The instrument's own words
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42 executors and administrators shall warrant and defend the
same to the said grantee and his heirs and assigns forever
against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 30th day of July, in the year of our lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty seven.
Executed in the presence of
William J. Smart
Edith S. Smart
William J. Donahue S.S.
State of Illinois
County of Cook
In chicago on the 30th day of July, A.D. 1927
before me personally appeared the above named grantor William
J. Donahue to me known to be the person and known by me to be the party
executing the foregoing instrument and acknowledged said
instrument be him freely executed, to be his free act and deed.
Anthony B. Mazurk
Notary Publics L.S.
my commission expires June 23, 1929
Received for record August 2, 1927 at 2-30 o'clock PM
and recorded by George G. Loomis Town Clerk
KNOW All MEN by these presents, That Howard
E. Finch of the Town of Westerly County of Washington and
State of Rhode Island hereafter called the grantor in
consideration of ten dollars and other valuable consideration
paid by Kenneth B. Beckwith, of the City of Bristol, County of
Bristol and State of Rhode Island hereafter called the
grantee the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does,
hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, all convey unto the said
grantee and his assigns forever a certain tract or
parcel of land situate and lying in the Town of Charlestown
in said county of Washington bounded and described as
follows to wit: Lot number Twenty One (21) as shown and delineated
on a certain Plan or plat entitled "Plan of Improvements containing Central
Beach Charlestown, R.I. Theo T. Traine, Lessee, Agent" eighty feet
to the north, October 1924 Rosei and Louis Broni, said plan
or plat being on file in the Town Clerks office in said Town of
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to have and to hold, the said grantee his heirs and assigns, shall have the right to
pass and repass to and from and from and to said lot or lots on foot or otherwise,
over, on and across certain rights of way or roads as shown on said plan
or plat leading to the public highway and as well the rights of way leading
to the beach and also the rights of way leading from the road to the fresh
water pond and any other portions of said plat which might be
designated for public use; the said grantor for himself his heirs and assigns,
hereby covenants and agrees to and with the said grantee his heirs and assigns,
that the said grantor, his heirs and assigns, will and shall
pay to the said grantor, his heirs and assigns, on or before the first day
of August in each year hereafter, the sum of five ($5) dollars for each lot
hereby conveyed, said sum to be applied by the said grantor,
his heirs and assigns, in his and their unrestricted discretion to the care
and maintenance of the roads and other property that may be designated for
public use, and the said sum agreed to be paid are hereby made a lien
and charge upon the premises hereby conveyed, and in case of the failure
to make any payment within one month after the same shall become
due, it shall be lawful for the grantor his heirs and assigns to sell and
convey the premises at public auction, first giving notice of such sale
in some newspaper published in said county of Washington, RI, at least
once each month for three successive months, and to bring the purchaser or
purchasers of said premises. To have and to hold, the aforementioned
premises, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances therefore
belonging, unto the use of the said grantee his heirs and assigns
forever, subject however to the following conditions and
restrictions, namely:
1. In case of a contemplated sale of said lot or parcel of land
or any part thereof said grantor his heirs or assigns, shall be given
ten days notice in writing and shall have the first option to purchase
the same with the building and improvements thereon at the
highest bona fide price in good faith made and actually offered
to the said grantee or his heirs or assigns.
2. The above conveyed premises shall be used only as a site
for one dwelling house on each lot hereby conveyed, such dwelling
house be erected on the premises in accordance with the building
laws as shown on said plat, and no portion of any building or
dwelling house (porch included) shall approach the street or streets or
ocean front nearer than said building line, nor shall any
building of any nature or kind whatsoever approach the
side line(s) of the lot or lots nearer than five feet therefrom
no detached garage or outbuilding or buildings shall be
erected therein; dwelling house erected on said lot or lots shall
cost when completed not less than one ($1,000.00) thousand dollars
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44 on lot numbered 91 all toilet, bather, kitchen or other drains or
sewerage outlets shall be piped to a suitable cesspool to be constructed
and maintained on the above premises by the buyer, his heirs and
assigns, at his or their own cost and expense.
