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repair, maintain, keep and amend, the fences and en- 

 closures of or belonging to tiie said farm and premises, 

 in, by, and with, all needful and necessary repairs, and 

 amendments during the said term: And shall and will 

 manure all the meadows of the said farm from the first 

 day of April to the twenty-first day of June, or so much 

 longer every year during so long of the said term of 

 three years as he shall continue in the said service 

 of the said Adam, his executors, or assigns, as shall be 

 convenient for hay: And shall and will also, at season- 

 able times in the year, yearly, during the said term, in 

 good and husband-like manner, mow all the said mea- 

 dows, and in like manner make up all the hay, and 

 carry it from the said meadow to the yard belonging to 

 the said farm, and there lay it up in a stack or stacks: 

 And shall and will lay all the dung, soil, and compost, 

 that shall be made in or about the yard and out-houses 

 belonging to the said farm, and such other dung and 

 soil as the said Adam shall buy or provide for that pur- 

 pose, to and upon such part of the lands and grounds of 

 the said farm as the said Adam, or his executors or as- 

 signs, shall from time to time direct and appoint; and at 

 seasonable times in the year shall there spread the 

 same: In consideration of all v/hich premises, he, the 

 said Adam Painter, for himself, his executors, adminis- 

 trators, and assigns, doth covenant, grant, and agree, to 

 and with the said John Stewart, his executors and as- 

 signs, by these presents, in manner and form following, 

 that is to say: that he the said Adam Painter, his execu- 

 tors, administrators, or assigns, shall and will well and 

 truly pay, or cause to be paid, unto the said John 

 Stewart, the said yearly wages or salary of three hun- 

 dred dollars, during so long of the aforesaid term of 

 four years, as he the said John shall continue in the said 

 service and employment of the said Adam, on the four 

 quarterly days, that is to say, on the first days of April, 

 July, October, and January, in equal portions, and shall, 

 during the same time, allow him to occupy, with his 



family, the following premises, viz. ; and shall, 



moreover, furnish him with workmen of the following 

 descriptions, viz. , to be under his control and 



