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THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a corporation created by Act of the General
Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, having its principal office and place of business
in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, holder of a
mortgage by GEORGE D. LANSING, 2nd, and MARTHA LANSING, his wife, both of the City and
County of Providence, in said State of Rhode Island, to said THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
dated January 23, 1926 and recorded in the Land Records of the Town of Charlestown, in
said County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, in Book No. 22 at page 142 by the
power conferred by said mortgage and by every other power to thereunto enabled, for Thirty
one hundred ($3100.00) Dollars paid, grants to said THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, the
premises conveyed by said mortgage:
A certain tract or parcel of land, with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, situate in the town of Charlestown, in said county
of Washington and state of Rhode Island, being Lot No. 4 (four)
certain plat called "Plot of Cottage Sites on Property of R. H. Burdick,
Quonochonticut, East Beach, Charlestown, R. I., V. g. J. Woodward," which
said plat is recorded in the Land Evidence Records of said Charlestown Town, in
Book 16, page 46, reference there being made for a more particular description,
being the same premises conveyed to grants George D. Lansing, 2nd and
Martha Lansing by deed from Daniel M Lee and Mary Belle McLeod
bearing date April 1st 1924 and recorded in the Records of Deeds in
said Town of Charlestown in Book No. 21 at page 453.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as mortgagee aforesaid, has
caused these presents to be signed by Arthur L. Perry, its President, and Everett Barns, its
Treasurer, thereunto duly authorized, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, this
13th day of April, A. D. 1935.
(INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS, $3.59)
THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY. (SEAL)
as mortgagee aforesaid, by
ARTHUR L. PERRY
its President, and by
Everett Barns
its Treasurer.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, Sc.
On Westerly on the 13th day of April, A. D. 1935, before me personally appeared
Arthur L. Perry and Everett Barns, to me known, and known by me to be the President and
Treasurer, respectively, of The Washington Trust Company, and they acknowledged the above
instrument by them executed for and in behalf of The Washington Trust Company, to be their
individual and official free act and deed, and the free act and deed of The Washington Trust
Company, as mortgagee aforesaid.
DAVID ROBERTSON, Notary Public.
Mortgagee's Sale
will be sold at Public Auction
This 29th day of April 1935 at
10 o'clock a.m. at the premises
by order of the court of said town
and county, by Robert P. Day,
Auctioneer, the property mortgaged
to The Washington Trust Company
of Westerly, R.I. by George D.
Lansing, 2nd and Martha Lansing
his wife, both of Providence,
County of Providence, State of
Rhode Island, recorded in the
Land Evidence Records of the
Town of Charlestown, County of
Washington, State of Rhode Island
in Book 22 at page 142, according
to the conditions of said mortgage
namely:
A certain tract or parcel of land, with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, situate in the town of Charlestown, in said county of
Washington and state of Rhode Island, being Lot No. 4 (four)
certain plat called "Plot of Cottage Sites on Property of R. H.
Quonochonticut, East Beach, Charlestown, R. I., V. g. J.
Woodward," which said plat is recorded in the Land Evidence
Records of said Charlestown Town, in Book 16, page 46,
reference there being made for a more particular description,
being the same premises conveyed to grants George D. Lansing,
2nd and Martha Lansing by deed from Daniel M Lee and Mary
Belle McLeod bearing date April 1st 1924 and recorded in the
Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown in Book
21 at page 453.
The highest bidder shall give
a deposit of the mortgage, which
is $3100.00, and the balance of
the money at the mortgage, which
is $3100.00, to be paid in full
immediately upon the fall of the
hammer.
Robert P. Day, Auctioneer.
AFFIDAVIT OF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE IN MORTGAGE.
State of Rhode Island, ss.
County of Washington, ss.
I, Arthur L. Perry, President of the Washington Trust Company, the mortgagee named
above, do solemnly swear, that the mortgage aforesaid, by George D. Lansing, 2nd and Martha
Lansing, his wife, do null void, give oath and make oath that the principal and interest obligations
due under said mortgage are now due and unpaid, and that the premises mortgaged are possessed by
the mortgagors, and that notice of sale, and that the Washington Trust Company published on the
20th and 27th
days of April 1935, in the Westerly Times, a newspaper published in the Town of Westerly,
city or newspaper printed in Washington County, in accordance with the provisions of
law, as notice of which is following to be a true copy:
Pursuant to said notice, at the time and place therein appointed,
said premises mortgaged to The Washington Trust Company, as the mortgagee aforesaid, at
public auction by Robert P. Day, as auctioneer, to The Washington Trust
Company, for the sum of Thirty one hundred ($3100.00) Dollars, bid by
said The Washington Trust Company, being the highest bid made for
premises at said auction.
ARTHUR L. PERRY
Sworn to by said Arthur L. Perry this 13th day of April, 1935,
before me,
DAVID ROBERTSON, Notary Public.
Received for record April 15th, A. D. 1935 at 9:05 o'clock, a. m.,
and recorded by Town Clerk.