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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE RIGHT TO DRILL FOR OIL,
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GAS OR OTHER MUTERALS IN, CERTAIN OF THE STREETS AND ,ALLEYS IN THE
CITY OF LA PORTE. TO DEVELOP THE SAME FOR OIL, G~S O~ OT~~, }l!~~ .1
ERALS AND TO LAY PIPE LINES FOR OIL, WATER, GAS AND STEAM. ALONG", "i
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: ACROSS AND UND~R S~CH, STREETS .a~ND ALLEYS, AND DIP.ECTING ~HE.., ~!.,9~ ,+S~,~~~,
: TO EXECUTE A tE,ASF. OR LEASES FOR SUCH PURPOSES, BE IT ORDINAN~ED : ",
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BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, HARRIS C~~N~" ~F?CA.~:,; j'
SECTION 1- That there is hereby granted 'to' 'We
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;B. Root, Trustee, his heirs and assigns, the'right to lay'pipe '
,lines for 011, water, gas and steam along, across and under the
streets and alleys hereinafter designated wit~ the right to ex-
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p10r~"and develop' for oil, gaa'or other minerals in such stree,ts
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~nd'al1eys and the Mayor is'hereby authorized and directed to ex-
\,,/ 'ecute a. lea,se or leases with the said W.: B. Root, Trustee, his' :,
heirs and aes1gns' in manner and form as hereiI)after provided.
SECTION 2- All such pipe lines' for oil, water,"
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gas and steam shall be laid under' the direction of the Streets aDdl
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Alley Committee and shall be so laid a,s not to interfere with, the : ,:
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traffio or improvement of such streets and alleys and all derricks~
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engines, boilers and other machinery shall be placed and operated,.
as directed by said Committee.
No wells shall be drilled nor any
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distanoe than 150 feet from any dwelling or place of business un-
der any oiroumstanoes nor shall the same be looated where it will I
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be a menace to the safety of the business seotion of the Oity.
SECTION;- Said lease so to be executed by. the
,Mayor shall be substantially in the following form:
THE STATE OF TEXAS, ),
COUNTY OF HARRIS. )
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THIS AGREE~NT OF LEtSE made and entered
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into by and between H. T. NEAL, !!ayor of the City of La, Porte and .',-: J
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his sucoessors in office, on' this 1-: day of March, A. D. 1919, ~>{ ,1)
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hereinafter etyled Lessor and W. B. Root, True tee, of lla.rris,. ..,:,;:J "~':'
(Jounty, Texas, hereinafter styled. Lessee. . J
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WIT N E SSE T H:
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That t'he said Lessor for and in oonsideration of ,', ;
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the sum of One Dolla,r (#i.oo)' oash and the further oovenants' and" ,
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condi tions herein oon tained, the reoeipt of whioh oash oonsidera- :.1
tion is "herebY' acknowledged, has leased, let and gr~ted 8n~"bY ',I ',~
these presents does hereby lease, let and'.grant unto the said
Lessee, for the sole and 'exolusive purpose of drilling' and de~el~!'
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oping for oil, gas and other minerals the following described
! land and premises lying and being situated in Harris County,
Texas, and more partiou1arly desoribed as follows:
North D Street, North C Street and North B
Street, all inclusive, from 4th Street west to r
10th Street; North A Street from Broadway west f
to 10th Street; Main Street from )rd Street west!
to 10th Street; South A Street, South B Street, i
South C Street, South D Street, South E. Street, I
South F Street, South G Street, South H Street, 'i
South I Street, South J Street and South,K
Street, all inolusive, from,4th Street west to
, 10th Street; West 1Cth Street, West 9th Street,
\Vest gth Street, ,West 7th Street, West 6th ' ..
'Street, West 5th Street, West 4th Street, being I
all of said Stree~~, from City Limits North to ';
City L~mlts South; West 3rd Street from Main :,"
Stree~~'to City Limits; West 2nd Street, West 1st:: ' ,I
Street and Broadway from North B Street North i~-"
to City ,Limits; . East 1st Street, East 2nd !." '.,
Street, East 3rd Street and East 4th Street fromi,~:i
North B Street to City Limits. .. 1,.1
All the alleys or pa,rts of alleys, in the I i
blocks bounded by the Streets heretofore des-" ,,' ! :
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Tha't the said Lessee' shall have 'and hold the said i, I
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premises for a periOd of exploration hereinafter provided and in I
case oil or gas is discovered and 80 long thereafter as oil, gas ~
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or other minerals shall be produced therein in paying quantities.
