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Received for Record April 8th, A. D. 1937 at 12:11 o'clock P. M., and recorded by Witness, Tovm Clerk. DEED. ELIZABETH MSON LLOYD TO THE TOWN OF LITTLE COMPTON. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, t h a t I , E l i z a b e t h Mason L i p y d . w i f e of Henry D, Lloyd, of the Town of Little Compton, a town cliartered under the laws of t h e S t a t e of Rhode Island, and l o c a t e d i n t h e County of Newfport, In consideration of the sum o f One Dollar and other good and v a l u a b l e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s t o me paid by the Town o'f Little Com" t o n y t h e r e c e i p t whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby g i v e , g r a n t , b a r g a i n , sell and convey u n t o t h e s a i d Town of Little Compton,and i t s s u c c e s s o r s and a s s i g n s f o r e v e r , all those two lots -or parcels of l a n d s i t u a t e in said Town of Little Compton, and bounded and described as follows: FIRST PARCEL; N o r t h e r l y , p a r t l y by land of Albert S, Crandon, partly by land of Joseph Rosa and partly by land-of Mary G r a c i a i E a s t e r l y p a r t l y by land now or formerly of t h e h e i r s or devisees of Manuel S. Sozier, deceased, and partly by land now or for- merly of Franklin C. Southworth; Southerly,partly by land now or formerly of Floras, parjily by land of Manuel- DeAlmo and partly on t h e p a r c e l of l a n d n e x t h e r e i n a f t e r described, and Westerly by Jand of Manuel DeAlmo, said premises b e i n g t o g e t h e r the "Edwin wood lot" and t h e " E l i h u wood lot", so-called, or however otherwise bounded o r d e s c r i b e d , t o g e t h e r w i t h a l l rights, rights of way, easements and any and all other rights, appurtenant thereto, and containing about fifty-two acres. SECOND PARCEL; A parcel of l a n d t w e n t y f e e t wide in a l l i t s p a r t s and about two hundred f e e t l o n g , e x t e n d i n g n o r t h e a s t e r l y f r o m t h e Southward Swamp Road, so-called, to t h e p a r c e l of l a n d n e x t h e r e i n b e f o r e d e s c r i b e d and being bounded Northerly o n t h e parcel of l a n d n e x t h e r e i n b e f o r e d e s c r i b e d , easterly on land of F l o r e s , S o u t h e r l y on the Swamp Road and Westerly on land of Manuel DeAlmo, and b e i n g t h e same premises con- veyed to Philip H. Wilbor by Oliver H. Wilbor et al. by deed dated December 14, 1899, a n d r e o o r d e a w i t h t h e Land Evidence of Little Compton, Volume 1 8 a t page 49. and being what is commonly known as "Wilbour Woods". TO HAVE AND TO BOLD the above granted premises w i t h a l l t h e '|)rivllegea and appurtenances t h e r e t o b e l o n g i n g , to t h e s a i d Town --i ?f Little Compton, and its successoru a n d a s s i g n s f o r e v e r f o r u s e a s a p u b l i c p a r k or place of rest, resort and recreation. This deed is made upon t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n s : I. '.That said land and woods shall always be known as "Wilbour Woods". _g. That i t shall be preserved and maintained a s a memorial t o my husband's

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R e c e i v e d f o r R e c o r d A p r i l 8 t h , A . D. 1 9 3 7 a t 1 2 : 1 1 o ' c l o c k P. M., a n d r e c o r d e d b y

W i t n e s s ,

T o v m C l e r k .

D E E D . E L I Z A B E T H M S O N L L O Y D TO T H E TOWN OF L I T T L E COMPTON.

KNOW A L L MEN B Y T H E S E P R E S E N T S , t h a t I , E l i z a b e t h M a s o n L i p y d . w i f e o f H e n r y D, L l o y d , o f t h e T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n , a t o w n c l i a r t e r e d u n d e r t h e l a w s o f t h e S t a t e o f R h o d e I s l a n d , a n d l o c a t e d i n t h e C o u n t y o f N e w f p o r t , I n c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e s u m o f One D o l l a r a n d o t h e r g o o d a n d v a l u a b l e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s t o me p a i d b y t h e T o w n o'f L i t t l e C o m " t o n y t h e r e c e i p t w h e r e o f i s h e r e b y a c k n o w l e d g e d , d o h e r e b y g i v e , g r a n t , b a r g a i n , s e l l a n d c o n v e y u n t o t h e s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n , a n d i t s s u c c e s s o r s a n d a s s i g n s f o r e v e r , a l l t h o s e t w o l o t s -or p a r c e l s o f l a n d s i t u a t e i n s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n , a n d b o u n d e d a n d d e s c r i b e d a s f o l l o w s :

