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RESOLUTION NO. 401
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO THE TEXAS COMPANY A PERMIT FOR THE
DRILLING OF THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "SECURITY NO.6 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by THE TEXAS COMPANY, for a
permit for that certain oil well within said City, here-
inafter referred to;
AND, WHEREAS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City is disposed to
grant same, subject to the terms and conditions, regula-
tions and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That The Texas Company is hereby
licensed and permitted to erect one derrick for the purpose
of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydrocarbon substances,
and also to install and operate the necessary drilling
equipment therein for the purpose of drilling a well for
oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to in-
stall and operate the necessary machinery and equipment
for operating the said well.
SECTION 2. That said license or permit shall
be subject to all of the terms and conditions, requirements
and regulations set forth in the following form of permit
issued to the said licensee. The said form of permit is
as follows:
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY that THE TEXAS COMPANY, UND-R
date of September 15, 19370 by the legislative body of the
City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali-
fornia, was granted permission to erect one derrick for the
purpose of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydrocarbon
substances, and also to install and operate the necessary
drilling equipment therein for the purpose of drilling a
well for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, and also
to install and operate the necessary machinery and equip-
ment for operating the said well upon the following express
terms and conditions, each and every one of which must be
observed and performed promptly by the licensee (whenever
the same become applicable) in order to keep this permit
In full and continuing force and effect.
Said terms and conditions are as follows:
First: Said derrick and its appurtenant struc-
tures shall be erected on the following described real
property located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
329.66 feet South, and 330.26 feet West
from the Northeast corner of the West
one -half of the Northwest one - quarter of
Section 18, Township 3 South, Range 14
West, S. B. R. & M.,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "SECURITY NO. 6 ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, the full amount of any license fee
which may now or hereafter be reasonably required under the
ordinances or laws of said City, or regulations of the
legislative body thereof, and which applies to or has
reference to any such derrick or well, and which said license
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fee, if and when provided for, must continue to be paid
as long as drilling operations, drilling, mining, pumping
or other operations in and about said derrick or well
continue, including the production therefrom of oil, gas
or other hydrocarbon substances from a flowing well, and
as long as such derrick remains standing, and the same
shall be promptly paid as the same becomes due and payable
to said City. No fee or license fee paid, or any part
thereof, shall be refunded.
Third: Said derrick and /or any appurtenant
structure shall not be erected nearer than ten feet to the
nearest property line of any public street, avenue or high-
way, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any existing dwelling,
except upon the written permission of the owner of such
dwelling duly signed and filed with the Building Inspector
of said City.
Fourth: Licensee agrees to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log of
said well for the use of said City in ascertaining the
possibilities for a municipal water supply within the
district, to a depth of not to exceed one thousand feet,
and thereafter said licensee shall, if requested, notify
said City of any water strata encountered and recorded by
it, and the depth thereof.
Fifth: The said licensee shall, on request of
the legislative body of said City, route all heavy materials
and heavy loads of materials brought to or from said well,
over such streets as the said legislative body may direct;
provided however, that such streets shall be appropriately
posted, at the expense of said City.
Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or derricks
used in connection with such well will be allowed to remain
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upon the premises where same is located for a longer period
than ninety days after such abandonment.
Seventh: That upon abandonment of any well drilled
under this permit, the same shall be filled or plugged accord-
ing to good mining practice, the derrick removed and the
premises cleaned up and restored as nearly as possible to
their condition as they existed at the ti-^e of the granting
of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substance
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon
any of tho public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highways
of the said City of E1 Segundo, California, unless by fur-
ther permit in writing from the legislative body of said
City first had and obtained; provided, however, that the
licensee will pay to said City, immediately upon demand
therefor, the full amount of any and all damage which may
be occasioned to any of such streets, lanes, ways, avenues
or highways, by reason of a violation of the provisions of
this section whether such violation was willful, negligent
or otherwise.
Ninth: The licensee does hereby further agree to
erect at its own cost and expense such embankments, sump
holes and protection works, as may be required in order to
safeguard as far as reasonably possible, the lives and
property of persons in the vicinity.
Tenth: Said licensee further agrees to observe
and abide by all the laws of the State of California, re-
lating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said State, and also all valid
ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California, relating
thereto.
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Eleventh: That the said licensee shall imme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, any and all damage
to any public street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place
within the said City which may be occasioned by it or by
any of its agents or employees, in or by reason of the
transportation of materials or supplies, or equipment, or
production, either to or from the said derrick or well, or
by reason of any overflow therefrom. Said licensee shall
also cooperate with the authorities of said City of E1
Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons damaging
public property, upon delivering materials, equipment,
supplies or production, either to or from the said well.