That of all oil produced from the said premises,
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less fuel oil actually used for operation upon the leased pre-
mises, the Leesor shall have and own one-eighth (l/g) part as
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royalty, and such royalty shall be set aside as produced 1nset~
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t11ng tanks to be provided on the premises by the Lessee, or at ';;; !
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the election of Lessor may be run by the Lessee to any incorpor- ,i,
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That the Lessee agrees that be, will commenoe dr11il ,.1;
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'ing operations 'withi~".'a' period 'of' thr~~ ~onths' from and after the'!',..',"
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date of, this lea.se,' and.. in the event' the said t,ess~e shall ,not '80,. .
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oommenoe drilling operations ,Uthin the period stated, then' this,.,' ;'.
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lease shall automatioally.lapse. The term "commenoe" dr,ill~ng ; ;"'::'.:<
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operations, n shall be construed as follows: , " ; ! l"
Th~ 'Les~ee s'haii h~V~ assembled on th~ ~~~~d"'~i~ . :::'::
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'i neoessary l~a.terial, together with a rig a.nd outfit so that 'aotualj"..:
drilling on t~b:' well sha.li ~:ommenoe wi thin the periOd' ~'f tk~e i
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months above mentioned. It is agreed, however, that this lease I'
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is contemporaneous with leases executed by other parties to the
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said W. B. Root, of several traots in the vioinity of La Porte
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and that provision as to drilling on any of the traots of pro-,
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said leases fr~m other parties, provided that I
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be more than'A,oOO feet from some of the
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Streets !and alleys hereby leas,ed, will be a oompliance wi th th~ I ,{
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terms of this lease. That is 'to say the Lessee herein may drill
on the property desoribed in this lease, or he may ~l~ot 'to dr~~l: i
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upon any other lease held by him I'll thin ,,4,000 feet ot the Streets:' 1
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and alleys hereby leased and on drilling as he sha.ll so eleot ' ;" ~
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such drilling shall be a complianoe with the drilling olause in '1" ~
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this lease exoept, however, that if oil shall be found in paying I ~
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quantities upon any of said leases, then within one year there- ; ,~
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after to comply wi tb the terms of this lease the Le~~e,e:.:here~~ ~,'~: :.1'," .~
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described and leased and shall fully develOp the same.
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That the Lessee shall have the right to oonstruot,
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ereot and aly all neoessary pipe lines, water and steam lines,
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upon the premises hereby leased and ,upon the abandonment of same
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drilling for oil upon the ~re:JIiees hereby leaeed, o~ on m.y ,~,~ .::",{,'l
the tracts whereby under its terms this lease shall be~e~~, h~,/J .'1' ,..',~
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e.greee t~ con t inue , SUOh. dr~l;, ~g 1n a thorough and ~Orkms.nl1ke('.'! :'::J
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to remove all improvements so plaoed thereon.
When the Lessee shall have commenoed the'work of
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manner and without unnecessary delay until said well shall have
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be'eil" completed as, a producing one or abandoned. and in the :event
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" Which-, Le's'see': shall elect first, to, drill; proves to be a produc,l~g:, '.~'
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I and' paying one,' then Le.sseel, '~grees .that wi thin a reasonable'....time ; :,':'':':,,!-:'
'1,1 "he'will,oommence the, work of drilling other'wells and will oon;"~;, ,..,ij
I, tiDDe such work, in' the same mann'er' as in the firs t' ins tenoe ' and ' , '\ I
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will drill a sufficient n~mber o.f wells"on the premises her_~bY j""':J
leased so that the same may be, thoroughly developed for oil.' If'.:
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of drilling upon',another well' on this tra.ot or some traot within,;, 1
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the same, the same'. to be' begun \Vi th in sixty '(60). ;.:' I
time the first well shall have been abandoned.".' and \ '!
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'sa1d tl'rst well drilled' upon these premises or on the tract on':
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the first well shall be abandoned, then. at the option' of' the~
Lessee. be may continue this lease by the commenoement of work
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may a.t his option, oontinue for suooessive wells under this I
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olause, eaoh time oommenoing work within sixty (60), days fromtbe;'
It gas is produoed upon the leased pre,}~~ ~~~
, marketed, then the Leasee agrees to pay Lessor One.....Hwle~d rtr"'o<5t'.s',::
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time of the aband6nmen~ of tbe last preVious hole abandoned.
