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any other cause beyond the County's reasonable control, provided that, except in cases of
<br />emergency, the County will use its best efforts to limit such stoppage to after - business hours,
<br />will notify the Tenant in advance, if possible, of any such stoppage, and, if ascertainable, its
<br />estimated duration, and will proceed diligently with the work necessary to resume such service
<br />as promptly as possible and in a manner and at times as will not materially interfere with or
<br />impair the Tenant's use of the Leased Premises. No diminution or abatement of fixed rent or
<br />other compensation shall be claimed by the Tenant, nor shall this Lease or any of the
<br />obligations of the Tenant hereunder be affected or reduced by reason of such interruption,
<br />stoppage, or curtailment, nor shall the same give rise to a claim in the Tenant's favor that such
<br />failure constitutes total or partial eviction from the Leased Premises, provided that if the
<br />Leased Premises shall be unreasonably untenantable for a continuous period of more than four
<br />business days by reason of any such stoppage, the fixed rent payable by the Tenant shall
<br />abate until the Tenant shall be again able to use the Leased Premises.
<br />24. Destruction by Fire or Other Casualty. In the event the premises or any
<br />substantial portion thereof are destroyed by fire or other casualty during the term of this Lease,
<br />it is understood and agreed that County shall have no obligation to rebuild and, at the election
<br />of County or Tenant, the Lease may be terminated.
<br />25. Condemnation. If the whole of the Leased Premises, or such portion thereof
<br />as will make the Leased Premises unsuitable for the purposes herein leased, is condemned for
<br />any public use or purpose by any legally constituted authority, then in either of such events this
<br />Lease shall cease from the time when possession is taken by such public authority and rental
<br />shall be accounted for between the County and the Tenant as of the date of the surrender of
<br />possession. Such termination shall be without prejudice to the rights of either the County or the
<br />Tenant to recover compensation from the condemning authority for any loss or damage caused
<br />by such condemnation. Neither the County nor the Tenant shall have any rights in or to any
<br />award made to the other by the condemning authority.
<br />26. Assignment of Lease. The Tenant shall not assign, mortgage, or encumber
<br />this Lease, nor sublet or permit the Leased Premises or any part thereof to be used by others,
<br />without the prior written consent of the County in each instance. Tenant may request an
<br />assignment authority from County. Such authority may only be granted in a written instrument
<br />approved by County. If this Lease is assigned, or if the Leased Premises or any part thereof, is
<br />sublet, or occupied by anybody other than the Tenant, the County may, after an event of default,
<br />as hereinabove defined, by the Tenant, collect rent for the assignee, subtenant, or occupant and
<br />apply the net amount collected to the rent herein reserved. No such assignment, subletting,
<br />occupancy or collection shall be deemed a waiver of this covenant, or the acceptance of this
<br />assignee, subtenant, or occupant as tenant, or a release or amendment of covenants in this
<br />Lease. The consent by the County to an assignment or subletting shall not be construed to
<br />relieve the Tenant from obtaining the consent in writing of the County to any further assignment
<br />or subletting.
<br />27. Assignment of Interest in Rents. The County shall have the right, without
<br />selling its fee interest in the Leased Premises or assigning its interest in this Lease, to assign
<br />from time to time the whole of the net rent at any time payable hereunder to persons, firms,
<br />corporations, trusts or other entities designated by the County in a written notice to the Tenant,
<br />and in any such case the Tenant shall pay the net rent, subject to the terms of this Lease, to
<br />the County's designee at the address mentioned in any such notice for the period covered by
<br />such assignment.
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