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/ 3 5' �� .��1. ��.� �,��.s� 71625-OMAHA PRINTINO CONPANY STATE OF Nebraska ss. FROM Coun.ty of Hall This instrume�zt was filed for record • Mary E. Roberts, widow et al on the 15 day of Au�t st 19�2 at �;1-�5 dclock P.M., and duly recorded in Book Q�� Page 135 of the records o t�is o,�ce. TO �_,.__ _� ��V I t egiste♦r af�D eds. Guy J. Cope ..�^ '` By . ommence AGREEMENT, Made and entered into this 1�t h day of Augu s t , 19 5 2 , by and between Mary E. Roberts, a widow, and owner of life estate in and to the premises herein— after described; Clarence Roberts and Sylvia Roberts, husband and wife, G].adys Mead and Ronald Mead, wlfe and husband; Florence Wade and Ralph Wade, wife �.nd husband; _„ _ partlG 8 �'�cDy of the first �art, hereinafter ealled lessor (zohetlter one or more) and f3�uy J. C ope Party � of the seeond part, hereinafter called lessee. WITNESSETH, That the said lessor,for and in conside.ration of SiXteeri and rio�100 — — — — — — Dollars cash in hand paid,receipt of which is hereby acknowled,qed,and of the covena�zts and agreements hereinafter contained on the part of lessee to be paid, kept and performed, has qranted, denzised, leased and let and by these presents does grant, demise, lease and let unto said lessee,for the sole and only purpose of mining and operating for oid and gas, and laying pipe lines, and building tanks, power stations and struetures thereon to produce, save and talce care of said produets, all that certain tract of land situated in the County of Ha,1,1 State of Nebraska, • deseribecl as follo2vs, to-wit: The South—we�'G Quarter of Seetion 32 , Township 9 ,Ranqe 11 , and containing 160 aeres, more or less. It is aqreed that this lease shall remain in full force for a term of f ive (5� years from this date, and as long thereafter as oil or gas, or either of them, is produeed from said land by tlae lessee. In consideration of the premises the said lessee eovenants and aqrees: 1st. To deliver to the eredit of lessor,free of cost, in the pipe line to which he may connect his wells, the equal one-eighth (%) part of all oil produced and saved from the leased premises. �nd. To pay lessor for qas from each well where gas only is found, the equal one-eiqhth (%) of the gross proceeds at the prevailinq market • rate,for all gas used o,�the premises,said payments to be made monthly and lessor to have gas free of cost from any sueh well for all stoves and all inside lights in the principal tlwelling house on said land during the same time by making Iais own eonneetions with the well at his own risk and expense. 3rd. To pay lessor,for gas produced from any oil well and used o,�'the premises, or for the manufacture of casinghead qasoline, one-eighth (�) of tlie proceeds at the prevailing market rate for the gas used, for the time during u�hich such gas shall be used said. payments to be , made monthl.y . If no well be commenced on said land on or before the �th day of August 19 53 , tlais lease shall �erminate as to botli parties, unless tlae lessee on or be.fore �hat date slaall pay or tender to the lesscrr, or to tke lessor's credit in The Hastinga Natiorial Bank at Hasting8, Nebraska or its successors, which shall continue as the depository regardless of changes in the ownership of said land, the sum of Eighty and no/100 — — — — .— — Dollars which shall operate as a rental and cover the privileqe of deferrin�the commencement of a well for tWelve months from said date. In like manner and upon like payments or tenders the eommencement of a well may be further deferred for like periods or the same number of months sue- cessivel�. And it is understood and agreed that the eonsideration first recited herein, tlae down payment covers not only the privileges granted to the date when said first rental is payable as aforesaid, but also the lessee's option of extending tjiat period as aforesaid, and any and all other rights conferred. Should the first well drilled on the above described land be a dry hole, then, and in that event, if a second well is not commenced on said land within twelve months from the expiration of the last rental period for wlaieh rental has been paid,this lease shall terminate as to both parties, unless the lessee on or before the expiration of said twelve monttas slaall resume the payment of rentals in the same amount and in the same manner as herein- before provided. And it is agreed that upon tlae resumption of the payr�aent of rentals, as above provided, that the last preeeding paragraph hereof, " governing the payment of rentals and the e,�j'ect tlaereof, shall continue in force just as though there had been no interruption in the rental payments. If said lessor owns a less interest in the above described land than the entire and undivided fee simple estate therein, theyt the royalties and rentals herein provided shall be paid the lessor only in the proportion wlaich his interest bears to the whole and undiuided fee. Lessee shall have right to use,free of cost,gas,oil, and water produced on said land for its operation thereon, except water from wells of lessor. • When requested by lessor, lessee shall bury his pipe lines below plow depth. No well shall be drilled neare�� than �00 feet to the house or barn now on said premises, without the written consent of the lessox. Lessee shall pay for damages cazised by i.ts operations to growing crops on said land. Lessee shall have the right at any time to remove all �nachinery and,fixtures placed on said premises, including the right to draw .and •remove easing. If the lessee shall commence to drill a well within the term of this lease or any extension thereof, the lessee shall have the riqht to drill such well to completion with reasonable diligence and dispatch, and if o�:l or gas, or either of them, be found in paying quantities, this lease shall continue and be in force with the like e,f j'ect as if such well had been completed within the term of�ears herein first mentioned.