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five tons more by the twenty-first ; and the entire one hundred tons to be all 

 delivered by the thirtieth of September. 



And the said Vard Blevins, in consideration of the prompt fulfilment of 

 this contract, on the part of the party of the first part, contracts to and agrees 

 with the said Isaac E. Hill, to pay for said hay six dollars per ton, for each 

 ton, as soon as delivered. 



In case of failure of agreement by either of the parties hereto, it is hereby 

 stipulated and agreed that the party so failing shall pay to the other One 

 Hundred Dollars, as fixed and settled damages. 



In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand, the day and year first 

 above written. 



ISAAC E. HILL. 

 VARD BLEVINS. 



A bond is a written admission of an obligation on the part of the maker, 

 whereby he pledges himself to pay a certain sum of money to another person 

 or persons, for some bonafide consideration. 



Common Form of Bond. 



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Jonas Clayton, of Wilming- 

 ton, Hanover County, State of North Carolina, am firmly bound unto Henry 

 Morse, of the place aforesaid, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be 

 paid to the said Henry Morse, or his legal representatives ; to which payment, 

 to be made, I bind myself, or my legal representatives, by this instrument. 



The condition of this bond is such that, if I, Jonas Clayton, my heirs, 

 administrators, or executors, shall promptly pay the sum of Five Hundred 

 Dollars in three equal annual payments from the date hereof, with annual 

 interest, then the above obligation to be of no effect ; otherwise to be in full 

 force and valid. 



Dated this first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. 



Signed and delivered in 



presence of \ JONAS CLAYTON. [L. s.] 



GEORGE DOWNING. 



Short Form of Lease for a House. 



This instrument, made the first day of May, 1872, witnesseth that Theodore 

 Shonts, of Asheville, County of Buncombe, State of North Carolina, hath 

 rented from Tilgham Schnee, of Asheville aforesaid, the dwelling and lot No. 

 46 Broadway, situated in said town of Asheville, for four years from the above 

 date, at the yearly rental of Two Hundred and Forty Dollars, payable monthly, 

 on the first day of each month, in advance, at the residence of said Tilgham 

 Schnee. 



At the expiration of said above-mentioned term, the said Shonts agrees to 

 give the said Schnee peaceable possession of the said dwelling, in as good 

 condition as when taken, ordinary wear and casualties excepted. 



