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Agreement for a Lease,

HENRY JONES. [L. S.] ,

THIS agreement, made the day of, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between A. B., of ——, and C. D., of said city, merchant, witnesseth, That A. B. agrees, by indenture, to be executed on or before the day of next, to demise and let to the said C. D. a certain house and lot in said city, now or late in the occupation of E. F., known as No.-, in - street, to hold to the said C. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, from the day of - aforesaid, for and during the term of three years, at or under the clear yearly rent of dollars, payable quarterly, clear of all taxes and deductions except the ground rent. In which lease there shall be contained covenants on the part of the said C. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, to pay the rent (except in case the premises are destroyed by fire, the rent is to cease until they are rebuilt by the said A. B.), and to pay all taxes and assessments (except the ground rent); to repair the premises (except damages by fire); not to carry on any offensive business on the same (except by written permission of the said A. B.); to deliver the same up at the end of the term in good repair (except damages by fire, aforesaid), with all other usual and reasonable covenants, and a proviso for the re-entry of the said C. D., his heirs and assigns, in case of the non-payment of the rent for the space of fifteen days after either of the said rent-days, or the non-performance of any of the covenants. And there shall also be contained covenants on the part of the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, for quiet enjoyment; to renew said lease, at the expiration of said term, for a further period of twenty-one years at the same rent, on the said C. D., his executors, administrators, or assigns, paying the said A. B., his executors, administrators, or assigns, the sum of five hundred dollars, as a premium for such renewal; and that in case of accidental fire, at any time during the term, the said A. B. will forthwith proceed to put the premises in as good repair as before such fire, the rent in the meantime to cease. And the said C. D. hereby agrees to accept such lease on the terms aforesaid. And it is mutually agreed, that the cost of this agreement, and of making and recording said lease, and a counterpart thereof, shall be borne by the said parties equally.

As witness our hands and seals, the day and year first above written. In presence of J. S. f} A. B. [L. S.] C. D. [L. S.]