One such covenant from around 100 years ago, was an agreement by 13 farmsteads in the Kaomei district not to fight among themselves over water rights, which they had been entitled to since the early 18th century.
在一份光緒年間的高美地區公約書中，寫著高美地區十三莊的百姓自雍正年間即在此取得水渠權，然而因為天時不順，上下游的墾戶經常爭奪水源，因此十三莊聯合立約重申應遵守水源共用的約定。