F I R S T P A R C E L ; N o r t h e r l y , p a r t l y b y l a n d o f A l b e r t S, C r a n d o n , p a r t l y b y l a n d o f J o s e p h R o s a a n d p a r t l y b y l a n d - o f M a r y G r a c i a i E a s t e r l y p a r t l y b y l a n d n o w o r f o r m e r l y o f t h e h e i r s o r d e v i s e e s o f M a n u e l S . S o z i e r , d e c e a s e d , a n d p a r t l y b y l a n d n o w o r f o r ­m e r l y o f F r a n k l i n C. S o u t h w o r t h ; S o u t h e r l y , p a r t l y b y l a n d n o w o r f o r m e r l y o f F l o r a s , p a r j i l y b y l a n d o f M a n u e l - D e A l m o a n d p a r t l y o n t h e p a r c e l o f l a n d n e x t h e r e i n a f t e r d e s c r i b e d , a n d W e s t e r l y b y J a n d o f M a n u e l D e A l m o , s a i d p r e m i s e s b e i n g t o g e t h e r t h e " E d w i n w o o d l o t " a n d t h e " E l i h u w o o d l o t " , s o - c a l l e d , o r h o w e v e r o t h e r w i s e b o u n d e d o r d e s c r i b e d , t o g e t h e r w i t h a l l r i g h t s , r i g h t s o f w a y , e a s e m e n t s a n d a n y a n d a l l o t h e r r i g h t s , a p p u r t e n a n t t h e r e t o , a n d c o n t a i n i n g a b o u t f i f t y - t w o a c r e s .

SECOND P A R C E L ; A p a r c e l o f l a n d t w e n t y f e e t w i d e i n a l l i t s p a r t s a n d a b o u t t w o h u n d r e d f e e t l o n g , e x t e n d i n g n o r t h e a s t e r l y f r o m t h e S o u t h w a r d Swamp R o a d , s o - c a l l e d , t o t h e p a r c e l o f l a n d n e x t h e r e i n b e f o r e d e s c r i b e d a n d b e i n g b o u n d e d N o r t h e r l y o n t h e p a r c e l o f l a n d n e x t h e r e i n b e f o r e d e s c r i b e d , e a s t e r l y o n l a n d o f F l o r e s , S o u t h e r l y o n t h e Swamp R o a d a n d W e s t e r l y o n l a n d o f M a n u e l D e A l m o , a n d b e i n g t h e s a m e p r e m i s e s c o n ­v e y e d t o P h i l i p H . W i l b o r b y O l i v e r H. W i l b o r e t a l . b y d e e d d a t e d D e c e m b e r 1 4 , 1 8 9 9 , a n d r e o o r d e a w i t h t h e L a n d E v i d e n c e o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n , V o l u m e 1 8 a t p a g e 4 9 . a n d b e i n g w h a t i s c o m m o n l y k n o w n a s " W i l b o u r W o o d s " .

TO H A V E AND TO BOLD t h e a b o v e g r a n t e d p r e m i s e s w i t h a l l t h e ' | ) r i v l l e g e a a n d a p p u r t e n a n c e s t h e r e t o b e l o n g i n g , t o t h e s a i d T o w n - - i ? f L i t t l e C o m p t o n , a n d i t s s u c c e s s o r u a n d a s s i g n s f o r e v e r f o r u s e a s a p u b l i c p a r k o r p l a c e o f r e s t , r e s o r t a n d r e c r e a t i o n .

T h i s d e e d i s m a d e u p o n t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n s : I . '.That s a i d l a n d a n d w o o d s s h a l l a l w a y s b e k n o w n a s " W i l b o u r W o o d s " . _g. T h a t i t s h a l l b e p r e s e r v e d a n d m a i n t a i n e d a s a m e m o r i a l t o m y h u s b a n d ' s

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m o t h e r , J e a a l e B r o a s L l o y d , a n d t h a t I m a y h a v e t h e p r i v i l e g e o f e r e c t i n g a t t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e w o o d s a b r o n z e t a b l e t c o n t a i n i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g i n s c r i p t i o n :

" D o n a t e d t o t h e T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n i n l o v i n g t u e a o r y o f • J e s s i e B r o s s L l o y d , b y h e r s o n ' s w i f e , E l i z a b e t b M a s o n L l o y d . "

3 . '-Chat t h e s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n s h a l l f o r e v e r p r e s e r v e , k e e p a n d m a i n t a l p , s o f a r a s i s p r a c t i c a b l e , t h e s a i d p r e m i s e s a n d w o o d s i n t h e i r n a t u r a l a n d w i l d s t a t e , a n d t h a t a n y t r i m m i n g o r r e m o v a l o f t r e e s , s h r u b s , f l o w e r s , f e r n s , o r m o s s s h a l l b e o n l y u n d e r t h e a d v i c e a n d s u p e r v i s i o n o f a n e x p e r t h o r t i c u l t u r i s t ,

4 . T l i a t n o b u s i n e s s o f a n y k i n d s h a l l e v e r be s u f f e r e d o r a l l o w e d t o b e c a r r i e d o n i n s a i d w o o d s , o r a n y p a r t t h e r e o f , n o r s h a l l a n y h a w k e r s o r i p e d d l e r s b e a l l o w e d t o p u r s u e t h e i r c a l l i n g t h e r e i n , n o r s h a l l h u n t i n g , , ^ o r t r a p p i n g b e a l l o w e d , n o r s h a l l a n y u s e i n c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e pui'-pose a n d p l a n s a b o v e N s e t f o r t h , b e m ade o f s a i d w o o d s .