, this olause, if no oil is discovered"shall in no case extend
the terms of this -lease beyond a period of two years' from the '"
date hereof. And in o&se any well has been abandoned,f~r a per-
iod Of sixty (60) days. then. if no new well has been commenced,
this lease shall automatioally lapse.
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The Lessee shall bave the right to use a suffioient
, quantity of oil or gas produoed from the premises for the..pur-
poses and 8Ssha11 be neoeasary and requisite for the proper
development of the premises for oil, same to be free of cost to
the Lessee.
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The Lessee shall have, the right to sell and assign' , :'
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and transfer this lease, conditioned that their assigns shall b~.' " ~
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subject to all of the terms of this agreement.
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All suoh pipe lines for oil, water, gas and steam
shall be laid under the direction of the Streets and Alley Com-
mittee and shall 'be so laid so as not to interfere with the ','
traffio .on said Streets or with the, grad,ing. drain ing, G.r ,1mp'rov,e~"_, .':
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ments of ,suoh streets and alleys and' all derrioks, boilers and",'.>," '",',~'
other mach'inery shall be >>laoed and operated as directed bY,sa1d,
Comm1 ttee. lJo wells shall be drilled or any engines or boilers: ::' ,
operated under the terms of this lease within a less distanoe
I than 150 feet from any dwelling or plaoe of business nor _hall the'
same be looated where it will be a menace tq the safety of the
busineas seotion of the City.
In the event that oil shall be discovered on the
property hereby leased and that thereafter more than sixty (60)
days ~hould elapse betwe~n the completion, or abandonment of one
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well before ,the beginn1ng of another. whereby the lease should
become forfeited automatically then in that case the Lessee shall
retain und,er all the provisions of this lease, the street or
alley for a distanoe of 300 feet; subject. however,' to the pay-
ment of the stipulated one-eighth (liS) royalty to the Les80r so
long as the Lessee shall oontinue to operate such well or wells.
IN WITN~S WHEREOF, the City of La Porte has
caused these presents to be exeouted by its Mayor and attested
by its Secretary and its corporate seal hereto attached and the
said W. B. Root, Trustee, has executed the same on this
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day of March, A. D. 1919.
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, SECTION 4- Tbat there exj.8ts a public emergenoy, "
1 end neoeseity requiring that this Ordinenoe shall be pB.Bsed' final.-. .1
l ly on the cia te 0 fits in troduo t ion and the lla.yor hav ing <:ieci~i~a ;;: "1
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in writing the existence of suoh an emergency, and requested '
such passage, this ordinanoe shall be pass'ed finally en the date
of. its introduction, this ,/ q day of March, A. D. 1919, and
any rule requiring that ordinanoes be laid over or be read on
three several days is hereby suspended a.nd this ordinance shall
be in effect from and, after 1 ts passage and approval by the }layor.
Approved this .,/11 day of Uarch, A. D. 1919.
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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE RIGHT TO DRILL FOR OIL,
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OR OTHER,MIN~RALS IN, CERTAIN OF THE STREETS AND ALLEYS IN THE
I CITY OF'LA PORTE. TO DEVELOP THE SAME FOR OIL, GAS OR OTHER MII-
lERALS 'AND TO LAY PIPE LINES FOR'OIL, WATER, GAS AND STEAM ALONG,
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ACROSS AND, UNDER ,SUCH STREEfS ~~D ALLEYS" AND DIP~CTING THE MAYOR
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TO EXE,CUTE A LEASE OR LEASES FOR SUCH PURPOSES, BE IT ORDINANCED
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BY THE CITY COUNCILO~ THE CITY OF ,LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS: I
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That there is hereby granted to w.
B. Roo~, Trust~e, his heirs and assigns, the right to lay pipe
lines ,for oil, water, gas and steam along, across and under the
Istreete'&nd a~leyS ~ere1nafter designated with the right to ex-
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;plore;8rid develop'for oil, gas or other minerals 1n such streets
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d alleys and"the J4ayor -1s h~reby authorized and directed to ex-
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; ecute a lease, ,or lea$eswi th the -said ,W. ' B. Root, Trustee, his
;1 hei~s~d ras~_~.~s in ,manner ~d fo.r:m ~s_ hereinafter, provided.
I 'SECTION'2~ All suoh pipe lines for oil, water,
'gas and steamshail be laid under the direction of the Streets and!
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I' Alley ~ommi ttee and ~hall, be 90 ~aid s,s not to interfere with the :
I traffiQ or1mprovement of such streets and alleys and all derricks,:
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'engines', boilers and' other machine,ry B'hall be placed and operated
as dire,ctec1 by $laid Corm:oi ttee'.No wells shall be cU"illed nor any
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eng1ne~, or boilers operated under this authority within a less
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Ibe a menace to : the' safety of the business section of the City.
