The farmsteads were also obliged to act together if it was ever necessary to physically defend their water rights, and they would share any costs incurred in the campaign, resulting from injury, death, or court cases.
同時在外人強佔之時，立約莊民都不得袖手旁觀，在護水過程中，如有受傷、身亡者或對簿公堂，則一律由大家分攤費用。