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Les diagrarrmes suivants illustrent la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 c CONDITIONS OF IGKEEMENT. This Agreement made and entered into this ninth day of December in tlr^e year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and , Beventy three, between the Port Dover and Lake Huron Kail way Cdmpany of the First » Part and the Municipality of the County ot Oxford of the Second Part. WITNESSETH : That in considei'ation oi. that part of the County of Oxforr* omprised of the Town of W oodstock and that portion of the Township of East Zorra that lies west of the 16th Concession of the said Township, granting a bonus 'o the said Railway Com- pany of thirty-five thousand dollars, to aid • and assist in the construction of the said < Railway, the said Port Dover and Lake liuron Railway Company for themselves, their successors and assigns covenant and agree v/ith the said County of Oxford as f ol- io wa : It is hereby covenanted and agreed by the said Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway Company, that the said Company shall within the period of twelve months from the passing of the said By-law commence in good faith the work of construction upon the Ime of Railwaj of the said Company from some point at or near the Town of Woodstock, and from thence upon and along as nearly as possible the line of route through the Town- ship of East Zorra last survayed by the Engineers of the said Company, and known as the blind line in the twelfth concession of tiie said Township to some point at or near the village of Tavistock. And the said Com- pany further covenant and agree with the ^Corporation of the County of Oxford that they will within the period of two years from the passing of the said By-law erect and thereafter permanently maintain at the Town of Woodstock and other principal points North thereof to the Town of Strat- ford good and sufficient passenger and freight stations and buildings and shall also within stations and buildings and shall also withm the^ posing" oT the ^said By-law ' erect and thereafter permanently mamtain at the Town of Woodstock and other principal points North thereof to the Town of Strat- ford good and sufficient passenger and freight stations and buildings and shall aho withm the said period ot two years erect imd per- manently maintain at or near the village of Tavistock and ^ao at some poimt at or near the centre of the eald Township of East Zorra on their line .of Raaway (and whieh shall be accessable and suitable therefor, good and sufficient passenger and frfeight sta- tions and buildingB. , t i tt The said Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway Company have further agreed that the portion of the said bonus to be piud by that^ortion of the said Township of East, Zorra that lies west of the. 16th concession of the said Township shaU beexpwded with in the limits of the saidtTownship above des- cribed and the poriiioii of the said bonus to be paid by the Town of Woodstock shall be expended on the said line of railway lying north of Dundas Street. The said Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway Company have further agreed that if the sjdd company shall alienate, seU, or otherwise dispose of the said Railway, so that it shall cease to.bp a competing hne. the the said Railway Company shall, at the ex- piry of two months after demand by the County of Oxford, return the amount of the said bonus, in accordance with the provi- sions.of clause 13 of the amended charter of the said RaUway Company. , ^ ' _ The said Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway Company have further agreed that the principal work shops requir- «d for the maintenance of said railway and its rollinc stock Shall be erected and main- . tained in the said> Town of Woptlsto^, In witness whereof the said Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway Company have n caused to be hereunto affixed their corporate seal the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered in the pre- sence of B. B. VanDuaen, R. W. Sawtell, Secretary. Gilbert rlv ore, President, \< :?!'■ L.S. 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