Twelfth: That the said licensee shall at all
times, during the construction and operation of the said
well, permit the Chief of Police of said City and his offi-
cers, the City Engineer of said City and /or his authorized
deputy, and the Chief of the Fire Department of said City
and his duly authorized assistants, to enter upon the said
premises and into the said derrick at their own risk, so
far as licensee is concerned, and the said Chief of Police
and his officers, the City Engineer and his deputy and the
Chief of the Fire Department and his assistants, shall have
free and unmolested right to so enter upon the said premises
_ and into the said derrick and structures appurtenant thereto,
for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not all of the
terms and conditions of this permit are being observed and
kept by said licensee.
Thirteenth: All of the terms and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of the legislative body of
said City, are required for the purpose of protecting the
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public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said City
of E1 Segundo, and particularly that portion of the public
residing in the vicinity of the proposed well herein re-
ferred to, and the licensee above named by accepting this
permit and electing to operate under the same, hereby
acquiesces in the findings of the said legislative body
in such regard, and further agrees to each, all and every
one of the terms and conditions set forth in this permit
and promises and agrees to perform each and all of them
on its part to be kept and performed.
Fourteenth: This permit is not assignable except
by written consent of the legislative body of the said City
of E1 Segundo, California, first had and obtained; or ex-
cept to a subsidiary or parent corporation of the licensee,
but no such assignment shall operate to relieve the licensee
herein from any obligations imposed or created herein with-
out the consent of such legislative body first had and ob-
tained, nor shall any such assignment be operative for any
purpose unless and until such assignee shall have filed its
written acceptance of the terms and conditions hereof.
Fifteenth: This permit lapses and becomes auto-
matically void unless the derrick to be erected hereunder
is so erected and completed within sixty days from date
hereof, unless a further extension of time within which
to complete the same is granted in writing by the legis-
lative body of said City.
Sixteenth: Nothing in this permit contained
shall be construed as limiting or abridging the power or
rights of the legislative body of said City to prescribe
more or less stringent provisions in any future permit
which may be granted by said legislative body within said
City.
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Seventeenth: Any notice to be given under the
provisions of this permit will be deemed sufficient if
deposited in the United States post office at either Los
Angeles, California, or El Segundo, California, postage
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City of .'71
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of El Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee : -
The Texas Company,
The Texas Company Building,
929 South Broadway,
Los Angeles, California.
The day of actual service as contemplated herein shall
be construed to be the day following that upon which such
notice is actually deposited in the post office.
Eighteenth: The City Council reserves the right,
upon ten days notice to licensee of the breach of any of
the terms and /or conditions herein set forth, and the fail-
ure of licensee to remedy any such breach within said period,
to cancel and revoke this permit forthwith and without any
liability therefor on the part of said City, or any of its
officers or agents.
Nineteenth: It is further agreed and made a
particular condition hereof that the said derrick will be
actually located and constructed, fully rigged and with
necessary appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc„
required to efficiently operate same, ovithin sixty days
from date hereof and that said well will be actually spudded
in within ninety days from date hereof, and that same will
be diligently and continuously operated thereafter, with
full crews, until same is completed or finally abandoned.
Twentieth: The derrick of the said 1.+jell shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in
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letters not less than 6 inches in height, visible from
two different sides of such derrick, appropriate signs
stating the name of such well and the name of the permittee
of such Nell.
IN "1ITY.:SS 7H' R''00, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of September,
A. L. , 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopt ed.
ATTST:
City Clerk
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Building Inspector of the City
of El Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California
September _, 1937.
THE: T XAS COP,_PANY, Licensee above named, does
hereby consent to all of the conditions, agreements, terms
and requirements set forth in the foregoing permit, does
hereby agree to same and does hereby further promise and
agree to observe and abide by the same and each and all
of them on its part to be kept and performed, and does
hereby positively state and declare that this consent
and agreement is supported by an adequate and valuable
consideration passing to it, receipt of which is hereby
expressly acknowledged.
TIT,, T-7XAS COMPANY
By:
LI M, NSSE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of e ity o —'
El Segundo, California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of e i y
of El Segundo, California."
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of El Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and
instructed to issue the said permit hereinabove referred
to to said licensee, and the City Clerk of said City is
hereby authorized and instructed to attest the same and
to affix the official seal of said City thereto, upon
receipt of a duplicate copy of the said form of permit
duly executed on the part of said City and accepted in
writing by The Texas Company, in the form of acceptance
hereinabove set forth and which constitutes a part of the
consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall
cause the original of the same to be entered in the book
of resolutions of said City, and shall make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the
proceedings of the City Council of said City in the
minutes of the meeting at which the some is passed and
adopt ed.
Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of
September, A. D., 1937.
Mayor o• o,
Calif ornia.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGET68, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ))
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
City is five; that the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution No. 401, was duly passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of
said City and attested by the City Clerk of said City,
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the
15th day of September, A. D., 1937, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
NOES: Councilmen None:
ABSEN2: Councilmen Gerow and Hesser.
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El Segundo, California.
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