3. No drums or lime walls, hedges or fences shall be permitted,
nor trees of any kind, nor anything (except for the dwelling house) that
shall in any way obstruct the view from any part of any adjoining
property or any dwelling place in this colony, shrubs, flowers and
vegetables will be permitted.
4. No poultry, swine, cattle, money or vicious dogs or cats or
any other stray or objectionable animals or birds will be kept or
permitted to be kept on said premises.
5. The grantor, his heirs and assigns reserves the right to
enter upon the above described and conveyed premises to lay any
pipe outlets or pipes, or to repair the same, always leaving the
premises in as good condition as when entered.
6. It is hereby further covenanted, understood and agreed by
and between the parties hereto that all the aforesaid conditions, covenants
and agreements on the part of the said grantor, his heirs and
assigns, on their or their part are to be kept and performed, which shall
be due and run with the land hereby conveyed. It is further agreed and
made a part of the consideration of this sale and purchase that in
case of any violation of the above conditions or covenants on the
part of said buyer or his heirs or assigns that the title and the fee
to said premises shall revert to the said grantor his heirs or assigns,
and he or they may forever repossess himself or themselves of the estate
hereby granted and all right title and interest hereby conveyed
shall be forfeited cancelled and cease and terminate. The said
grantor for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators covenants
with the said buyer, his heirs and assigns, that he has lawfully
seized in the simple of the said granted premises. That he has free
and clear from all encumbrances right as aforesaid. That he has her
good right now full power and lawful authority to sell and convey
the same in manner as aforesaid; that the said buyer and his
heirs and assigns, shall by these presents at all times hereafter
peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, subject
as aforesaid, that the said grantor will cause his heirs,
executors and administrators shall warrant and defend the
same to the said buyer his heirs and assigns forever against
the lawful claim and demands of all persons whatsoever.
Until for the consideration aforesaid I Hattie B. Thorp do
hereby release all my right of dower in and to the said
granted premises unto the said grantor and his heirs and assigns.
Witness:
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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 30th day
of July in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty seven.
Executed in the presence of
R. E. Trauner
Howard E. Thorpe L.S.
Walter M. Thorpe L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Westerly, on the 30th day of July A.D. 1927 before me
personally appeared Howard E. Thorpe and Walter M. Thorpe, be known
and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument
and acknowledged and instrument by them executed to be their free
act and deed.
Rogers E. Trauner Notary Public L.S.
Received for record August 8th 1927 at 9.0 clock A.M.
and recorded by Ludlow Latimer, Town Clerk
Discharge of Mortgage
The undersigned having received one (1) dollar and other
valuable consideration in full payment and satisfaction of a
certain mortgage dated March 24 A.D. 1923 and filed with the land
records of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, on the 3rd day of May
A.D. 1923, as far as it relates to four certain lots or parcels of land
lying and being in the said Town of Charlestown, County of Washington
built State of Rhode Island, the same being located at or near Beach
Improvement Beach, and bounded and described as follows:—
First Parcel, beginning at the northeasterly corner of lot No. 300 as
shown on "Plat of Improvement Highlands at Incornucopia Beach, R.I.
by surety of G. H. Davis, Dean B. Pollard, & Co., dated 1923" and running
in a southerly direction forty (40) feet more or less to the northeasterly
corner of land of Ada S. Blackwood, thence in a easterly line with
the northerly boundary of said Ada S. Blackwood land ninety four (94)
feet more or less to the northeasterly corner of paid Blackwood land;
thence in a northerly direction ten (10) feet more or less, to Atlantic
Avenue, as called, as shown on said plat; thence in a westerly direction
with the northerly line of said Atlantic Avenue ninety four (94) feet
more or less to the point and place of beginning, or however otherwise
bounded and described, being the narrow strip of land lying between
the said Blackwood land and the said Atlantic Avenue conveyed by
Samuel H. Davis to Ada S. Blackwood of the city of chelsea, County
of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. Second Parcel, beginning