The instrument's own words
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152 We Do in Van Ort and Catherine Van Ort, husband and wife
vol. 2 of the city of Hackensack county of Bergen and state of New Jersey
joint tenants and not as tenants in common, hereinafter called
the mortgagors, for consideration paid grant to John P. Olds trustee of
Charlestown County of Washington state of Rhode Island hereinafter
called the mortgagee, with mortgage covenants, to secure the payment
of thirty five hundred dollars in five years with interest at 6
per centum per annum payable semi annually in advance or in arrears
on a certain valuable tenement now and then there with a certain
lot or parcel of land with the building and improvements thereon and
including the furniture and furnishings contained in said building
said lot being situated on the southeasterly side of Surfside Avenue
immediately east of Charlestown Beach town of Charlestown county of Washington
and more particularly described as follows and is hereby delivered as follows
Both are more fully described in the deed from them and assigned on a
certain plan or map titled "Plan of Improvements containing several lots"
John S. R. D. Wright & Jenkins Docs Dept Oct 20 felt to the moth
October 1924 Ross & Davis Gencl Revised September 10 1925 said
plan or plat being on file in the Law Office's office in road
town of Charlestown the mortgagees their heirs and assigns
shall have the right to bear and drive pegs to and from and from
and to said lot or lots on foot or boat or otherwise etc and across
three 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 also the right of way leading easterly
from the road to the fresh water pond and all other portions
of said plat which might hereafter be designated as public use
the said mortgagees their heirs their heirs and assigns
hereby covenant and agree to and with the said mortgagees their
heirs and assigns that the said mortgagees their heirs and assigns
will and shall pay to Howard & Shoff of Easterly Washington
county Rhode Island their heirs and assigns or on behalf on the first
day of August in each year henceforth the sum of first 100 dollars
of a stock let evenly divided said sum to be affiliated and added
over the said Howard & Shoff their heirs and assigns in this and their
unrestricted discretion to the care and maintenance of the roads
and their portions that may be designated for public use and
the six years agreed to be paid hereby shall a kin his cause
upon the premises her if conveyed and in case of failure to make
any payment within one year with the same shall become due
it shall be lawful for the said Howard & Shoff his heirs and
assigns to seize and convey the premises at public auction first
notice of 4 weeks nail in some newspaper published to said
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County of Providence, to wit. [illegible] in fee simple to [illegible] and
to become her sole and separate use and benefit. This conveyance is
made and accepted subject to the following conditions and restrictions namely:
1. In case of a complaint made and set on record by said [illegible] and of any
part thereof said Howard B. Thorp, his heirs and assigns shall be seen ten
days notice in writing and shall have the full satisfaction to remove the
same within the ninety days and improvements thereon at the cost,
of one and one half price in good cloth made and actually paid to the said
mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, etc.
2. The above described premises shall be used only as a
home during some on the contrary owned and with helping
[illegible] shall be erected on the premises in accordance with the building
lines as marked on said plat map, no portion of any building or structure
shall extend beyond the wall opposite the street or streets or ocean
front nearest from said building line, such wall shall be outlying to
any porch of any kind, however shaped, upon the side lines of the lot
nearer than twenty feet therefrom, no detached garage or other building
or boils shall be erected thereon, building’s when they are erect on
said wall shall contain nothing prohibited within two thousand (2000)
sq ft and all flat, batting sections or rain drains or sewage outlets
shall be fitted to a suitable conduit to be connected and
maintained on the above premises by the mortgagee, his heirs
and assigns, at his own cost and expense.
3. No auction or like it, business or stores, shall be
permitted in stores of any kind, but anything (except for driving
motor) that in any way abuts the home from any part
of any adjoining properties in any neighboring place in this county,
within five hundred feet or crates shall be permitted.
4. No poisonous weeds, cacti, thorns or vicious dogs or cats
or any other noxious or objectionable animal or similar shall be kept
or tolerated to be kept on said premises.
5. We said Howard B. Thorp, his heirs and assigns,
reserve the right to enter upon the above described plot
conveyed premises to levy any unpaid taxes or judges or to repair the
same, a few hours leaving the premises in as good condition as on entry.
6. It is further provided understood and agreed
by and between the parties hereof that the aforesaid conditions,
covenants and agreements on the part of the said mortgagee, his
heirs and assigns on this part to be performed hereof, shall
attach to and run with the land, hereby conveyed; it is further
agreed and made a part by the consideration of this mortgage
that in case of any violation of the above conditions or covenants
on the part of said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, that the
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154 title and fee to paid premises shall revert to said Howard B.
---, his heirs & assigns, and me they may repossess
--- some or all of it. At the state nerves granted and all rights
--- the me, witness hereby express,’d will or forfeited and cease
--- --- in art. I being the intention of this instrument to
--- convey the same premises that was conveyed to these mortgagors
--- by Raymond E. Smith by warranty deed dated December 29, 1927 and
--- authorized in the last executed record of said labor form.
--- I Katherine M. Van Ost, wife of John Van Ost release to this said
--- mortgage all my right of dower in the underscribed premises,
--- Witness our hands this 7th day of January, A.D. 1928.
Witnesses: John Van Ost
B. Kavanaugh
M. Tringuila Katherine M. Van Ost
State of New Jersey
County of Bergen
Ss.
On this occasion on this 7th day of January, A.D. 1928.
be all one personally appeared the above named mortgagors
to me known and declared me to be the parties executing the
foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument
they executed to be their free act and deed.
James A. Roepleger
Notary Public New Jersey L.S.
Received for record Jan. 13, 1928 at 3 10 o'clock P.M.
and recorded by George Lorimer, Town Clerk
I, John H. Dunnington, the undersigned having received full
payment and satisfaction of the debt secured by the mortgage
in the Long Island Shores of the town of Block Island
recorded in South Essex Registry Mortgage Book 23 at page 152 hereby
cancel and discharge the same. And furthermore and will
do forever make and warrant that the premises aforesaid
are free and clear.
In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
--- day of January, 1953
Amount E. Shore John H. Dunnington L.S.
Witnesses:
Received for record January 16, 1953 at 11:15 o'clock and
recorded by
Leigh B. Brown, Town Clerk.