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''Tenth.'' That escorts and guards for the safety of the provisions, and for the protecting of the cattle against the enemy, that be furnished, whenever, in opinion of the commanding general of the army, or of any post, to whom application may be made, the same [obscured] prejudice to the service, and that the said Charles Wilkins shall not be [obscured] for any deficiency of supplies, at any of the said posts or places, if it shall appear upon satisfactory proof that such deficiency was occasioned by the want of proper escorts and guards.
 
''Tenth.'' That escorts and guards for the safety of the provisions, and for the protecting of the cattle against the enemy, that be furnished, whenever, in opinion of the commanding general of the army, or of any post, to whom application may be made, the same [obscured] prejudice to the service, and that the said Charles Wilkins shall not be [obscured] for any deficiency of supplies, at any of the said posts or places, if it shall appear upon satisfactory proof that such deficiency was occasioned by the want of proper escorts and guards.
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''Eleventh.'' That at all the stationary posts proper store-houses shall be provided on behalf of the public for the reception and safe keeping of the provisions deposited from time to time, at such posts respectively; and the contractor shall suffer no loss for such stores.
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''Twelfth.'' That the said Charles Wilkins his executors, or administrators, XXX render his accounts to the proper officer for settlement, at least once in every six months, agreeably to such form as by the Comptroller of the Treasury may be established and made known to him.
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''Thirteenth.'' That whenever the Secretary of War shall in pursuance of this contract and on account thereof make advances or payments to the said Charles Wilkins the said Charles Wilkins shall receive as cash, if requested by the said Secretary drafts from the Secretary of the Treasury in his favour, on the collectors of the revenue or other persons holding public [undecipherable] in the vicinity of any of the above mentioned posts.