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Third. That the party of the second part shall account to the United States for all the supplies which shall be receipted for, as in the preceding article, he being allowed however a deduction of twelve and an half per cent, as a full allowance for wastage, leakage and damage of whatever nature, excepting only such losses as may be occasioned by fire, water, an enemy, or by the troops of the United States.

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