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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That Howard Z. Thorp, of the Town of Westerly,
County of Washington, state of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the Grantor, in con-
sideration of Ten (10) Dollars and other valuable considerations, paid by Harold B. Cong-
don and Ethel P. Congdon, husband and wife, both of the City of Providence, County of
Providence, State of Rhode Island, as joint tenants and not tenants in common, herein-
after called the Grantees, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby give,
grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Grantees, and their heirs and assigns for-
ever, a certain tract or parcel of land and situate being in the Town of Charlestown, in
said County of Washington, bounded and described as follows: to wit:
Beginning at the northeast corner of the premises hereby conveyed, at the south-
east corner of lot No. 21 as shown and delineated on a certain plan or plat entitled,
"Plat of Blockcutting Central Beach, Charlestown, Rhode Island, Thorp & Trainer, Inc.,
Agents, Scale 80 feet to the Inch, October, 1924, Rossi & Lewis, Engineers, Revised to
September 10, 1929"; thence running southerly thirty-five feet, to an iron pipe driven in
the ground at a point five (5) feet northerly from the northwest corner of lot No. 29 as
shown on said plat; thence turning a right angle and running westerly five (5) feet to an
iron pipe driven in the ground; thence running southerly in a straight line to the Atlantic
Ocean, in a line parallel with and five (5) feet distant from the westerly boundary of lot
No. 29 as shown on said plat; thence running westerly Seventy-five (75) feet; thence run-
ning northerly through a drill hole in the concrete retaining wall in a line parallel with an
eighty (80) feet distant from the westerly boundary line of lot No. 29 as shown on said
plat, to a stone post set in the ground on the southerly boundary line of lot No. 31 as
shown on said plat; thence running northeasterly eighty-seven (87) feet, or more, less or
to the point and place of beginning. The said Grantees, their heirs and assigns, shall have
the right to pass and repass to and from and to and from the said lot or tract on foot or other-
wise, over and on and across those certain rights of way or roads as shown on said plan or
plot leading to the public highway and as well the rights of way leading to the beach and
themselves, their heirs and assigns, hereby covenant and agree to with the said Grantor,
also the right of way leading from the road to the fresh water pond and any other portions
of said plat which might hereafter be designated for Public Use; the said grantees, for
of said plat which might hereafter be designated for Public Use; the said grantees, for
their heirs and assigns, hereby covenant and agree to with the said Grantor,
his heirs and assigns, that the said Grantees, their 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 expended and applied by the said Grantor, his heirs and assigns, in his and their
uncontrolled discretion to the care and maintenance of the roads and other portions that
may be designated for Public Uses, and the said sums 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 year 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, at
least once each week for three successive weeks, and to become the purchaser or purchas-
ers at said sale.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the aforesaid premises, with all the rights, privileges
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto and to the use of the said Grantees, their
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 and assigns, shall be given
ten days' notice in writing and shall have the first option to pur-
chase the same with the building and improvements thereon at the
highest bona fide price offered given that made and actually offered to
the said Grantees or their heirs and assigns.