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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, NORMAN L. BEHNEKE and MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE, his wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the Grantors, in consideration of the sum of ten ($10.00) Dollars to be paid by STERLING E. ANDERSON and BETTY JEAN ANDERSON, his wife, both of Wapping, Hartford County, State of Connecticut, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Grantees, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, their heirs and assigns forever in fee simple:
That certain tract of land in Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island designated as Lot Sixty-six (66) on the plat entitled "Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown" and filed as Plat 166 on the town's index gives the parties as: grantor(s) BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L; grantee(s) ANDERSON BETTY JEAN; ANDERSON STERLING E; instrument type DEED. Use those spellings when the text gives them. Transcribe the whole page faithfully in reading order, keeping the paragraph breaks; write names, dates, sums, lot and plat numbers, street names, and every book-and-page citation of an earlier deed exactly as written; mark an unreadable word as [?]. If the page carries the end of the previous instrument or the start of the next, transcribe that too and mark the boundary with a line "----". Output the text only, no commentary.
This conveyance is made subject to the following restrictions binding the said grants and their Grantees, their heirs and assigns:
Only one private one-story residence and a private garage shall be erected, placed, installed, or permitted upon said lot, or any part thereof, and no part of any building, including porches, balconies, steps, and stoops shall extend (60) feet from Fourth Street on the eastline and Plat (5) feet from the North street, with the North line being the boundary.
2. No garage shall be used as a residence unless it costs the minimum cost of the residence to be erected on said lot, and no tents or no auto trailers shall be erected, placed, or permitted on said premises.
3. All toilet and sink drains on said lot shall be connected with cesspools or septic tanks, so as placed not to pollute or endanger any drinking water supply, nor to pollute the waters along the shore.
4. Said lot, or any part thereof, shall not be used for any trade or business or commercial purposes or for any other public purposes whatsoever.
5. No house shall be erected, placed or maintained on said lot costing less than Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars without the written consent of the two Grantors.
Also, that certain strip of land in the Town of Charlestown, designated as Dock Strip One Hundred Forty-one (141) on the plat aforesaid and conveyed to Sea Lea Colony Plat, which plat is recorded in the Records of Land Evidence in the Town of Charlestown.
This strip is conveyed subject to the following restrictions:
a) No building other than a dock shall be erected on said strips of land. No pipes shall run from the shore through said strips of land. No nothing shall be maintained on said strip of land which will in any manner pollute the waters of the sea.
b) No part of said land shall be used for any trade or business or for any commercial or public purpose whatsoever. No tents or auto trailers shall be erected as sleeping quarters or for a trailer camp. These strips of land shall at all times be kept in near order and free from any unsightly litter.
c) Said premises are conveyed exclusively for the purpose of giving to the Grantees, who are the owners of Lot Sixty-six (66) on the above described plat, access to Green River, to enable the owners of Lot Sixty-six (66) to build a dock and to enable them to use their boats and give boating privileges to any person who is the lessee or tenant of any dwelling house that may be built on said Lot No. Sixty-six (66). The Grantors agree that no restriction to prevent the use of said strip of land for any purpose whatsoever by lot owners on other plats and by anyone other than the owner or legal occupants of the dwelling house on said Lot No. Sixty-six (66) shall be made.
d) Community pathways and paths, ways and streets of Sea Lea Colony adjacent to this strip of land are reserved exclusively for residents of Sea Lea Colony to protect their quiet and peaceable enjoyment of their premises. No right of way is hereby conveyed to any owner of lots on Sea Lea Colony or to owners on adjacent plats or to any other person.
e) Said strip of land No. One Hundred Forty-one (141) must be conveyed with Lot No. Sixty-six (66) and cannot be separated sale and separate. The Grantors do hereby agree that if any restriction to prevent the use of said strip of land, No. One Hundred Forty-one (141) separately from Lot No. Sixty-six (66), be made, the said strip of land No. One Hundred Forty-one (141) shall immediately revert to these grantors, their heirs and assigns, immediate possession may be taken of said land, and the Grantors or their heirs and assigns, immediately upon such event shall take possession upon such breach of said covenant. Nothing in this clause shall constitute a waiver of their right to do so.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto and to the use of the said Grantees, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, and their heirs and assigns forever in fee simple.
And we, the said Grantors, do hereby for ourselves and for our heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Grantees, their heirs and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from all encumbrances excepting as aforesaid; that we have good right, full power, and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in the same manner as aforesaid; that the said grantees and their heirs and assigns shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly and enjoy the said premises, and that we, the said Grantors, will, and our heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said Grantees, their heirs and assigns, forever against the lawful claims and demands
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of all persons excepting as aforesaid.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we NORMAN L. BEHNEKE and MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE, have herunto set our hands this 5th day of October A. D. 1956.
NORMAN L. BEHNEKE
MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE
(DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $1.10)
STATE of RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Charlestown on the 5th day of October, 1956, before me personally appeared NORMAN L. BEHNEKE and MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE, both to me known and known by me to be the persons executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said Instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public
Received for record October 6th, A. D. 1956 at 11 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [signature] Town Clerk
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JOSEPH P. CYBULSKI, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to my son, WILLIAM M. CYBULSKI and to my grandson, MICHAEL JOSEPH CYBULSKI, both of said Town, County and State, as Joint Tenants and not as Tenants in Common, with WARRANTY COVENANTS
(Description, and improvements, if any)
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, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northeasterly corner of this tract at a point on the southerly side of the State Highway, commonly known as "South County Trail", said State Highway being is located 18 feet east of the center line of said State Highway bound is set in the ground somewhat northeasterly since at right angles with said Highway and starting easterly a distance of Two Hundred (200) feet to a point; thence running westerly a distance of Two Hundred (200) feet to a point said land being bounded on the southerly boundary line of said State Highway; thence running easterly a distance of Two Hundred (200) feet, said land being bounded on the Highway; thence running easterly a distance of Two Hundred (200) feet, said land being bounded on the southerly side of the State Highway; thence running northerly from the point of beginning bounded easterly, less, or until it comes to the northeasterly corner of beginnning bounded easterly, southerly and westerly by other land of this grantor and northerly by said State Highway.
Being a portion of the premises conveyed from elvin J. Baker et ux to Joseph P. Cybulski and Nellie M. Cybulski as joint tenants; said deed bearing date of September 22, 1931, and recorded in Records of Land Evidence, Book No. 25 at Page 201.
I, Joseph P. Cybulski, covenant that said Nellie Cybulski has since deceased and that I am the surviving Grantee mentioned in said deed, and that I have not remarried.
The consideration of this deed is such that no Internal Revenue Stamps are required.
WITNESS my hand this 10th day of October 1956.
JOSEPH P. CYBULSKI
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.)
County of Washington }
In Charlestown on the 10th day of October 1956 before me personally appeared Joseph P. Cybulski to me known and known by me as to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and be acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public
Received for record October 10th, A. D. 1956 at 9:05 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [signature] Town Clerk