clock noon in accordance with law, at the rate of $4.00 on each $100 valuation of the intangible personal property of said Town, and $10.00 on each $100 valuation of the real and tangible personal property in said Town, the same being a just and equitable rate; and whereas said list was filed in the office of the Collector of Taxes, and copy of the resulting tax roll certified by said Assessors in due form delivered to said Collector of Taxes, and whereas said Collector of Taxes did cause notice of the tax levy to be sent by the said Treasurer thereto affirmed, commanding me to proceed and collect the several sums of money therein expressed of the persons and estates liable therefor; AND WHEREAS, said Board of Assessors did then and there assess and apportion upon said levy upon Ella G. C. Slocum, a person of said town, a sum of the $1.20 as to upon the real estate hereinafter described, and whereas said tax was not paid; And in consequence of the same, I, William D. Cross, Collector as aforesaid, by virtue of authority vested in me as aforesaid and pursuant to the statutes in such case provided, did give notice for three weeks prior to said sale in the manner aforesaid, and did further give notice to said Ella G. C. Slocum, by registered or certified mail, on October 13, October 20, October 27, and November 3, 1955, in accordance with the statutes in such case provided, there being no newspaper published in said Town of Charlestown, in such accordance with said printed notices in particular, that said notice was published in a newspaper published in the Town of Westerly, in said County, in four public places in said Town, viz: Post Office, Cornella, R.I., Wright's General Store, and at the Charlestown Town Hall, and further that said notice was posted in three public places in said Town, viz: at the Post Office at Charlestown, R.I., 1 Wright's General Store, and at the Town Hall located in said Town of Charlestown, that the estate described herein said notice, (of the levy upon which said tax was not paid) would be sold by me as Collector of Taxes, together with the interest, costs and expenses thereon, would be sold at public auction at the highest bidder at the Town Hall in said Town of Charlestown, R.I., on the 13th day of December, A.D. 1955 at one o'clock p.m. Eastern Standard Time, copy of which said notice is attached hereto and made part hereof. I hereby say and declare, I William D. Cross, Collector as aforesaid, did cause notice or notices of said levy and time of sale to be given as aforesaid, and did give notice to said Ella G. C. Slocum, upon whom said notice or notices were served in accordance with statutory provisions requiring such service to twenty days notice prior to said sale; by mailing by registered salary, return receipt requested, on November 7, 1955, said notice containing notice of said levy and the time and place of said sale. And whereas, no person appearing to redeem said estate or to pay said taxes, either I, in my capacity as Collector as aforesaid did proceed to sell said estate on the 13th day of November, A.D. 1955, at one o'clock p.m., Eastern Standard Time, at the Town Hall in said Town of Charlestown, pursuant to the said notice, and the highest bidder at said sale was Hadlai Burdick and Bessie Burdick, who bid the sum of $11.00, and the same was paid to me, and the same was found to be sufficient to pay said taxes, interest, costs and expenses, at public auction to Hadlai Burdick and Bessie Burdick of East Hartford, Connecticut, as joint tenants and tenants in common, and I did execute and deliver to said amount being the amount of said taxes, interest, costs and expenses of the said sale. Now therefore, I, William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes as aforesaid, in consideration of the premises and of said sum of $11.00, paid to me by said Hadlai Burdick and Bessie Burdick, as evidenced by my signature, and pursuant to the statutes in such case provided, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto Hadlai Burdick and Bessie Burdick, of East Hartford, Connecticut, as joint tenants and tenants in common, all that piece of land located in said Town of Charlestown, known as "Slocum's Proprietors' Plat 18, in the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island. To HAVE AND to hold the same with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to said Hadlai Burdick and Bessie Burdick as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, then and their only proper use, benefit benefit and behoof forever, subject, however, to all rights of redemption as provided by law. WITNESS my hand and seal as Collector as aforesaid, this 13th day of December, A.D. 1955. WILLIAM D. CROSS (L.S.) Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON At Charlestown, this 13th day of December, A.D. 1955 personally appeared said William D. Cross, Collector as aforesaid, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the above instrument by him signed and sealed to be his free act and deed in his said capacity. Before me LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public

204 AFFIDAVIT I, William D. Cross, Collector as above said for the Town of Charlestown, on oath depose and say that the facts stated in the aforesaid deed are true. WILLIAM D. CROSS Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of December, A. D. 1955. Linton L. Brown Notary Public Received for record December 13th, A. D. 1955 at 11:05 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- We, SHERWOOD C. KENYON and VIRGINIA N. KENYON, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to BESSIE C. GAVITT, of said Town, County and State, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS That certain parcel or tract of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at one oak stump, with stones around it, on the east side of the road leading into Gould's Neck, called road; said stump being the northeast bound of a lot of land which George A. Stanton purchased of Samuel Green; running in a westerly course in a direct line to a stone fence in the northeast corner of the northeast corner of the Nye land, southwesterly 100 feet more or less formerly of Benjamin Green; thence by a said fence to a stone wall in a straight line to the Roy-Hill line; thence along the said wall southwesterly 100 feet more or less to a stone fence or bound by said wall is called, following said fence southeasterly 100 feet more or less to a stone wall which is known as "Poor Woman's" southerly on the road leading from the center of the town, towards the east side of the road called "Dorrers's Hill Road" (now South Road) westerly to a white oak tree with stones around it near the Same Hill; thence along the east side of the road leading westerly on and by land formerly of Christine M. Chapin, to the cart path from Green Hollow; thence on said cart path to a northeast corner of a lot bordering on During Hill; thence bounding on said Cart Path to a northeast corner of a lot bordering on During Hill; thence northerly crossing said Road and following the Gould's Neck Road to the first mentioned bound. Containing 15 acres, more or less. Meaning and intending to convey the same premises conveyed by deed of Bessie C. Gavitt to these Grantors; said deed bearing date of September 30th, 1954 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, in Book No. 34 at Page 382. The consideration of this conveyance is such that no Documentary Stamps are required. We, Sherwood C. Kenyon and Virginia N. Kenyon, release to said Grantee all our right of curtesy and dower, respectively, and all other interest in the aforementioned premises. WITNESS our hands this 14th day of December, 1955. VIRGINIA N. KENYON SHERWOOD C. KENYON