SERRE

À Amiot, Laurent and Trudel, as the same are described in the aforesaid plan of the same annexed to these presents, To have and to hold the said episcopal palace and ground hereby ! surrendered and transferred unto His Majesty, his heirs and 14 successors for the public uses of the civil government of the

said province for ever. And these presents further witness

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1 4 that the said parties have covenanted and agreed to and with

each other that the said surrender and transfer is made, and that the same and the said episcopal Palace and ground hereby surrendered and transferred shall at all times hereafter be held subject to the following conditions. First, that there shall be paid to the Catholic Bishop of Quebec and his successors as such, or to the person having the administration of the said Diocese of Quebec for the time being and ofthe

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public moneys of the Province, a perpetual and annual ground rent not subject to redemption (une rente foncière annuelle, perpétuelle et non rachetable) of one thousand pounds sterling per annum. Secondly, that the said rent shall be paid by warrant under the hand of the Governor, Lieutenant Gavernor or person administering the Government by half yearly payments. Thirdly, that the said rent shall be episcopal property and shall represent the said ground and building, and shall as such have to all intents and purposes, the same destination as the said ground and building would have had if the surrender and transfer thereof by these presents had never been made. For the due execution of these presents, the same parties make election of domicile irrevocable at the office of Archibald Campbell, His Majesty's Notary, and one of the undersigned here, Thus done and passed at Quebec, in the office of the said Archibald Campbell, the date first above written.

In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set and

in the s, To hereby irs and ; of the witness id with de, and hereby fter be t there his suctration lofthe ground nuelle, ds sterbe paid nt Gov- F yearly iscopal uilding, 1e same ave had nts had resents, e at the ind one Quebec, late first

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names and signatures in the presence of us the said notar

ies, also hereto suscribing, mony ofthe premises,

Signed on the original.

In faith and testi-

these presents being first duly read,

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JACQUES LEBr,

Bishop of Quebec, AY, Commissioner, OND, Commissioner, G, W. WICKSTEAD, Commissioner, En. GLAORMEYER, N, P.,

ARCKH, CAMPBELr, His Majesty's Notary and Notary Public.