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Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington

Commonly encountered restrictions

Below are some of the restrictions encountered in our research. Zooniverse volunteers may find it helpful to copy and paste rather than transcribing the longer restrictions.

 

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And this contract is made upon the further condition, covenant and agreement, limitation and restriction, that neither the said premises or any house, building or improvement thereon erected, shall at any time be occupied by persons of the Ethiopian race, or by Japanese or Chinese, or any other Malay or Asiatic race, save and except as domestic servants in the employ of persons not coming within this restriction.

It is understood and agreed that said described premises shall not at any time be leased, sold or conveyed to or occupied by any person other than one of the Caucasian or white race. (Seattle Title Trust Company)

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No part of said property shall ever be used or occupied by any person of the Ethiopian, Malay, of any Asiatic race, and the grantees, their heirs, personal representatives or assigns, shall never place any such person in the possession or occupancy of said property, or any part thereof, nor permit the said property, or any part thereof, ever to be used or occupied by any such person excepting only employees in the domestic service on the premises of persons qualified hereunder as occupants and users and residing on the premises. (South Seattle Land Company)

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No part of said property hereby conveyed shall ever be used or occupied by any Hebrew or by any person of the Ethiopian, Malay or any Asiatic Race, and the party of the second part his heirs, personal representatives or assigns, shall never place any such person in the possession of occupancy of said property of any part thereof, nor permit the said property, or any part thereof, ever to be used or occupied by any such person, excepting only employees in the domestic service on the premises of persons qualified hereunder as occupants and users and residing on the premises.(Puget Mill/Pope & Talbot)

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No person other than one of the white race shall be permitted to occupy any portion of any lot in this plat, or of any building at any time thereon, except a domestic servant actually employed by a White occupant of such a building.

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No person or persons of Asiatic, African or Negro blood, lineage or extraction shall be permitted to occupy a portion of said property, or any building thereon; except domestic servant or servants may be actually and in good faith employed by white occupants of such premises. (J.L. Grandey Inc)

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No portion of the tract shall be sold, leased or rented to any person or persons other than of white race, nor shall any person or persons other than of white race use or occupy said tract.

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No title or interest in or right of occupancy of the said premises, either before or after the delivery of a deed thereto by the vendo, shall ever become vested in any person other than of the Caucasian race

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Said lot or lots shall not be sold, conveyed, rented nor leased, in whole or in part, to any person not of the White race; nor shall any person not of the White race be permitted to occupy any portion of said lot or lots or of any building thereon, except a domestic servant actually employed by a White occupant of such building. (Goodwin Co.)

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Said property shall not be owned, leased to, mortgaged to, used or occupied as a residence by any person not of the white race. (Seacoma Beach Improvement Company)

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Said tract shall be owned and occupied only by people of the Caucasian Race.

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Said tract shall not be sold, leased, or rented to any person or persons other than of Caucasian race nor shall any person or persons other than than of Caucasian race use or occupy said tract. (Goodwin Co.)

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The property described herein shall not be sold, conveyed, rented, or leased to any person not of the white race, and these shall be deemed covenants running with the land.

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That no part of said described premises shall be used or occupied by any person not of White or Caucasian Race, except a domestic servant actually employed by a white occupant of such building. (Seattle Title Trust Company)

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That the said lots or buildings thereon shall never be rented, leased, or sold, transferred or conveyed to, not shall the same be occupied by any negro or colored person or person of negro blood, or persons of the Mongolian Race.

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This lot shall never be sold to or occupied by any person of any descent other than Caucasian nor used for any immoral or unlawful purposes.

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It is further mutually covenanted and agreed, and this covenant shall be one running with the land, that no part of the premises herein described shall at any time be leased, mortgaged or conveyed in law or in equity to any person of Chinese, Japanese, African or Hindu descent or to any person, company or trustee for their use and benefit. All stipulations and covenants herein shall apply to and bind the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties. In the event second party, his heirs, personal representatives or assigns, shall lease, mortgage, assign, convey said land or otherwise directly or indirectly pass or attempt to pass the title or any interest therein or in this deed, to any person of Chinese, Japanese, African or Hindu descent, or to any one for their use, then all interest of such grantor, assigner, or lessor in this deed and in said land shall terminate and become forfeited to first party, and it shall thereby become vested with the full and equitable title to said premises.


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