5 . T h a t i n m e d i a t e l y u p o n t h e a c c e p t a n c e o f t h i s d e e ^ l t h e T o w n C o u n c i l s h a l l p a s s s u c h o r d i n a n c e s , r u l e s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s a s w i l l c a r r y i n t o e f f e c t t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n a n d p r o t e c t i o n o f s a i d w o o d s , a n d a f f o r d p r o p e r p o l i c e p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t v a n d a l i s m a n d t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o r m u t i l a t i o n o f t h e p r o p e r t y .

6.. I f , a t a n y t i m e , t h e s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n s h a l l f a l l o r n e g l e c t t o c a r r y o u t t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f t h i s d e e d , a n d s a i d f a l l i u ? e o r n e g l e c t s h a l l c o n t i n u e f o r a p e r i o d o f s i x m o n t h s , t h e n t h i s g r a n t o r s h a l l h a v e t h e r i g h t t o h a v e t h e t i t l e t o s a i d p r e m i s e s r e v e s t i n h e r i n f e e s i m p l e , a n d t o r e - e n t e r a n d t a k e p o s s e s s i o n o f s a i d p r e m i a e s f r e e o f a n y r i g h t o r t i t l e o n t h e p a r t o f s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n , o r i t s s u c c e s s o r s a n d a s s i g n s , u p o n p u r s u i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n o r p r o c e d u r e , v i z : W h e n ­e v e r t h i s g r a n t o r s h a l l b e o f t h e o p i n i o n t h a t s a i d t o w n o r i t s s u c c e s s o r s i n t i t l e h a s f a i l e d o r n e g l e c t e d t o c a r r y o u t a n d p e r f o r m t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f t h i s d e e d , s h e s h a l l , i n w r i t i n g , n o t i f y t h e T o w n C o u n c i l o f s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n o f s u c h f a i l u r e o r n e g ­l e c t a n d o f h e r i n t e n t i o n t o h a v e t h e t i t l e t o s a i d p r o m i s e s r e v e s t i n h e r a n d o f h e r i n t e n t i o n t o r e p o s s e s s t h e s a m e , t h e s a i d T o w n C o u n c i l s h a l l , a t i t s n e x t m e e t i n g , d e ­c i d e w h e t h e r i n i t s o p i n i o n t h e r e h a s b e e n s u c h f a i l u r e o r n e g l e c t , a n d s h a l l n o t i f y i n

• w r u t u n g t h e g r a n t o r o f i t s d e c i s i o n . I f s a i d t o w n c o u n c i l s h a l l d e c i d e t h a t t h e r e h a s b e e n s u c h f a i l u r e o r n e g l e c t , t h e n t h e t i t l e t o s a i d p r e m i s e s s h a l l f o r t h w i t h r e v e s t i n t h i s g r a n t o r ; i f s a i d t o w n c o u n c i l s h a l l d e c i d e t h a t t h e r e h a s b e e n n o s u c h f a i l u r e o r n e g l e c t , i t s h a l l a p p o i n t o n e a r b i t r a t o r a n d w i t h i n t h i r t y d a y s t h e r e a f t e r t h i s g r a n t o r s h a l l a p p o i n t o n e a r b i t r a t o r a n d t h e s e t w o a r b i t r a t o r s a h a l l a p p o i n t a t h i r d a r b i t r a t o r , a o r i f t h e - t w o a r b i t r a t o r s - f a i l t o a g r e e u p o n a t h i r d , t h e n a n y j u s t i c e o f t h e S u p e r i o r C o u h t o f t h e S t a t e o f R h o d e l s l a n d , o r o f t h e C p x i r t t h e n h a v i n g l i k e j u r i s ­d i c t i o n , u p o n a p p l i c a t i o n o f e i t h e r p a r t y h e r e t o , a f t e r n o t i c e t o t h e o t h e r p a r t y , s h a l l a p p o i n t a t h i r d a h b i t r a t o r a n d t h e d e c i s i o n o f s a i d a r b i t r a t o r s o r a m a j o r i t y t h e r e o f s h a l l b e f i n a l a n d c o n c l u s i v e , u p o n a l l p a r t i e s , a n d t h e r i g h t o f t h e g r a n t o r o r h e r h e i r s a n d a s s i g n s t o r e - e n t e r a n d t a k e p o s s e s s i o n s h a l l b e f i n a l l y d e t e r m i n e d t h e r e b y w i t h o u t a p p e a l t o a n y c o u r t ; r e s e r v i n g , h o w e v e r , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e a b o v e , a n d r i g h t , e i t h e r a t l a w o r i n e q u i t y w h i c h t h e g r a n t o r m a y h a v e t o e n f o r c e t h e c o n d i t i o n s h e r e u n d e | r o r t o p r e v e n t t h e v i o l a t i o n o f t h e s a m e .

