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<br /> - 71625-OMAHA PRINTINO COMPANY
<br /> STATE OF Nebraska
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<br /> FROM Count� of Hal1 This instrument was filed for record
<br /> • Howard W. Miller
<br /> Leona M. M11�.er � ' on the 17 day of Ju1y 19 S2 at 10:30 dclock A•M.,
<br /> and duly reevrded in Book ��QH Paqe 11� of the re ds of thi o
<br /> TO C�����
<br /> e ister o Deed�.
<br /> Guy J. C ope g f
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<br /> Commen
<br /> A��EEMENT, Made and entered into this lOth day �f July , 19 51 ,
<br /> by and between Howard W. Miller and T�eona M. Mi1.1er (Husba.nd and Wife)
<br /> Part��'o,t'Sthe frst, part, hereinafter ealled lessor (wh.ether one or more)
<br /> and Guy J. C opE Part y of the second part, hereinafter called lessee.
<br /> WITNESSETH, That the said lessor,for and in consideration of ��2.30 Dollars
<br /> cash in hand paid,reeeipt of which is herefiy acknowledged,and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained on the part of lessee to be paid,
<br /> kept and performed, has granted, demised, leased and let and by these presents does grant, demise, lease and let unto said lessee,for the sole and
<br /> only purpose of mininq and operating for oil and gas, and laying pipe lines, and building tanks, power stations and struetures thereon to produce,
<br /> save and take care of said products, all that certain tract of land situated in the County of H�-L State of Nebraska,
<br /> • described as follows, to-wit:
<br /> Wes� Half and '1'he south half of the south Ea�t quarter of section 35, And
<br /> Lots 3 and �F of secti,on 26. And Lot 1 of section 3�, And East half of the
<br /> south east quartex� and the south east quart�r of the north east Qu�rter of
<br /> 5ection 3�
<br /> of Section , Township 9 N o r th Range �.� W�s t ,and containing :62 3 acres, more or less.
<br /> It is agreed that this lease shall remain in full force,.�or u term of Five years from this date, and as lonq ther�cr,�'ter as oil or
<br /> gas, or either of them, is produeed from said land by the les�see.
<br /> In consideration of the premises the said lessee covenants and agrees:
<br /> Ist. To deliver to the credit of lessor,free of eost, in the pipe line to Zvhieh he may connect his wells, the equal one-eighth (%) part of all oil
<br /> produeed and saved from the leased premises.
<br /> �nd. To pay lessor for qas from eaeh well where gas only is fou�d, the equal one-eighth (%) of the gross proceeds at the prevailing market
<br /> • rate,for all qas used o,�the premises,said payments to be made p�Ionthly and lessor to have gas free of cost from any
<br /> such well for all stoves and all inside lights in the principal dwelling house o�z said land duriyeq the same time by making his own eonnections with
<br /> tlae well at his own risk and expense.
<br /> 3rd. To pay lessor for gas produced from a7ty oi.l well and used o,�';,�ie premises, or for the manufacture of casinghead gasoline, one-eighth
<br /> (%) of the proceeds at tjie prevailing market rate for the gas used, for the time during which such gas shall be used said payments to be
<br /> made Mo nt hly .
<br /> If no well be commenced on said land on or before the l�t day of August 19�r2 �
<br /> this lease shall terminat,e as to both parties, uraless thc lessee on or before t,hat date, shall pa� or tender to the lessor, �r to the lessor's credit in
<br /> The C ommereial N�,tional Bank at �ra11d I sland., Nebr. or its successors, whicli shall co�ttinue as
<br /> the deposito�y regardless of ehanges in the ownership of said land, the suna of �3 i 1 .�0 Dollars
<br /> � which shall operate as a rental and cover tlae privilege of deferring the commencement of a well for 1� months from said date. In like
<br /> manner and upon like payments or tenders the commencement of a well may be further deferred fm• like periods or the same number of months suc-
<br /> eessivel�. And it is understood and agreed that the consideration first reeited herein, the down payment eovers not only the privileges granted to the
<br /> date when said first rental is payable as aforesaid, but also the lessee's option of extending that period as aforesaid, and any and all other rights
<br /> eonferred.
<br /> Should the first well drilled on the above deseribed land be a dry hole, then, and in that event, if a second well is not eommeneed on said land
<br /> witliin twelve months from the expiration of the last rental period for which rental has been paid,this lease shall terminate as to both parties, unless the
<br /> lessee on or before the expiration of said twelve months shall resume the payment of rentals in the same amount and in the same manner as herein-
<br /> before provided. And it is agreed that upon tlae resumption of the payment of rentals, as above provided, that the last preeeding paragraph hereof,
<br /> qoverni�aq the payment of rentals and the e,j�'ect thereof, shall continue in force just as thouqh there had been no interruption in the rental payments.
<br /> If said lessor owns a less interest in the above deseribed land than the entire and undivided fee simple estate therein, then the royalties and
<br /> rentals laerein provided slaall be paid the lessor only in the proportion whieh his interest bears to the whole and undivided fee.
<br /> Lessee shall have riqlat to use,free of cost,gas, ail, and water produced on said land for its operation thereon, exeept water from wells of lessor.
<br /> When requested lnj lessor, lessee shall bury his pipe lines below plow depth.
<br /> • No well shall be drilled nearer than�00 feet to the house or barn now on said premises, without the written consent of the lessor.
<br /> Lessee shall pay for damages caused by its operations to growing crops on said land.
<br /> Lessee shall have the riqht at any time to remove all machinery and fixtures placed on said premises, including the riqht to draw and
<br /> remove easing.
<br /> If the lessee shall commence to drill a well within the term of this lease or any extension thereof, the lessee skall have the ri�ht to drill such
<br /> well to eompletion with reasonable diligence and dispatela, and if oil or gas, or either of them, be found in payinq quantities, this lease slaall eontinue
<br /> and be in force with the like e,,�'ect as if such well had been completed wzthin tjae term of years herein first mentioned.
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