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. c. The Les~ee ~hall have ~ne ri~ht to cor~te:;t ~he arAUr~t
or validity of any tax or as~c~~rr~enL- arx~ r.othfn~ hercin ~hai 1
ia~ply any ri~ht on ~he part or Lr.c Lcu~co to defer or no~ ~~~-•r•c~
such paymcnt f'or any such purpo~c unlc~~ such procc•cd:in~:: ::'r,ull
operate to prevent or stay ~he collec~ion of thc t~.-r, or a::.c~~-
ment so conL•csted and i;hc Lessee ~hall have de,r,osited with the
Lessor the amount so conticsted and unpaid, to~e~h~r wi~h all in-
terest and pcnalties in connection L-he=^eviith and all c:~art;~s
that r.say or mi~ht be assessec~ a,ain~t or t~eco;n:: a ch~r~e or lien
on the Demised Premises, or any part ~nereof, b~ r~a:.on of such
~ . contest or by reason of the delay in the pa~?;~en~ of t::e_ ~ax as-
sessment which ma.y result from such contest. Upon Ler.~.ina~fon
of such proceedin~s, ~he Lessor sl~all pay tne aw~unt of ~.n;~ such
tax or assessrr~ent or any par~ thereof as sha11 be r'inally de ~2r-
mined by such proceedings to be due and payable, tooe~her wit?~.
any costs, fees, interes~, per.alties or liabilities ir, conr.ec~ion
therewi~h, from the monies deposi~ed by tne Lessee, as a~oresa~d,
and shall return ar~y remaining sums to ~he Lessee wi~nou~ inter-
est. If at ar~y time during the course o~ such con~est proceed-
ings it shall appear to the Lessor tnat the ar~oun~ de~osit~d by
the Lessee is or may be insufficient to paf in ~ull the arr~un~
~ of the tax and assessment, together t~ith all interas~, penalties
and other charges which may be incurred by reason of the contes ~
proceedir~s, or if at the termination o~ such proceedi.~gs it
- shall or may appear that the amount deposited 'af the I,~ssee 3.s in-
. suPficient to pay in full the amount found ~o Qe due, ~he iessor
shall have~the right ~o require the Z~essee ~o depos~t such acidi-
tional sums as the Lessor may reasanably request, anc upon ;aii-
" ure of the Lessee to do. so witr.in thir~y (?0 ) dafs of de:zarc
therefor ~the amount tneretofore deposi~ed cvi~h tne ~.essor r.sa;l be
applied to the payment, removal and dis charbe of an3r t?~.er penaing
and contested tax-or assessment, and any delinauency shall be
treated as unpaid rent. The Lessor, at thz Lesseet s sole expense,
shall ~oin in any such proceedings if ar~y lav~ shall so require .
d. Tne Lessee may, if it shall so ciesire, endeavor at ar~y
time to contest the validity of any assessm~nt, or ~o obtain a
lowering of the assessed valuation upon the ~emised Prer.isea ~or
; ~he purpose of reducing any assessr.~ent. In sucn event the Lessor
' will offer no ob~ection and at the reoues ~ of the Lessee, without
ex~ense to the Lessor, will cooperate with the Lessee. re-
i quested by the Lessee, and provided he will not in t'r.e reasonable
~ 3udgment of the Lessor ineur any expense or liabilitf thereby,
~ the Lessor ~vill execute any docwnen~s which may be necessary arr3
pro~er for any such proceedings. ~ny reh,inds shall be tne prop-
erty of the Lessee to the extent to which it may be based on a
payment o~ an assessment made by the Lessee.
e. Tne I,essor may at any time require the ~ssez ~o depos-
it funds for the payment o~ current takes and assessr-ents on ~r?e
Dzmised Premises in a bank or t~ust company selec ~eci o;~ the Les-
sor. Such funds shall be held in the na*~e of tne ~.essee, wi~h
' any interest payable to ~the Lessee, but the de~sit~^y sl:all be
prohibited f.rom paying such ~unds to ar.yo:~e other ~h~n ~he ~~pro-
priate tax.ing au~nority except upon tne ~rri~ten co:~sent oi t:z
Lessor. The Lessee shall so deposit one-twes.fth (1f12) oi tne
curren~ annua3 taxes, or those of tY:e preceding tax year i~ ~'r.e
~ curr2nt ta.Yes have not then been fixed, on the ~ irs~ day of 2ach
mo:~tn in advance, except tha~ all addi~ionzl funds rzquired for ~
any ~ay.?;~ent shall also be deposited on tne first day oi ~he final
rr.on~h durin; vrhicn or at t'r.e end of which a nayr•en~ ~s due ~::d ;
payable V~ithout interest or penalty, and durin~ which t:~e ma~~- ;
mu:~ discount fbr early paymen~ is allowable unde~ the iac~. \o~,r ~
wi ~hstandin~ Lhe foregoing, at suc~ ~:~r.:a as tne ? essor .?~f ~ irs ~
require the Lessee ~o r:lake such ~e~osi~s, Lhe f~rst ae~os~t ::;~;:e
~y the ~essee shall be in an a~aunt sufiicient ~o c~eate a'aa.:~k
oalsnce equal to wha~ it would have oeen had the Lessa: required
the firs ~ such monthly deposit ~o Y:ava been rr.ade on ~he ~'i: s t day
of tr,e month S.mT.ediately succeedino the :r.onth durin~ wnich the
tax could have be en paid wi th the r.:aximum pe r;nis sible d is count
for early paya~ent allowed under the iaw.
. aflox 188 P~E 189?
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