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VISIONS FOR

MINING
LEASE.

OF A FARM, their own costs and charges, within six calendar months or as WITH PRO- SOON after as conveniently may be, rebuild or well and suffiDETER- ciently repair the same: AND THAT it shall be lawful for the said C. D., his executors, administrators or assigns paying the said yearly rent, and observing and performing all the covenants in these presents contained, on his and their parts to be observed and performed, quietly to hold all the lands and if rent daly other hereditaments hereby demised, or expressed and intended so to be, during the said term; (and the barns, stabling for two performed; horses and stack yards, until the

And to per

mit lessee to hold premises undisturbed during term

paid and Covenants

for the fallows &c. according to valuation.

Power to

either party

lease at expi

first fourteen years.

herrs or

day of

next after

the expiration or sooner determination thereof for the laying, and to pay thrashing and dressing his and their last And also that the ed O SHALL and will at the end or sooner déterm of the same term allow to the said C. D., his executors, administrators or assigns for the fallows, half fallows, dressings, half dressings, unspread manure, turnips and young seeds upon which sheep have not been depastured then being upon the said premises, such a sum of money as the same shall be valued at by two indifferent persons or their umpire, in the usual way of arbitration PROVIDED LASTLY and it is hereby declared and to determine agreed between and by the parties to these presents, That if ration of the the said A. B., his heirs or assigns, shall be desirous of determining this indenture of lease, or the term and estate hereby granted, or if the said C. D., his executors or administrators having duly paid the rent and performed the covenants on his and their parts, shall be desirous of quitting and yielding up possession of the said hereditaments and premises hereby demised, at the end or expiration of the first fourteen years of the said term hereby granted, and of such his or their desire shall give or leave twelve calendar months' notice in writing to or with the other or others of them respectively, at his or their last or most usual place of abode in England, then on the expiration of the said first fourteen years of the said term, and on payment by the party so desirous of determining this indenture of lease, and yielding up possession of the said hereditaments and premises (as the case may be) to the other of them, of the sum of £--, as and for a penalty or consideration for being permitted so to do,

VISIONS FOR

Then and in such case, on the expiration of the first fourteen of a farm, years only of the said term, this present indenture of lease, WITH Proand the term and estate hereby granted, shall cease and be void. IN WITNESS, &c.

DETER

MINING

THE SCHEDULE REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE-WRITTEN

INDENTURE.

LEASE.

No. LXX.

LEASE of COAL MINES: The LESSOR covenants to grant LEASE OF to the LESSEES a further TERM if desired.

day of

COAL MINES.

BETWEEN Parties.

three beds or seams of

THIS INDENTURE, made the A. B., of &c. [lessor], of the one part, and C. D. and E. F., of &c. [lessees], of the other part: WITNESSETH, that in consideration of the yearly rent, covenants and agreements hereinafter reserved and contained and on the part of the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators and assigns, to be paid, observed and performed, he the said A. B., by these presents, doth demise and lease unto the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators and assigns, ALL THOSE Demise of three beds or seams of coal called -, lying underneath all those seven closes of land, situate, &c., and called or known by the several names and descriptions following, namely [here describe the names of closes], which said closes of land contain together acres or thereabouts, and are now in the оссираtion of -. AND ALSO SO MUCH and such part or parts (if any) of the beds or seams of coal underneath the road or way which intersects the said closes, as is or are the property of the said A. B., or as he is entitled to work: AND ALSO FULL AND with liberty FREE LIBERTY, license, power and authority, within the limits &c., of the said beds or seams of coal hereby demised, to dig, sink,

coal,

to sink shafts

COAL

MINES.

and to use

ground room &c.,

and to lead away coals,

LEASE OF Work, drive and make such mines, pits, shafts, adits, trenches, soughs, drifts, leats, and watergates as they the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators or assigns, shall think proper for the procuring of any coal in or from all or any of the said beds or seams of coal hereby demised, or any part or parts thereof, and for avoiding and carrying off waters, foul airs and slyth therefrom; and also to make use of such ground room, heap room and pit room as shall be necessary for laying the coal that shall from time to time be got out of such mines or pits, or the cinders into which the same shall be converted, or the stones, gravel, earth and other refuse and rubbish, which shall from time to time be brought to the surface in the course of working the said beds or seams of coal hereby demised; and also to take, lead and carry away with carts, waggons and other carriages, all the coal raised and got out of the said mines; And also to lead and carry all the coals drawn to bank at any pit or pits thereof, through, over and along all or any part of the said several closes of land, the nearest and most convenient way or ways to any place or places where the same and to make shall be delivered; and also in or upon the same closes of land to make, fix, and place any roads, waggon ways or bridges, as occasion shall require; and also in or upon the same closes of land to make, set up and build, and also to remove and pull down, and again, on the same or on any other part or parts of the same closes, to re-erect and rebuild all such fire and other engine houses, stables, hovels, lodges, cabins, sheds, walls and other erections, as shall from time to time be necessary or convenient for the working all or any of the said beds or seams of coal hereby demised, or for getting or procuring the coal therein or therefrom, or for converting the same into cinders, or for laying up and stacking any such coal or cinders, or for more effectually exercising all or any of the liberties, powers and dig stone and authorities hereinbefore granted; and also (for the purpose of making any such roads, bridges, engines, houses, stables, lodges, hovels, cabins, sheds, walls and other erections as aforesaid, and for no other purpose whatsoever), to dig, take and lead away any stone or other materials which is or are under the said closes of land or any of them, or any part or parts thereof: with use of TOGETHER WITH the use of all waters and watercourses, arising

