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94 Know All Men by these presents, That Shelter Harbor
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Rhode
Island having its principal office in Westerly, hereinafter called the
Grantor, in consideration of the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars and other
good and valuable consideration to it paid by Shelter Harbor Country Club,
a corporation otherwise organized under the laws of the State of Rhode
Island and having its principal office in the city and county of Providence,
hereinafter called the grantee, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
does hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said grantee
and its successors and assigns forever, the following parcels of land
together with the buildings and improvements thereon and the appurtenances
thereto belonging located partly in Westerly and partly in Charlestown,
Washington County, State of Rhode Island:
(a) That certain lot or parcel of land lying between the Shelter Harbor
property line as designated in a map of Shelter Harbor and the East
Road, as called, which is marked or marked on said map as "Private Property
of Dr. Franklin Dixon" a copy of said map being attached
hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
(b) An allotment to the land described in the next preceding
paragraph hereinafter called the easement and improvement of a parcel of land
extending to and but north of the boundary line designated on said map, bounded
on the East by a line running west and four hundred feet west of the
division line of the towns of Westerly and Charlestown running from a
point where said parallel line intersects said shore in a general easterly
direction from hundred (100) feet bounded on the South by four acres and the
State Boat Basin; then running at an angle of approximately ninety (90) degrees
and running in a general northerly direction and including the parcel
marked Municipal land on said map and subject to conditions as
in (c) following:
(c) Following: That all the driveways, lakes, lagoons, groves, forests, dunes
and the beach lying south thereof, is marked and designated upon the
convex map on condition however that the use and enjoyment thereof
may be subject always to such reasonable rules, regulations and
restrictions as the corporation may from time to time prescribe, That
such use and enjoyment shall at no time interfere with similar rights
and privileges reserved to other members of hurriedly who the
reference is made said map; and that the club shall pay to the corporation
annually an amount equal to three ($3) dollars per member, all of which
shall be expended or reinvested by the corporation for the maintenance of,
improvement and repair of said driveways, lakes, lagoons, groves, forests,
dunes and beach and water way described in (b) including,
(d) A tract of land lying south of the East Road aforesaid,
generally known as the Perkins farm, containing body and one half.
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This instrument duly acknowledged this 16th day of December AD 1926
Signed and sealed in the presence of
[Signature]
[Signature]
Shelter Harbor Corporation
Franklin D. Lawton, Treasurer,
State of New York
ss:
County of New York
On this Sixteenth day of December AD 1926, before me
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Franklin D. Lawton, to me known and proven to be
the Treasurer of Shelter Harbor Corporation, and he acknowledged
the foregoing instrument as his free individual and official act and deed,
and that it act and deed of said corporation.
[Signature]
[Seal]
Henry PubMed Notary Public New York County
New York County Clerk No. 5336
New York County Register No. 8313
Recorded in deed book July 17, 1930 at 4 o'clock P.M. Clerk number office march 30 1935
and entered in index volume 10 page 105 from book
KNOW ALL MEN By these Presents, that Shelter Harbor
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Rhode Island and having its principal office in Narragansett, hereinafter called
the grantor, in consideration of the sum of five hundred ($500.) dollars and
other good and valuable consideration to be paid by Shelter Harbor Country
Club, a corporation licensed organized under the laws of the State of
Rhode Island and pursuing its business in the City and County
of Providence, hereinafter called the grantee, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, does hereby grant, bargain sell and convey unto the
said grantee and its successors and assigns forever, the following parcels
of land together with all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging realty in realty and
utility in appurtenances thereto belonging realty in realty and
utility in appurtenances, Washington County, Rhode Island,
viz:
1. That certain lot no. 1 of Lot 1 deed apparent to and just North
of the summit as designated on a map of Final property of Franklin D.
Lawton, bounded on the East by a line parallel and four hundred (400) feet
off the driving lane of the Farm of Realty and beautification, running
from a point where said parallel line intersects said summit in a general
Northerly direction four hundred (400) feet bounded on the South in said summit
and the Minute beacon Hence turning at an angle of approximately
ninety (90) degrees and running in a general Northerly direction
and meeting the boundary marked Midnigal Island on said map a copy
of said map is attached to quit and is by reference made a part of actual