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n O Joseph each one owning one third and each to receive one third of the nett proceeds-- *nd the said James B. Austin agrees on his part to p y the Surveying anl other fe^s on the said Conce^ion of lan^ in full out of his own individual funds Also it is agreed by the said parties that all further improvements besides the above mentioned sww and Crist rgS&l^which may be made on said tr ct of land with the consent of each one of them shall be at the joint and equal expence of all three each one paying one third'- Also it is agreed that a Copartnership shall exist betwe n the said James, George and Joseph for the purpose of working said saw and grist mill which shall continue for the term of teB?years unless sooner iissolved by Mutual consent and the business of tending said Mills xx* shall be conducted in the name of George Huff and Company- provided that neither of said parties Shall contract any debts or make any contracts whatever in the name of the Company Kith out the consent of all three first obtained, and it is specially understood that neither of them have any authority whatever to bind either of the others for the payment of any Money or the execution of any con- tract whatever unless their consent is first given to that effect- also it is agreed that should either of said parties wish to improve a farm on said tract of land as his ov<n individual property a sufficiency of land for that purpose shall be laid off wAth the consent of the other two and deeds of relinquishment mutually executed therefor, but no other farms or Settlements shall bp made on said O
[Transcript of cancellation of agreement between George Huff, Joseph Serveson, and James E. B. Austin, May 21, 1825],
text,
May 21, 1825;
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