A l l r i g h t s h e r e i n v e s t e d i n t h e g r a n t o r , i n c l u d i n g t h e r i g h t o f r e - e n t r y , r e p o s ­s e s s i o n , a r b i t r a t i o n a n d r e m e d y a t l a w o r i n e q u i t y , s h a l l b e v e s t e d i n h e r h e i r s , e x ­e c u t o r s , a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a n d a s s i g n s f o r e v e r .

A n d f o r t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n a f o r e s a i d , I , H e n r y D. L l o y d , h u s b a n d o f s a i d E l i z a b e t h M a s o n L l o y d , d o h e r e b y r e l e a s e , g r a n t a n d c o n v e y u n t o s a i d T o w n o f L i t t l e C o m p t o n . a n d i b p s u c c e s s o r s a n d a s s i g n s , a l l ray r i g h t , t i t l e a n d i n t e r e s t , i n c l u d i n g my r i ^ t o f c u r t e s y

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I n a n d t o s a i d p p e i t d s e s . I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, w e , t h e s a i d E l i z a b e t h M a s o n L l o y d a n d H e n r y D. L l o y d , h a v e

h e r e u n t o s e t o u r h a n d s a n d ' s e a l s t h i s 1 4 t h d a y o f A p r i l , A. D. 1 9 3 7 ,

E l i z a b e t h M a s o n L l o y d { S e a l . } H e n r y D. l l o y d . ( S e a l . )

S T A T E OF RHODE I S L A N D , C o u n t y o f N e w p o r t ,

A t L i t t l e C o m p t o n , o n t h i s 1 4 t h d a y o f A p r i l , A. D. 1 9 3 7 , t h e n p e r s o n a l l y a p p e a r e d b e f o r e me t h e b e f o r e n a m e d E l i z a b e t h M a s o n L i p y d a n d H e n r y D. L i h o y d . t o me k n o w n a n d k n o w n b y me t o be t h e p e r s o n s w h o e x e c u t e d t h e f o r e g o i n g i n s t r u m e n t , a n d t h e y e a c h a c k n o w l e d g e d t h e same t o b e t h e i r f r e e a c t a n d d e e d .

B e f o r e m a ,

L o a t e r B . W i l b u r N o t a r y P u b l i c ,

R e c e i v e d f o r R e c o r d A p r i l 1 4 t h A. D. 1 9 3 7 , a t 1 0 : 0 0 o ' c l o c k A. M., a n d r e c o r d e d b y me.

W i t n e s s ,

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W A R R A N T Y D E E D . HAROLD 0. WORDELL OEOROE W. 'ORPORD

a n d TO a n d H E R B E R T P . WORDELL JOSEPH E . ORPORD.

KNOW A L L MEN BY T H E S E P R E S E N T S , t h a t w e , HAROLD 0 . WORDELL a f t h e T o w n o f W e s t -p o r t , i n t h e C o i m t y o f B r i s t o l a n d C o m m o n w e a l t h o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s , a n d H E R B E R T F . WOR­D E L L , o f t h e C i t y o f P a w t u c k e t , i n t h e C o u n t y o f P r o v i d e n c e a n d S t a t e o f R h o d e I s l a n d , h e r e i n a f t e r c a l l e d t h e G r a n t o r s , i n c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f T e n ( # 1 0 ) d o l l a r s a n d o t h e r v a l ­u a b l e c o n s i 3 e r a t i o n s , t o u s p a i d b y OEORGE W. ORPORD a n d JOSEPH K. ORPORD, b o t h o f t h e C i t y o f P a w t u c k e t , i n t h e C p u n t y o f P r o v i d e n c e a n d S t a t e o f k h o d e I s l a n d , h e r e i n a f t e c a l l e d t h e O r a n t e e s , t h e r e c e i p t w h e r e o f i s h e r e b y a c k n o w l e d g e d , d o h e r e b y g i v e , g r a n t , b a r g a i n , s e l l a n d c o n v e y u n t o t h e s a i d G r a n t e e s a s t e n a n t s i n common a n d t h e i r h e i r s a n d a s s i g n s f o r e v e r .

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