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No. 694
RESOLUTIOI", OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH DO RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
`NHEREAS: Certain of the tide, overflowed and sub-
merged lands situate within the city limits of the City of
Huntington Beach contain valuable deposits of petroleum oil
and gas which can only be obtained and protected by drilling
for and producing the same and which are now being depleted
by wells on near-by lands to the great and permanent loss
of said city and its tax payers; and
�,%1HEREAS, the actual use of the surface of such
lands is not now and will not in the near future be required
by the public for any public purpose; and
WHEREAS, it is desired by the city council of said
city to provide for the drilling of said lands and the pro-
duction therefrom of the oil and gas deposits therein con-
tained and to that end to lease to and contract with the
Southwest Exploration Company for the exclusive right to drill
for, develop and produce petroleum oil, gas or other hydro-
carbon substances upon and from said lands; and
WHEREAS, the Southwest Exploration :: Company desires
to enter into such a lease with the City of Huntington Beach;
4OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
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of the City of Huntington Beach hereby authorizes and
directs the making and entering into by and on behalf of
said city, of an oil and gas lease by and with the South-
west Exploration Company, a corporation, organized and ex-
fisting under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Calif-
ornia, and the execution, signature and acknowledgement of
said lease by and on behalf of said City of Huntington Beach
by the Mayor of said city and the attestation of the same
by the City Clerk and which said lease small bear date,
July 7th, 1933, and shall cover, describe and demise for the
development and production of petroleum oil, gas and other
hydro-carbon substances the lands described in said lease
and that a copy of said oil and gas lease is hereto attached,
marked exhibit "A" and by this reference made a part hereof
and is hereby approved by said City Council of said City of
Huntington Beach.
Passed and adopted by the said City Council at
a Special meeting thereof held on the 7th day of July, 1933•
E.G. C014B-A )
Mayor of the City of Huntington
Beach
ATTEST:
C.R. FURR
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH)
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I, C. R. TURN City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was read to the
City Council of said City at a Special meeting held on the
7th day of July, 1933, and was by said City Council passed
and adopted by the following votes:
AYES: Huston, King Conrad.
NOES: larion, Stevens.
ABS ;14T:clone
C.R. FURR
City'-Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council.
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