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LEASE CONTRACT
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I' 1 :	This LEASE CONTRACT made and entered into on the 13th day of
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?-January 1972, by and between CLEMENT R. BGNTEMPTS POST NO. 139, VF
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if jiTHE AMERICAN legion, acting by and through its Trustees, A, T. ,
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1 -CHRISTY, JOHN D. RUTHERFORD, JR., RICHARD H. THAMES, and its Presi-!:??	'	-V	'	?;	*?
??dent, EDWARD MURTAGH, hereinafter referred to as LESSOR, and the
I	<iClTY OF BAY ST. LOUIS, a Municipal Corporation, hereinafter re-
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LESSOR herein has agreed and Jdoes hereby lease and let -ur^o--?:4?-the LESSEE for a period of five (5) years from and after the V,*>v*
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Ft,(Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi, being described as
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Lot 249, Lot 335, Lot 336 and Lot 360, Third ward. City of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.	v
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That t^ip said LESSEE agrees to obligate itself to pay *--ie
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it ,6aid LESSOR of the said premises the sum and amount of 5 1.00 o-?,. ~~;;ye'Sr, Vai'd rental' to ~Fe paid annua 1 iy In ?advance on the ,13th day ' ,;of January, 1972, and each and every year in continuance of this
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ji- It is hereby agreied and understood between the partj.es hereto
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Parks and Playgrounds, or for the best use for the citizfns of the
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i>jCity of Bay St. Louis, It is hereby agreed and understood that V |;il<?hould this property cease to be used as Parks and Playgrounds or
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