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��ti > ��. OIL AND GAS LEASE � ° �
<br /> C,'ontaining tqoo Printecl WorcTs
<br /> Producers 88 Special F.L.B. i-q2
<br /> 21897—The�AUgustine Co., County 5upplies, Grand Island, Nebr.. -
<br /> FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
<br /> ss.
<br /> Doro thy C�x,v�i r�ow hal l County,
<br />, 1 ltereby certif y that tl�is instrument was entered on Numerical Index, and f iled
<br /> TO for record this ��j day of March g �}� ,
<br /> at 3 o'olock p. M. �.�u��.�.�-��
<br /> cT.EL.Rawland Register of Deeds.
<br /> ,� Deputy.
<br /> 1 Fees, $ 2.20
<br /> AGREEMENT, Made and entered into the 2fj�h, day oP..3�nuary , lg 1�2
<br /> by and between D�rothy Cox,a 7Ji C�OV7
<br /> .
<br /> of Cairo,Nebra9ka hereinafter called Iessor (whether one or more), and J.A.Rowiand
<br /> hereinafter callet�Iessee:
<br /> WITNESSETH: TT�at tAe said lessor, for and in consideration of One �G NO�1.O� — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Dollars,
<br /> casl� in hand paid, the receipt of which is ltereby acknowledged, and of the covenants and agreements Tiereinafter contained on part of lessee to be paid, Izept ancl per-
<br /> f ormecl, �as granted, demised, leased and let and by tAese presents does grant, demise, lease and let unto tlie saicl lessee f or the sole and only purpose of exploring by
<br /> geopTiysical ancl ot�er metl�ods,mining ancl operating for oil ancl gas and of laying of pipe lines,and of builcling tanlzs,powers,stations and structures thereon to proc�uce,save
<br /> nnd take care of said products, all that certain trnct of land situate in the County of H&.I.I. State o{ Nebraska clescribed
<br /> as jdiows, to-wit:
<br /> 1'tie Sau�h V�est Quar�er ( SV'�t�)
<br /> �
<br /> o f Section �6 Township 1.2 N. Range 1.� �1�. anc� containing �.�a acres, more or�ess. It is agreed that this lease shall remain in f orce �
<br /> for a term of tE'21 years from tliis date, and as Iong thereafter as oil or gas or either of t/�em is produced from said land by lessee. �
<br /> In consideration of the premises the said lessee covenants and agrees:
<br /> ist. To deliver to the credit of Iessor, free of cost, in t�e pipe line to wl�ich lessee may connect wells on saitl land, the equal one-eightl�part of all oil produced and
<br /> saved f rom the leased premises.
<br /> 2nc�. 7'o pay lessor one-eighth (1/s� of t�,e gross proceeds eac�i year, payable quarterly, for the gas from ench well where gas only is found, while the same is bein,q �
<br /> used o}'f the premises, and if used in tTie manufactwe of gasoline a royalty of one-eigTith (�s), payable montlily at the prevailing marizet rate for gas; and Iessor to have �
<br /> gas free of cost from any sucl�well for all stoi�es and all inside lights in the principal dwelling on said land during the same time, by making lessor's own connections witl�
<br /> the well at lessor's own risk and expense.
<br /> 3rd. To pay lessor for gas produced from any oil well and used off the premises or in the manufacture of gaso�ine or any other product a royalty of one-eiglith
<br /> (i/s) of the proceecls, at the mouth of the well, pnyable monthly at the prevailing marizet rate. \
<br /> If no well be commencec�on said land on or before the �9t+h� day of January t9 �3 , this lease sl�all terminate �
<br /> as to both parties, unless the Iessee shall on or before that c�ate pay or tencler to the lessor or to the lessor's erec�it in the ►�ti&t@ Eank oP Cairo �
<br /> Ban1z at (�Qj.T'O�Nebraska , or its successors, wliich shall continue as the clepository regnrclless of clianges in the ownersliip of said lancl, the sum
<br /> of '�hirry �v�o c�C NO�1.�� — — — — — — — — — — — — — dollars, whicli shall opernte as a rental and cover the privilege of deferring the
<br /> commencement of a well for tY,►pI,V@ months from said date. In like manner and upon lilze payments or tenders, the commencement of a well may be further
<br /> cleferred for like periods of t�e same number of months suecessively. Ancl it is understooc� ancl agreecl tT�at the eonsideration first reeited l�erein, the down payment, eoVers
<br /> not only the privilege c�ranted to the date when said first rental is payable as nforesaid', but also the lessee's option of extending that period as aforesaid, and any and a�l
<br /> other rights conferrec�.
