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RESOLUTION NO. 458
A RESOLUTION OF TIC CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRaYTING
TO SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATIO14 A P�RMIT FOR
THAT CERTAIN OIL ,IrELL IN SAID CITY DESIG-
RATED AND KN09N AS SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION
COPINGER 110. 1.
'MREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION,
for a permit for that certain oil well within said City,
hereinafter referred to;
AND, IIEERr,AS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City is disposed
to grant same, subject to the terms and conditions,
regulations and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THGREFORli, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows-
SECTION 1. That Sovereign Oil Corporation is
hereby licensed and permitted to erect one derricx for
the purpose of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydro-
carbon 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 sub-
stances, and also to install and operate the necessary
machinery and equipment for operating the said well.
SECTIO11 2. That said license or permit shall
be subject to all of the terms and conditions, require-
ments, and regulations set forth in the folloaine, 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 SOVEREIGN OIL COR-
PORATION, under date of June 11r, 1938, by the legislative
body of the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, 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 hydro-
carbon substances, and also to install and operate the
necessary machinery and equipment 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 appli-
cable) 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 P1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
131' North from the Center line of Grand
Avenue and 131' Nast from the Center line
of Center Street, located in Lot 12, Tract
123, El Segundo, Sheet Pdo. 8, MB. 22, Pages
106 & 107, Records of Los Angeles County,
California,
and the said vaell shall be known and is hereby designated
as "SOVEREIGN OIL CORPORATION COPINGER NO. 111.
Said well must be located at the place above
designated. Otherwise this permit shall lapse and be and
remain null and void.
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
El Segundo, California, the -full amount of any license fee
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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 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 highway, or nearer than twenty -fine 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 fron,
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.
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Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or
derricks used in connection with such well will be allowed
to remain upon the premises where same is located for a
longer period than ninety days after such abandonment.
Seventh: 'shat upon abandonment of any well
drilled under this permit, the same shall be filled or
plugged according to good mininff practice, the derrick
removed and the premises cleaned up and restored as
nearly as possible to their condition as they existed
at the time of the granting of this permit.
Ei ht h; That the said licensee shall not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substances
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon
any of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or high-
ways, of the said City of 31 Segundo, California, unless
by further 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.
Vinth: 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 it 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 El 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 damag-
ing 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
officers, the City Engineer of said City and /or his
authorized deputy, and the Chief of the Eire Department
of said City and his duly authorized assistants, to enter
upon the said premises and into the said derrick at their
o,.,m 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 condi-
tions 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
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said City, are required for the purpose of protecting
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said
City of El Segundo, and particularly that portion of the
public residing in the vicinity of the proposed well
herein referred 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 El Segundo, California, first had and
obtained; or except to a subsidiary or parent corpora-
tion of the licensee, but no such assignment shall operate
to relieve the licensee herein from any obligations im-
posed or created herein without the consent of such
Egislative body -first hid and obtained, 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
automatically void unless the derrick to be erected here-
under 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
legislative 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 .1 Segundo, California, postage
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City of E1
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
El Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:
Sovereign Oil Corporation,
412 'N. 6th Street,
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 failure 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 necesse.ry appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc.,
required to efficiently operate same, within 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 well shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in
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letters not less than two 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 well.
Twenty - First: Any misrepresentation o.i fact
contained in the application for this permit, shall be
grounds for the revocation thereof, and in case of re-
vocation all rights of the permittee herein named, or
the successors or assigns of such permittee, shall cease
and terminate.
IF IITiLS3 'H_,.RFO , this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this loth day of June, A. D.,
1938, upon orders of the le,islative body of said City,
expressed by resolution of saiE body, heretofore adopted.
ATT.,J 3T :
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Bui ainC Inspector oz t c C T
of '_'1 Scgundo, California.
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El Segundo, California.
June , 1938.
SOV1'sREIGN OIL COEI03ATIOL, 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 declRre that this consent and agreement is supported
by an adequate and valuable consideration passinF to it,
receipt of which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
SOVEREIGN OIL COR "P03ATIOE
By:
Its
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The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
to form.
Layor of e City of '4a Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as
ity Attorney of the—TI yo
El Segundo, California.
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of l 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 re-
ceipt of a duplicate copy of said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said City and accepted in writing
by SOVEIEUGN OI CORP03ATION, in the form of acceptance
hereinabove set forth and which constitutes a part of
the consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SECTIOid 4. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passa e 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 passa, -_e 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 same is passed and
adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 111-th day of
June, A. D., 1938.
4t2�L Ivlayor o e City of -.. "l Segundo,
California.
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STATE Or' CALI ORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELEo,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, VICTOR D. MC CARTHY, City Clerk of the City
of '1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
City is five; Lhat the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution ldo. 458, 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 June, A. L., 1938, and that the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AY'.S: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and
i -ayor Binder;
NOES: Councilmen None;
AB3EIT': Councilmen None.
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