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6.1 Lessee shall pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged,i b:efore any fine,
<br />penalty, interest, or cost may be added for nonpayment, all real estate taxes, persona~l property taxes,
<br />~ privilege taxes, excise taxes, business and occupation taxes, gross sales charges, assessme~-ts (including, but
<br />not limited to, assessments for public improvements or benefits), and all other govern ental impositions
<br />and charges of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether or not now customa~iy or within the
<br />contemplation of the parties and regardless of whether the same shall be extraordinary or 'p rdinary, general,
<br />or special, unforeseen or foreseen, or similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing which, ~t any time during
<br />the Term, shall be or become due and payable and which:
<br />( a) Shall be levied, assessed, or imposed against the Premises or thej Improvements or
<br />any interest of Lessor or Lessee under this Lease; or ;
<br />(b) Shall be or become liens against the Premises or the Impr~vements or any
<br />interest of Lessor or Lessee under this Lease; or
<br />(c) Shall be levied, assessed, or imposed on or against Lessor by re'son of any actual
<br />or asserted engagement by Lessor or Lessee, directly or indirectly, in any business, oc~upation, or other
<br />activity in connection with the Premises or the Improvements; or I
<br />(d) Shall be levied, assessed, or imposed on or in connection wi h the ownership,
<br />leasing, operation, management, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, use, or occupancy of th~ Premises or the
<br />Improvements;
<br />under or by virtue of any present or future Legal Requirement, it being the intention o~ the parties that,
<br />insofar as the same may lawfully be done, Lessor shall be free from all such expenses and all such real
<br />estate taxes, personal property taxes, privilege taxes, excise taxes, business and occupation taxes, gross sales
<br />taxes, occupational license taxes, water charges, sewer charges, assessments, and all ot er governmental
<br />impositions and charges of every kind and nature whatsoever (all of such taxes, wat r charges, sewer
<br />charges, assessments, and other governmental impositions and charges that Lessee is obli ated to pay being
<br />~ collectively called "Tax" or "Taxes"). ',
<br />6.2 Nothing contained in this Lease requires Lessee to pay any franchise, e~state, inheritance,
<br />succession, capital levy, or transfer tax of Lessor, or any income, excess profits, or revenuel tax, or any other
<br />tax, assessment, charge, or levy on the Rent payable by Lessee under this Lease; provided, }~owever, that if at
<br />any time during the Term the methods of taxation prevailing at the commencement of the! Term are altered
<br />so that in lieu of any Tax under this section there is levied, assessed, or imposed (1) a tax, ~assessment, levy,
<br />imposition, or charge, wholly or partially as a capital license fee measured by the Rent pjayable by Lessee
<br />under this Lease, then all such taxes, assessments, levies, impositions, or charges or the pa~'t so measured or
<br />based, shall be deemed to be included within the term Tax for the purposes of this Lease, ~to the extent that
<br />such Tax would be payable if the Premises were the only property of Lessor subject ~o such Tax, and
<br />Lessee shall pay and discharge the same as provided in respect to the payment of Taxes.
<br />6.3 If by law any Tax is payable, or may at the option of the taxp yer be paid, in
<br />installments, Lessee may, whether or not interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance, pay t~ie same, and any
<br />accrued interest on any unpaid balance, in installments as each installment becomes due a~d payable, but in
<br />any event before any fine, penalty, interest, or cost may be added for nonpayment of a y installment or
<br />interest. ~
<br />6.4 Any Tax relating to a fiscal period of the taxing authority, a part of w~ich is within the
<br />Term and a part of which is before or after the Term, whether or not such Tax shall be assessed, levied,
<br />imposed, or become a lien on the Premises or the Improvements, or shall become payable, during the Term,
<br />shall be apportioned and adjusted between Lessor and Lessee so that Lessee shall pay onl the portions that
<br />correspond with the portion of such fiscal periods included within the Term. With respe t to any Tax for
<br />public improvements or benefits that by law is payable, or at the option of the taxpaye may be paid, in
<br />mstallments, Lessor shall pay the installments that become due and payable after the erm expires, and
<br />Lessee shall pay all such installments which become due and payable at any time during t e Term.
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