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ORDINANCE NO. ~(fl"
AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING THE SALE OF AN
OIL. GAS. AND MINERAL LEASE TO SHELL
OIL COMPANY AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF SUCH LEASE
WHEREAS. the City Commission of the City of La Porte.
1'exas. did pass on the 6th day of
. 1956.
JULY
Ordinanc e No. 5Q3
determining that it was desirable to sell
an oil. gas, and mineral lease on certain lands owned by the
City of La Porte, Texas; and
WHEREAS. said ordinance provided for the giving of
notice of a publiC ~on, to be held by the City Commission of
La Porte, Texas. at which auction said lease was to be sold,
subject to approval of said lease by the Civil Aeronautics
Administration. to the highest bidder; and
WHEREAS. said notice was given in the manner specified
in said ordinance; and
WHEREAS. said public auction was held by the City
Commission of La Porte, Texas, at the City Hall, on the 17th day
of' AtTnUST . 1956. aftl2Q..p.m.. a quorum then being present;
and Shell 011 Company b1dll-1s~1. 0 ~ for a lease on the
300-acre tract, more particularly described below, which bid was
the highest and best bid therefor; and
WHEREAS, in the judgment ot the City Commission of
La Porte, Texas. such bid represents the fair value ot said lease;
NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED Bl THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE
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SECTION I
That the City of La Porte, Texas, does hereby accept
the bid of Shell Oil Company as the highest and best bid for an
oil, gas, and mineral lease on the following described tract of
land:
All that certain piece or parcel of land situated
in the County of Harris, State of Texas, more
particularly described as follows:
Being all of Lots 1, 2, and 3, and part of Lot 4,
Block 1, part of Lots 1 to 5, inclusive, Block 2,
and part of the road lying between said Blocks 1
and 2, W. J. Payne Subdivision (according to a
plat recorded in the Records of Harris County, in
Deed Record Books 384, at Page 161), and being
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of W. M. Jones
Survey;
THENCE due South 3160.2 feet along the East line
of said W. M. Jones Survey, to its intersection
with the Northerly line of the right of way for
Spencer fioad;
THENCE North 890 33' West, 4136.6 feet along said
Northerly right of way line to a point;
THENCE due North 3157.8 feet to a point on the
North line of said W. M. Jones Survey;
THENCE South 890 35' East, 4136.6 feet along the
North line of said survey to the point of BEGINNING,
containing 300.0 acres, more or less.
and being the same land described in Deed from
Helen Elizabeth Preston, Individually and as Inde-
pendent Executrix of the Estate of Dora Lloyd
Preston, deceased, to the United State~ of America,
dated May 15, 1943, and recorded in Vol. 1284,
Page 4~ of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
and includes, in addition to that above described, all
land, if any contiguous or adjaCent to or adjoining the land
above described and (a) owned or claimed by lessor by
limitation, prescription, posseSSion, reversion or unrecorded
instrument, or (b) as to which lessor has a preference right
of acquisition;
SECTION II
That M. D. Burgin, Mayor of the City of La Porte~
is hereby authorized and directed to execute such lease to
Shell Oil Company, said lease to be attested by Frank G. Baker,
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qity Clerk; to be under the seal of the City of La Porte, Texas;
to be dated as of the date hereof; to be on the form marked
Exhibit "A", attached to City Ordinance No.
503
. dated the
6th day of JULY . 1956; and to provide for a
primary term of ~ years; such lease to contain a provision
authorizing the lessee to pool or unitize the rights covered by
such lease in oil or gas on, in, or under the above-described
land with any other lands, leases, mineral estates, or parts
thereof, to form a drilling or spacing unit or units for the
exploration, development, and production of oil or gas, provided
the drilling or spacing units shall not exceed the minimum number
of acres upon which an oil or gas well may be located in order to
comply with the rules. regulations or orders of the Railroad
Commission of Texas or any other regulatory body. state or
federal. having authority to control or regulate the spacing of
such oil or gas wells; and to provide for a royalty of one-eighth;
p:z'ovided. however. that on production from a pooled unit only
such proportion of the royalty provided for in such lease shall
be due as the amount of lessor's acreage in the unit or its
royalty interest therein on an acreage basis bears to the total
acreage contained in the unit.
SECTION III
That after execution of such lease as set out above,
said Mayor of the City of La Porte is authorized and directed to
ca'use said lease to be presented to the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration for its approval, which approval shall be evidenced
by execution of said lease by a duly authorized official of said
Civil Aerounautics Administration. After such approval has been
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obtained~ said Mayor ot the City ot La Porte is authorized and
directed to deliver said lease to Shell Oil Company upon payment
by Shell Oil Company ot the amount ot its bid~ as set out above.
I:r such approval should be retused by said Civil Aeronautics
Administration, then the bid ot Shell Oil Company and this sale
shall be deemed cancelled, Drovided. that if such approval has
nc)t been obtained within one hundred and twenty days of the date
hereot~ Shell Oil Company may at its option at any time there-
after withdraw' its bid and cancel this sale.
PASSED~ APPROVED, and EFFECTIVE this
~ . 1956.
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This is to certity that the above and foregoing
ordinance, after its due introduction, was read,
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made an ordinance ot said City ot La Porte at a
meeting ot such City Commission on the ~ day
1956, by the following vote:
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City Clerk~ City of La Porte, Texas
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