<br /> Sl�ould the first well drilled on tlie above describecl Iancl be a dry hole, tTien> nnc�in that event, if a seeoncl well is not commencec�on saicl Iand witliin twel�e months
<br /> from the expiration of the last rental period for which rental has been paid, this lease shall terminate as to both parties, unless the lessee on or before the expiration of
<br /> � saic� twelve months s�all resume the payment of rentals, in the same amount anc�in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. And it is ac�reecl that upon t�ie resumption
<br /> � of the payment of rentals ns above provic�ecl> that the Iast prececling paragraph hereof governing the payment of rentals anc� the effect thereof, shall continue in force just
<br /> as though there hac� been no interuption in t�e rental payments, and if the Iessee shall commence to drill a well witliin the term of this Iease or any extension th,ereof, the
<br /> lessee shalr have the right to drill such well to completion with reasonable diligence and dispatch, and if oil or gns, or either of them, be found in paying quantities, this
<br /> lease sliall continue and be in f orce with the like e f f ect as i f such well liad been com pleted within the term of years f irst mentioned.
<br /> If saic� lessor owns a less interest in the above described land than Ehe entire and undivided fee simple estate therein, then the royalties ancl rentals T�erein provided
<br /> for shall be paid the said �essor only in the proportion w�ich lessor's interest bears to the whole ancl unclivic�ecl fee.
<br /> Lessee s�iall have the right to use, free of cost, gas, oil ancZ water procluced on saicl lant� for lessee's operations thereon, except water from the wells of lessor.
<br /> When requested by lessor, lessee sliall bury lessee's pipe Iines below plow depth.
<br /> lVo well shall be clrillecl nenrer t�ian 20o feet to the house or barn now on saict premises without written consent of lessor.
<br /> Lessee, sliall pay for damages caused by Iessee's operations to growing crops on said land.
<br /> Lessee shall have the right at any time to remove all machinery and fixtures placed on said premises, including the right to dra.w and remove casing.
<br /> If the estate of either party hereto is assignec��and the priuilege of assigning in whole or in part is expressly allowec�---t�ie covennnts hereof s�all extend to their
<br /> lieirs, executors, aclministrators,successors or assigns, but no change in the ownership o f the lancl, or assignments of rental or royalties shall be bincling on the lessee until
<br /> after the lessee has been furnishec� with a written transfer or assignment or a true copy thereof; ancl it is Iiereby agreec� t�at in the event this Iease shall be assignecl as to
<br /> a part or as to parts of the above cleseribec�lancls anc� the assignee or assignees of such part or parts shall fail or make clefault in t�ie pnyment of the proportionate part of
<br /> the rents c�ue from him or tliem, such clefault shall not operate to ctefeat or af fect this lease in so far as it covers a part or parts of said lands upon which tl�e said lessee or
<br /> any assignee thereof shall make due payment of said rental. In case lessee assigns this lense, in whole or in part, lessee shall be relieved of all obligations with respect to
<br /> the assigned portion or portions arising subsequent to the c�ate of assignment.
<br /> All express or impliec� covenants of this le.ase shall be subject to all Federnl anc� State Laws, Executive Or�ers, Rules or Regurations, ancl tliis lease shall not be
<br /> terminated, in w1�ole or in part, nor Iessee held liable in dnmac�es, for fnilure to comply therewith, if compliance is prevented by, or if such failure is the result of, any
<br /> such Law, Orcler, Rule or Regulation.
<br /> Lessor hereby warrants ancl agrees to clefencl the title to the lnnds herein describecl, and agrees that the lessee shall haue the right at any time to redeem for lessor,
<br /> Fiy payment, any mortgages, taxes or otT�er Iiens on the above clescribed Iands, in tTie event of default of payment by lessor, and be subrograted to the rigTits of the liolder
<br /> tTiereof, anc� the unc�ersignecl lessors, for themselves anc� their heirs, successors, anc�assigns, hereby surrenc�er ancl release all right of clower and homesteac� in the premises
<br /> �lescribed herein, insofar as said riyht of dower nnd homestend may in any way af f ect the purposes for whicli this lec�.ce is made,as recited herein.
<br /> IN TESTIMONY WH$12EOF WE SIGN, This the 29th day of January , tq 1}2 •
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