How to use "occupy" in a sentence

The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere

After he retired about ten years ago, he was still a young man, fifty-three, and he needed something else to occupy his time