5/11/1939 · TAX COLLECTOR'S DEED · book 27 page 618 doc 90@27/618

the premises aforesaid, and, no bid being offered, I, William D. Cross, as Collector of Taxes, aforesaid, made due public declaration, then and there, that I was purchasing the aforesaid real estate, for the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, for the amount of $11.15, and paid the expenses of sale. I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, that, in consideration of the premises, and of the settling off of charges from said Collector of Taxes, result in, the sum of Seventy-nine Dollars Ninety-three Cents ($79.93), the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and convey unto said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, the following described real estate: All that certain lot of land belonging to Eleanor D. Baker (Life Estate) had and in and sold to and premises at the time of assessing said tax, with all the rights, privileges, appurtenances, and easements thereunto belonging, and which said land is described in and made to and annexed to Plates and Cards on file in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown and the land evidence records of said Town. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, forever, with all the rights, privileges, appurtenances, and easements thereunto belonging, and I, said William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, do covenant that with the said Town of Charlestown, its successors and assigns, I will warrant and defend the said premises as hereinbefore stated and have complied with the terms of the law regulating the collection of taxes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal and seal this 10th day of May, A.D. 1939. In the presence of: LINTON L. BROWN WILLIAM D. CROSS (Seal) Collector of Taxes, Town of Charlestown for the year 1938. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND County of Washington) On this 10th day of May, A.D. 1939, before me personally appeared William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, and known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free and voluntary act and deed, individually, and in his official capacity aforesaid. LINTON L. BROWN, Notary Public. Received for record May 11th, A. D. 1939 at 9:04 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk. ---- TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WILLIAM D. CROSS, Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, GREETINGS: Whereas the taxpayers of said Town of Charlestown, at their annual Financial Town Meeting, held on the 1st day of April, A.D. 1939, voted and ordered the assessment and collection of a tax on the real estate and taxable personal property of the residents of said Town, for the year 1938, and in pursuance of said vote, on the 10th day of June, A. D. 1938, the Book of Tax Assessments of said Town made such assessment and fixed the rate of taxation at 15.5 mills per $100.00 of taxable value, and whereas, pursuant to the law regulating the taxable personal property, and the tax bill in due form delivered to me according to the warrant duly signed by the Town Council of said Town, I, William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, Town of Charlestown, requiring me to collect said tax and pay the same in the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, I did proceed according to law in the collection of said tax and whereas, I did proceed to tax the apparent possessor as the tax agent against her as expressed in said tax bill amounting to Ninety-three cents (50¢), and whereas, I did proceed to sell the said premises on the 10th day of March, A. D. 1939 levy said warrant that some part or parcel of real estate shore and delineated as such on the tax map of said Town, and whereas, I did advertise said sale by publishing notices in the Daily Providence Journal and the Westerly Times, and whereas, I did advertise the same for sale at three public places in said Town of Charlestown, and whereas, I did proceed to sell the said premises on the 10th day of March, A. D. 1939, at 12:30 o'clock, p. m., Eastern Standard Time, at the Town Hall, in said Town, I proceeded to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, and whereas, the highest bid was made by Alice G. Brady, and whereas, I did accept the bid of Alice G. Brady, and the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island was the highest bidder, and whereas, I did proceed to sell the said premises to said Alice G. Brady, for the sum of $11.15, to be paid by said Alice G. Brady, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and convey unto said Alice G. Brady, her heirs and assigns, the following described real estate: All that certain lot of land belonging to Eleanor D. Baker (Life Estate) had and in and sold to and premises at the time of assessing said tax, with all the rights, privileges, appurtenances, and easements thereunto belonging, and which said land is described in and made to and annexed to Plates and Cards on file in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown and the land evidence records of said Town. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said Alice G. Brady, her heirs and assigns, forever, (subject to the right of redemption as provided by law) with all the rights, privileges, appurtenances, and easements thereunto belonging, and I, said William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, do covenant that with the said Alice G. Brady, her heirs and assigns, that I have advertised the said property as hereinbefore stated and have complied with the terms of the law regulating the collection of taxes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of May, A. D. 1939. In the presence of: LINTON L. BROWN WILLIAM D. CROSS (Seal) Collector of Taxes, Town of Charlestown for the year 1938. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND County of Washington) On this 12th day of May, A. D. 1939 before me personally appeared William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, and known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his own free act and deed, individually, and in his official capacity aforesaid. LINTON L. BROWN, Notary Public. Received for record May 11th, A. D. 1939 at 9:05 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk.