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thirty-eight which is a hemlock tree. Thence south eighty-six degrees east seven and sixty-five 

 hundredths (7.65) chains to a cedar post on the east Hne of said Township thirty-eight and west line 

 of Township thirty-seven (37) ; thence southerly along the line between said Townships thirty-seven 

 and thirty-eight one hundred seventy-tttX) chains more or less to the north-east corner of a small tract 

 of land surrounding the west end of Bog Lake heretofore sold and conveyed by said William Seward 

 Webb to Charles A. Tatum and Edmund C. Converse ; thence westerly at right angles to said 

 Township thirty-eight line and along the north line of said last mentioned small tract forty-five (45) 

 chains to the north-westerly corner of said last mentioned small tract so sold and conveyed to said 

 Tatum and Converse; thence forty (40) degrees fifteen (15) minutes to the right, one hundred 

 twenty (120) chains ; thence thirty-three {33) degrees to the left one hundred three (103) chains to 

 the line between the east one-half and the west one-half of said township thirty-eight ; thence north- 

 erly along said last mentioned line ten chains to a point eighty (80) chains south on said line from 

 the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said Township thirty-eight ; thence east, parallel 

 with the north line of said Township, one hundred twenty-five (125) chains; thence north at right 

 angles to the last mentioned line eighty (80) chains to the place of beginning containing two thousand 

 fourteen (2,014) acres. But in case the title of said Association in said parcel of land shall be 

 defective, then for value received the parties of the first part covenant and agree to pay to the People 

 of the State of New York the sum of seventeen thousand ($17,000) dollars upon demand duly made 

 of said first parties by said parties of the second part through their duly authorized oiificers or agents. 



Fifth. — The party of the second part in consideration of the premises agrees to pay the parties of 

 the first part the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) for the aforesaid deed and release, 

 which said sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is to be paid as follows, viz.: Fifty thousand 

 dollars ($50,000) is to be paid upon the execution and delivery by the parties of the first part to the 

 party of the second part of the deed and release herein provided for on or before the 29th day of 

 January, 1896, and the remaining five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) is to be paid in ten 

 equal annual installments of fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000), each one of which said installments 

 is to be paid at the end of each and every year from the 29th day of January, 1896, with interest at 

 the rate of three per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, the payment of which said sum of five 

 hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) the said Commissioners of the Board of Fisheries, Game 

 and Forests of the State of New York were authorized to provide for in said Chapter 561, Laws 1895, 

 and pursuant thereto the said Commissioners of the Board of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the 

 State of New York authorize and direct the Comptroller of the State of New York to issue ten certifi- 

 cates of indebtedness under his official hand and seal for the remaning five hundred fifty thousand 

 dollars, each of said certificates of indebtedness being for the principal sum of fifty-five thousand 

 dollars with interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum payable semi-annually, said certificates 

 of indebtedness to be consecutively numbered from one to ten both inclusive and dated as of the 29th 

 day of January, 1896, as herein provided for; said certificate Number One is to be due and payable as 

 aforesaid one year from the date thereof with interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum payable 

 semi-annually ; said certificate Number Two to be due and payable as aforesaid two years from the 

 date thereof with interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum, payable seini-annually ; said 

 certificate Number Three is to be due and payable as aforesaid three years from the date thereof, with 

 interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually; said certificate Number 

 Four is to be due and payable as aforesaid four years from the date thereof, with interest at the rate 

 of three per cent, per annum, payable semi-annualy ; said certificate Number Five is to be due and 

 payable as aforesaid five years from the date thereof, with interest at the rate of three per cent, per 

 annum, payable semi-annually ; said certificate Number Six is to be due and payable as aforesaid six 

 years from the date thereof, with interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum, payable semi- 

 annually ; said certificate Number Seven is to be due and payable as aforesaid seven years from the 

 date thereof, with interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually ; said 

 certificate Number Eight is to be due and payable as aforesaid eight years from the date thereof, with 

 interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually ; said certificate Number 



