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and of one dollar to the said party of the first part in hand paid by the said parties of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said William J Messick and Alice his wife do hereby grant with general warranty unto the said John T Francis John P Biddle and T F Ferguson Trustees of the said The Norfolk Building Fund Association and their successors in office, the following property to wit: all that lot or parcel of land situate in the aforesaid city of Norfolk, which [[strikethrough]]is as follows[[/strikethrough]] was sold and Conveyed to the said William J Messick by John D Ghiselin Sr and Catharine his wife. John D Ghiselin Jr and Elizabeth his wife Susan F Ghiselin, William P D Bush, and Caroline V his wife and William N Ghiselin by deed bearing date on the 21st day of July in the year 1859 and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of the Corporation of the said City of Norfolk and is discribed in the said deed as bounded on the North by a lot of Seth March, on the East by the lot now occupied by the said John D Ghiselin Sr, on the South by Charlotte Street and on the West by a lot of Samuel Butt_ fronting on the said Charlotte Street, thirty five feet and running back fifty feet to the said lot of Seth March" In Trust nevertheless and for the following uses and purposes to wit: First the said William J Messick may retain and enjoy quiet possession and use of the property hereby conveyed so long as there shall be no default on the part of him the said William J Messick in performing the condition of his said bond and so long as he shall faithfully comply with the covenants hereby after mentioned_ Secondly If there shall be any failure to pay any money secured by the said bond, when the same shall become due and payable or any failure on the part of the said William J Messick to comply with any of the provisions of the Constitution and bylaws of the said Norfolk Building Fund Association in respect to such advances for the redemption of shares, or any breach of the covenants hereinafter contained, then and in either or any such event whenever the Board of Directors of the said The Norfolk Building Fund Association shall direct this Deed to be enforced, the said Trustees or their successors or any two of them or of their said successors, shall sell the property herein conveyed upon such terms as