8/28/1852 · LEASE · book 7 page 477 doc 9987

477 and assigns forever all my right of dower and power of thirds in and to the premises described in said deed And In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29 day of July 1852 Elizabeth R Knowles L S In the presence of H B Bowen Returned Oct 27 1852 By Charles Brown Ct Clerk This indenture made & execute into this first day of October 1851 by & between George G Browning, Attorney at Law and Samuel Browning of the first part and Thomas Miller, Saul M Clay and Brightman Tucker Trustees of the Independent Lodge of I O F of I A and Elizabeth Knowles wife of William and Sarah O Black attorneys in Carolina division of the I O F all of Narragansett Village County of Washington & state of Rhode Island of the second part Witnesseth That as the first part for the first responsibilities of the aforesaid institutions and in consideration of the trust covenants and agreements hereafter expressed and on the first part in the situation through their Trustees respectively each party done performed as well as for the intent of accommodating the aforesaid institutions respectively each with a suitable room wherein to meet organize and hold their meetings the meeting for the transaction of their several & respective concerns each exclusively of the other with equal rights and privileges although notedly to hold hereunto said House & House lot to the beforementioned Trustees or to their successors in law from time respectively forever for the purposes aforesaid the office or top loft of a certain building laterate and standing in and on said village in town of Smithfield in said county known by the appropriation of fellowship Hall being in dimensions 33 by 27 ft together with the two adjoining tenements south side 30 ft by 27 ft together with the fall passage into the street 10 feet & hold the same with all privileges goes & appurtenances thereof and during the whole term of five five whole years to be complete and ended of official honors with the said institutions to hold on for other five years for a like sum as is herein after stipulated And we the first part further contract and agree with the aforesaid Trustees respectively that we will keep good & make all outwards repair of said building during the specified term of time unless say log loss assess against the same and cause the same to be kept insured against loss by fire during the time owned respectively by said institutions for the due performance whereof we have bound ourselves our executors & admins heirs and assigns of the second part each for the institution as aforementioned agree that said institutions stores shall take possession of the house premises first at the same good hourland like manner with care & attention neither cutting moving or scraping the same for the either by natural or artificial means requiring that the same not be the shelter for other uses inconsistent with said institutions and that as a rent for the use we acknowledge having the pledge this responsibility of each the institution for each respectively to pay during the first part twenty dollars per year during the time leased for payable in quarterly payments to make the proper receipts for the same and at the expiration of said term or term yields up quiet possession of said house premises In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seal the first day of October 1851 In presence of George J Browning L S Welcome Tucker L S Samuel Browning L S Hazard Wilcox L S Brightman Tucker L S Robert Knowles L S John W Hopkins L S Paul ell Clark L S George W Tenant Joseph Austin Received Aug 23 1852 by Charles Brown Ct Clerk