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THIS AGREEMENT OF LEASE made and entere4
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into by ,and bet~een ~. T. NEAL, ~yor ,,~f ,the City of La Porte and
,his suooessors in off~ce, on'this ,1,1' day of March, A. D. 1919,
l~he;e1nafter styled Leuo,; snd W. 8, Roo.t, True tee, of Ilarrie
iCounty, 'Texas, hereinafter styled LesBe~.
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WI'T N E SSE T H:
That the'sald Lessor for and in oonslderation of
the s~ of One Dollar (#1.00) cash and the further covenants and
cond~tions he;rein oontained, the r,eoeipt of whlch oash considera-
tion'is herebt ac:~owledge'~, has leaaed, let and granted and by
these presents does hereby lease, let and grant unto the sald
Lesse~, for ,~~e ,so1;.eandexolusive purpose of drll1ing and devel-,
oping for oil. ga.s and other minerals the followlng described. I
land and premises 1:Y1ng andbeingsi tuated in Harris County.
rexas~ and more part10ularly desoribed as follows:
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, North D Street, North C Street and North B
Street, all inclusive, fJ,"om 4th Street west to
:lOth Street; North A Street from Broadway west ,
to 10th Street; Ma.in Street from 3rd Street west!
to ,10th Street; South A Street, South B Street, :
South 0 Street. South D Street, South E. Street, I
South F Street, South ,G StJ,"eet, South H Street, ,
So~th :! Street, 'South J Street and South ,K
"Street, all 1nolus,ive,' from 4th Street west to
lOth Street; WeatlCth Street, West 9th Street,
West gth Street,: We~t 7th Street, West 6th
Street, West 5th Street, West 4th Street, being
all of said Stree~s, from City Limits North to
:Oity L,1mits ,South; West 3rd Street from Main
Street\.~o Oity, Limits; West 2nd Street, West 1st:
Street and Broadway from North B Street Jorth i.
to City ,Limits; East 1st Street, East 2nd ,"
Street, East 3rd S~reet and East 4th Street from:
Borth B ~treet to Oity Limits.
All the alleys or parts of alleys, in the
blooks bounded by the Streets heretofore des-
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'Tha't the said ,Lessee shall have and hold the said I
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premis,~s ,for apei'iOd ofexplo~at:l.on hereinafter provided and in
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ca,se o~l ,'G':f..g~s;,"'is,___c!;..s..Q.9ve-';,~4,_~d ,s~ ,~~m.g the~ea,fter as oil, gas
or' other minerals shall be produced therein in paying quantities.
;; That 9f all 0 11 prod~ced from the said premises,
Illes's fuel oil actually used for operation upo:n the leased pre-
'I mises, ,the Lef;~or sh$ll have ~d own one-eighth (l/g) part as
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.oya1ty~ and sUOh rOy,alty,sha~l ~e set aside as produced in set-
t11ng t~ks to ~be pr~vided on the, premises by the Lessee, or at
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ated Pi1Je L'ine Company for the use and benefit of the Lessor'and
to hjs cred1 t.'
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neoessary mat:$rlal,', together with a rig a.nd outfit so that aotual'
di-il11ng ~n. t~~' well shall commeno:e ,wi thin the period of three
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months above~:entioned. It 1s agreed, however, that this lease
commence iirll11ng operat-ions w1 thin the period stated, then this
lease shall ,~ut01l1atloally lapse. :'1'he. term "oommence" drl1llng
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operatlonlS~n 'Shall 'be oonstrued as follows:
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is contempor~eouswith leases executed by other parties to the
said \f. B. Roo't, of several traots in the vicinity of La Porte
and tijat provi~ionas to drilling on any of the tracts of pro-
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the ,same i!lhalJ,.' n()t~e more than ,4,000 feet from some of the
Stree'~s wid a:~ieys hereby leas,ed, \Vill be, a. oompi lanoe with the
terms 'of this tease'. Th,a.t ts'to sa.y the Lessee herein may drill
on the prf)per,ty des~ribed in this lease, or he may elect to drill'
! upon ,8:nY o,the'r' leas1e held by him '.i thin, 4,000 teet of the Streets:
and alleys hereby leased and, on drllling as he shall so elect
suoh drilli~g:$hal1 be a complianoe with the drilling clause in
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this ~ease ex~'ept, however, that if oil shall ~e found in paying
quantitiea upon any, of said leases, then within one year there-
after- to oomp~y with the terms of this lease the Lessee herein
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shall ,'begi1n 'dr.il11n~ operat ions on' the StJ:sets,;and alleys herein
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That, the Leeseeshall have the right to oonstruot,'
ereot and aly, ,all n~oessary pipe lines, water and steam lines,
upon11he l'rem,lses hereby leased and .upon the abandonment of same
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to re..ove all 'tmpro'vements 80 plaoed thereon.
