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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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accepted by the Said party of the Second part the following described premises
to wit, with the following condition attaching thereto in perpetuity forever
that is to Say, that no whiskey Shop or other place for retailing ardent
Spirits Shall ever be kept on Said premises, or any part or parcel thereof,
and in case of a violation of this condition the presents and grant upon which
Such partition portion of the Same shall be held Shall be decreed null and
void, and the premises so used, Shall revert to the immediate vender of
the same and which Said Section of land is further described as laid down
upon the map of the Said Arredonda Grant, made on the 9th February in the year
of our Lord 1846, by Messrs Burr, Washington and Merry, Commissioners appoin=
=ted by the Said Court at the June Term of 1845, as by reference thereto
will more fully appear, And whereas, the Said Commissioners reported the
Said Sale to the Said Court, and the said Court by decree made and entered
on the 11th of August A.D. 1849, approved of the same and confirmed Said
report, And Whereas, the Said Joel B. Smith has faithfully and truly performed
all the orders, terms, Stipulations and conditions, which were by order or decree of
Said Court, on his part to be performed, and whereas, the said Court has direc=
=ted the said parties of the first part, Commissioners as aforesaid, to execute to
the said Joel B. Smith, this Deed thereof, and the said Joel B. Smith in
manner aforesaid having assigned and conveyed the Same to the Said party of
the Second part, and requested the Said parties of the first part, as Commissioners
as aforesaid, Should make this deed to the said party of the second part,
Now, therefore, Know ye, that we the said parties of the first part, by virtue
of the authority invested in us as aforesaid, and in consideration as aforesaid, have
granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and
sell unto the said Reuben S. Stoughton, and to his heirs and assigns for
ever, the said above described tracts of land and each and every of them, with
the appurtenances of each and every of them, and all the Estate, right,
title and interest which the Said parties to the Said cause in partition, and
each and every of them had on the Said twenty first day of February
aforesaid, or at any time Since, or now hath, to have and to hold
the Said land and premises, and every part thereof, with the appurtenances,
unto the said Reuben S. Stoughton his hers and assigns for ever, as
fully and absolutely as we the Said parties of the first part, as comm=
=issioners aforesaid, and under the authority aforesaid, might, could, or
ought to Sell and convey the same.
    In Witness Whereof, we the parties of the first part, have hereto
Set our hands and Seals, this 30th day of December in the year 1852
Sight Signed Sealed and        }
delivered in presence of       }           Geo M. Payne        (Seal)
   Andrew J. Fairbanks         }
   P.B. Dumas                  }           William A. Forward  (Seal)
                               }
                               }           George R. Fairbanks (Seal)

State of Florida   }  Circuit Court Clerks Office:
County of St Johns }ss I Peter B. Dumas, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
St. Johns County, in the Eastern Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida,
do hereby certify, that George Morton Payne, George R. Fairbanks, and
William A. Forward, Severally Signed in my presence the within instrument
of writing, and acknowledged the Same to be their Joint act and deed for
the purposes therein mentioned.    And I further certify that the
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