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Show 0 $ ae SAFETY |= FIRST DEPOSIT SECURITY OFF cig ss Kecsjued from. v | U- f Vijpe™ : ¥ Mic the undersigned lessor, from BANK : DEPARTMENT OF Mid, , State No. , 10/24/88 | l Prgiveiocs | D943 ea ie J; i Ast: uP , as lessee on safety deposit box ‘No. = 10 , to 5 L2F in the vault of / of 8. y J E , 19 : during which term, and all of the time Je during which said box is held or occupied by the lessee, the parties hereto shall be subject to and bound by the terms, conditions and regulations expressed in the written agreement entered into between the parties hereto copy o which is as follows: FIRST SECURITY BANK OF/__, BY __ WV COPY OF CONDITIONS OF CASHIER (LESSOR) LEASE: 1. Only the lessee, or his deputy, duly registered as such on the books of the lessor, or the lessee’s legal representative in case of death, bankruptcy or other legal disability, shall be entitled to access to such box. The acts of such deputy shall be valid and binding notwithstanding revocation by act of the lessee or by death, bankruptcy or otherwise, until written notice shall have been given to the lessor at its banking house. 2. ‘The undertaking of the lessor extends only to the exercise over said box of the care which an ordinarily prudent person would take of his own property, and the lessor is not an insurer against fire, robbery, embezzlement, theft or burglary. It being intended and expected that the lessor will not have knowledge of what is placed or kept in said box by the lessee, and no opportunity for inspection of such contents, it is expressly understood and agreed that the loss or disappearance of all or any portion of the contents thereof shall not be evidence of an unauthorized opening of said box or of the lack of reasonable care or diligence on the part of the lessor, and that the lessor shall not be liable because of the loss or disappearance. of all or any of the contents of said box as to which the cause cannot be ascertained, explained or accounted for by, or is unknown to the lessor. The lessor shall not be bound to provide insurance or to provide other or different equipment or appliances for protection against fire, robbery, theft or burglary, or against other cause or causes of loss than it now has, except as may be specially agreed upon as to insurance as hereinafter provided. 3. All rents of safes are payable in advance. If the renter of the safe at the expiration of any term, or upon an earlier termination as hereinafter provided, shall not renew such renting and shall fail to give possession of the safe, the bank shall have the right, at the end of thirty days after mailing notice of its intended action to the address of the renter, as registered in its books, or after personal service thereof, to forcibly open the safe of such renter in the presence of any official of the bank, and one other witness, and to remove the contents therefrom, and to hold and retain the same on special deposit, subject to the payment of all rent that may be unpaid,and for the use of the safe after the ending of the term in proportion to the annual rent, and of all expenses incurred in opening the safe and change Hs locks and keys, and also for keys not returned at fifty cents each, and for the safe keeping of its contents after removal rom the sale. 4. The rental herein provided to be paid by the lessee is based in part upon the responsibility assumed by the lessor. The lessee in order to procure a lower rent, agrees that neither the total value of the property which may at any time be kept in said box, nor the liability of the lessor in case of loss, nor the lessee’s claim of loss under any policy of insurance which the lessor in its discretion may procure, shall exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) at any time or in any event, unless the lessee shall give written notice to the lessor declaring the maximum value of the property which will be kept therein, and shall pay to the lessor as additional rental a sum sufficient to procure standard fire, burglary, robbery and theft insurance to the further amount of the value so declared in excess of five hundred dollars during the rental time, and shall furnish the lessor with all necessary information to enable it to procure such insurance. 5. That money shall not be kept in such box and the lessor shall in no event be liable therefor. The term “money” shall mean currency, coin, bank notes, bullion, uncancelled U. S. postage and revenue stamps in current use, war savings and certificate stamps not attached to a registered certificate and “thrift”? stamps. 6. In the case of a letting to two or more persons the lessor may permit either to have access to such box without notice to or the presence of the others, but the appointment of a deputy shall require the written concurrence of both. In case of the death of either the lessor may refuse access to such box until released from or indemnified against liability under the laws of the United States and the State in which this deposit box is located, relating to estate or inheritance taxes. 7. The lessee will not permit any person other than himself or his registered deputy to have possession of any key to the box, and if a key is lost he will give immediate notice thereof to the lessor, andin case of the loss of keys or of the box being opened because of failure to pay rental, the lessee will pay the expense of opening such box, replacing keys and changing the locks, and replacing the lock if damaged in opening. The lessor may terminate this lease upon sixty day’s notice mailed to the lessee at the address registered upon its books, in which case, upon surrender of keys and removal of contents, the unearned portion of the rental will be refunded. 8. Under no circumstances will the lessee leave key or keys in the lock while he is absent from the vault, no matter for how short a time. 9. The renter will surrender the safe at the expiration of the term, or of any renewal thereof, in as good order as when rented, reasonable use thereof only excepted, and pay upon demand to the bank, the expenses of making all such repairs as may be rendered necessary by the renter’s own or his agent’s act or neglect, including changes and alterations in locks and supply of new keys. 10. If the bank shall be served with any order of the court, commanding it to open said box, or to deliver its contents or any part thereof to any person, it is hereby relieved from any liability for so doing, provided it takes full and complete inventory of all of the contents of said box at the time of opening, and (in case the renter be living) serves notice ofits action in the same manner, as provided by Section 3 hereof for notice in case of termination. . |