. When: the Less'ee shall have commenced the work of
drilling :for 0:11 upon the premises hereby leased, or on any of
the ~racts wpereby~der its terms th1s lease shall be held, he
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manner and w1thoutu.nneceseary delay until sa.id well shall have
been ';complet~d. asa producing one Or abandoned, and in the event
I saidflrst well drilled upon these premises or on the tract on
which Lessee 'sball:eleot f1rstto drill proves to be a pro~uci~g
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and paying on~, then Lessee agrees that within a reasonable time
he w1il 'commerioe, tne work of drilling other wells and will oon-
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tiIlDe such work in..the same manner as 1n the first instance and
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will drill a"~uffic.ient npmber of wells on the ,premises hereby
, leased so. that the same 'maybe tbo'roughly developed for oil. If
the first well shall be abandoned, th~n, at the option of the
Lesse'e, he may continuE! 'this lease by the commencement of work
I ~f dr~lli:ngu~on: sn,other, well on this tract or some tract ,within
II(, 000 feet of the B'alIIe.. the same to be begun with in e ixty (60)
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days from: the' ,time the. first well shall have been abandoned, and
may at his op,t:i9n, ,oonti;nue for suoce,ss,ive wells under this
olause, eaoh'time commenoing work within sixty (60) days from thel
time of the abandonment of the last previous hole abandoned. But.
tbis clauae, if no oil is discovered, shall in no case extend
tbete;rms of tbis lease beyond a period of two years from the
date hereof. Abd in case any well bas been abandoned.f_r a per-
iod of sixty .(60) days, then, i~ 'no new well has been commenced,
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quantity of 01.1 or ~as produC3ed from th,e premises for the pur-
poses,:and. Ss'Shall be necessary and requisite for the proper
developmentot: the premises for 011, same to be free of cost to
the Lessee.
The Lessee shall have,the right,to sell and assign:
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and transfer t,h1s lease, oond1 tioned that their assigns shall be .' ,
subjeot to a.lLof. tl1e terms of this agreement.
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All ,suoh pipe lines for oil. water, gas and steam
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shall be laid 'under the direction of the Streets and Alley Com-
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traffl'o on said 'Streets or with the grad,1ng', draining ar imp'rove-
" ments: of suo:b1streets and alleys and' all derrioks. boilers and
other machin~~y shall be Jlaoed and operated as directed by said
Committee. ll,Qwells shall be d~111ed or any engines or boilers
operated under the terms of this lease within a less distance
than 150 fee~ from any dwelling or plaoe of business nor .hall the
same be located where it will be a menace to the safety of the
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busineas seotion of t~eClty.
I~ ~he event' that oil shall be discovered on the
property her~bY le~sed and that thereafter more than sixty (60)
j ,days, :,should ,e~lapse' betwe~n the completion or abandonment of on,e
'I wel~,:b~fo,r,~",~heQe~1nni,ng, of another~ whereby the lease should
i become forfe.tted aUtomatiCally. .then in that case the Leesee ehe.l1
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reta~n under all the provisions of this lease, the street or
alley for a ,distanoe of 300 feet; subject, however, to the pay-
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ment of the, ~tip~ated one-eighth (l/g) royalty to the Lessor so
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long as 'the, :l!essee shall oont'inue, to' operate such well or wells.
IN ::t'ITNmS WHEREOF, the City of La Porte has
caused thes,,~'presents to 'be executed by its Mayor and attested
by '1.ts Seoretary and its oorporate seal hereto attached and the
said W. ,B. Root, Trustee, ha.s exeouted the same on this / '?
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. three several days 1s hereby suspende~ and this ordinanoca shall
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any rule, requ1,ring that o,rd1nanc:es be' la.id over or be rel:Ld cn
such passage, this ordinanoe sha.Il be pa8s'ed finally on' 'the date
of. 1 ts introduotion, this 'If 1"" day of ,:uarch~ A. D. 19l:~, a.nd
~Iln writing the existenoe of. such an emergency', and reque'steel
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