roads,

and build engine houses,

&c.,

waters.

COAL

MINES.

of right of

or running within the limits of the beds or seams of coal LEASE OF hereby demised, with liberty to direct and turn such waters and watercourses, and to cut any leats or channels for con-ducting or conveying the same in, through, or over any part or parts of the lands lying within the limits of the said beds or seams of coal hereby demised, for the purpose of more effectually exercising and enjoying the liberties, powers and authorities hereby granted: EXCEPTING ALWAYS, and reserving unto the Reservation said A. B., his heirs and assigns, or other the tenant or tenants, way. occupier or occupiers, for the time being, of the said several closes hereinbefore described, and their workmen and servants, free liberty and authority, with horses, cattle, carts, waggons and other carriages, to pass and go along and across the said roads, waggon ways and bridges, which may be constructed on the said closes hereinbefore described, at such times as he or they shall think proper for any purpose whatsoever, he or they doing or causing no injury nor obstruction to the property or works of the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators or assigns, within the limits of the said beds or seams of coal hereby demised, or of the said close hereinbefore described: AND ALSO EXCEPTING and reserving unto the said A. B., his Reservation heirs and assigns, and his and their stewards, agents, workmen inspection. and servants, free liberty and authority at all convenient times to enter upon the said demised premises, and to view the state thereof, and to inspect, examine and measure the said mines, pits and shafts, which may be made and sunk by the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators or assigns, and for the purposes aforesaid to use the tackle, ropes, buckets and other conveniences within the said mines, pits or shafts, or belonging thereto, as often as he or they shall think proper. TO HAVE, HOLD, USE, exercise and enjoy the said beds or seams Habendum. of coal, liberties, licenses, powers, authorities, and all and singular other the premises hereby granted and demised, or expressed and intended so to be, unto the said C. D. and E. F., their To lessees for 'executors, administrators and assigns, for and during and unto the full end of the term of years next ensuing the date of these presents, and fully to be complete and ended: YIELDING At rent. AND PAYING therefore yearly and every year during the said term unto the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, the yearly rent follow

of right of

term.

COAL MINES.

Proviso for

rent to cease after payment of a fixed sum.

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LEASE OF ing, (that is to say), on the first day of every year of the said term of years hereby created, the yearly rent or sum of £— (the first payment thereof to be made immediately after the execution of these presents), and on the last day of every year of the said term such further sum (if the case shall so require) as shall, together with the said sum of £- be equal to the value of the coal in the same year worked or got, at the rate of £for every acre of ground the coal under which shall be in the same year first got or worked: PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is hereby agreed and declared, that when and so soon as the full sum of £- -, together with such further sum (if any) as shall be equal to the full amount of all the payments for the rent which may be payable in respect of the coal underneath the said road as hereinbefore is mentioned, shall have been paid by the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators or assigns, to the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, by way of rent for the said beds or seams of coal and premises hereby demised, then and in such case the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators and assigns shall henceforth hold the said beds or seams of coals and premises, rent free, during the residue of the said term hereby granted. AND THE SAID C. D. and E. F. do hereby jointly for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and each of them doth hereby severally for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, covenant with the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, in manner following, that is to say [covenant by C. D. and E. F. to pay the said yearly rent or sum hereinbefore reserved-and to pay taxes.] AND ALSO shall and will, in all cases, pay or cause to be paid unto the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, for the benefit of him and them, and his and their tenants respectively, the sum or sums of money hereinafter mentioned, by way of compensation for the use of and occupation of such part or parts of the surface of the said several closes herein before described, as may from time to time be used or occupied by them the said C. D. and E. F., their executors, administrators or assigns, under or by virtue of all or any of the powers, licenses, or authorities hereinbefore contained, and also such other sums of money as shall be awarded in the manner hereinafter mentioned as a compensation for the injury or damage done by the said C. D. and E. F.,

Lessee covenants,

to pay rent

and taxes,

to pay com

pensation in

certain cases,

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