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~arch ~i. 1909. from the monthly instatlements of rent next accruing after said increase^or additional tax is paid; but the lessee shall allow the City of ~ortsmouth and the Oou~nty of Horfolk to contest, the legality of any such increasedor additional tax in the na~e of the lessee, and co-operate with the Oity and County in any such~,~contest. TENTH. The lessee is to enter into bond in the penalty o~ $100,000, payable to the Ooun- d ty of Norfolk and City of For~smouth, with a good an~suffiolen~ security to be approved by the Gom- mitoses on Finance of the Board of supervisors of Norfolk Oounty and the 0ouncii of the City of ~ortsmouth, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the conditions of the lease, and said lessee shall also at the same time the said eontrac? is executed deposit in one or more bsmks in the cities of Norfolk or Bortsmeuth an aggregate sum of not less than ~5,000 to be expended on such improvements, alteratiens and betterments on the ferry propertyas may from time to time be agreed upon between ~he Ferry oommittees of the said city and county and the said lessee, payment out of said f~nds only to be made by the check of the lessee, to which shall be attached the certificate of the chairman of the ~e~ry ~ommittees ~f the council of the City of ~ortsmouth and Board of ~uper~ visors of'Norfolk County, certifying that the amount of said check was expended for betterments or improvements to Ferry property, by and with the consent of the ~erry Committee of the said 0ity and County. and the lessee shall forthwith depo~sit a~sum equal to that drawn bY said check so as to have on deposit a~ al~ times the sum of ~5,000 for said improvements. ELEVENTE. For failmre to run a Dear cn schedule time the lessee shall forfeit the sum of ~5.00 a trip, one-half to the 0ity a~d cne-hmlf to ~he Oount~, unless said failur~ is due to an act of ~rovidenoe or to some unavoidable occurrence which could not be foreseen or prevented by the lessee. TWELFTH. Loads ef vehicles are to be limited to six thousand pounds in weight. THIRTEENTH. The approaches-to the ferry boats are to be k~pt as clean as practicable, ,and boats and wai~ing rooms are to be well lighted, heated, ventilated and tidy, to satisfaction of the Joint Ferry Committee of the Oi~y and ~ounty'; and any failure to observe the conditions of this sectionshall subject the lessee to a fineof ~5.0~ (one-half of the fine to ge to the City and one~ half to the 0ounty~, after a ten d~ys notice of s~id failure to the lessee or manager of the ties by said 0ommittee. FOURTEENTH.~ No boat shall be purchased by the lessee for the use of ~the Ferries where the expenditure exceeds ~5,000, and no fer~yhomse shall be built by the lessee for the use of the Fe~ie~ where the exp~andi~u=e exceeds ~2,500, without the consent of the Joint Ferry Committee of the Oo~ncii of the ~ity of Portsmouth and the t~aard of Supervisors of the ~ounty; and should su~n expenditures be made ~y the lessee without first obtaining such consent, then the boats and houses so purchased and built shall not be inventoried andvalued under the Drovisio~s of the ~ourth 01sues of these conditions. FIFTEENTH. The lessee shall at all times provide boats of sufficient capacity~and of s~TTicient number to accommodate ~he traveling public~ SIXTEENTH~ The Committees reserve the right to reject ~ and all bids, and no bid shall be receiveduntil the person o~ ~ersons making the same shall have deposited a certified check for the sum of five thousand dollars, payable to the Treasurer of the county of Norfolk.and the Treas- urer of the Oity of Portsmouth, to be forfeited upon~is or their failure to comply with such bid or the terms of the lease, but to be returned to such bidder upon his bid being rejected, or upon his complya~ce with the terms of said le~se. AND ~EEREA~ R. E. Clover and H. L. Natts, representing the Oo~cil of the Oity of M. Nicholas, representing the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk