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10 <br /> accord reasonable care to the Tenant's property), and without in any manner affecting the <br /> obligations and covenants of this lease. The County's right of reentry shall not be deemed to <br /> impose upon the County any obligation, responsibility or liability for the care, supervision or <br /> repair of the Leased Premises other than as herein provided. In the event that it becomes <br /> necessary for County to replace or repair any major component or any structural or other <br /> system in the leased premises, the County shall have full and unrestricted access to the building <br /> and the Leased Premises. The County reserves the right temporarily to interrupt, curtail, stop <br /> or suspend air-conditioning and heating service, and all other utility or other services, because <br /> of accident or emergency or for repairs, alterations, additions, or improvements, or because of <br /> the County's inability to obtain, or difficulty or delay in obtaining, labor or materials necessary <br /> therefore or compliance with governmental restrictions in connection therewith, or because of <br /> 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 unoccupiable for a continuous period of more than five <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 /> 22. 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, it <br /> is understood and agreed that County shall have no obligation to rebuild, and, at the election of <br /> County or Tenant the lease may be terminated <br /> 23. 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 /> 24. Assianment 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 /> save and except direct clients of Tenant with whom Tenant has contractual agreements, without <br /> the prior written consent of the County in each instance. If this lease is assigned, or if the <br /> Leased Premises or any part thereof, is sublet, or occupied by anybody other than the Tenant <br /> except as stated above, the County may, after an event of default, as hereinabove defined, by <br /> the Tenant, collect rent for the assignee, subtenant, or occupant and apply the net amount <br /> collected to the rent herein reserved. No such assignment, subletting, occupancy or collection <br /> shall be deemed a waiver of this covenant, or the acceptance of this assignee, subtenant, or <br /> occupant as tenant, or a release of covenants in this lease. The consent by the County to an <br /> assignment or subletting shall not be construed to relieve the Tenant from obtaining the <br /> Page 8 of 11 <br />