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TTLSA DAILY WORLD, TUESDAY, APRIL 127. 1020 RECEIVER NOTICE TO THE STATU OF TEXAS, ?UE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, THEIR RESPECT I VE OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES; TO ALL PERSONS NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE LANDS or property lying within the boundaries hereinafter set forth; or in possession of any machinery, fixtures, tools or properly of any kind or character on said lands and used in connection with the extraction, storage, transportation, refining or disposal of the oil or gas products of said lands; or claiming any right, title or interest in or to any of said lands, machinery, fixtures, tools or properly; GREETINGS: WHEREAS, the undersigned, by certain orders of the Supreme Court of the United States, passed on the first and thirteenth days of April, 1920, in a cause now pending on the docket of said Supreme Court, entitled THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Complainant, versus THE STATE OF TEXAS, Defendant, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervener, and numbered 27 Original of the October Term, WW, of said Supreme Court, was duly appointed Receiver of all lands contained within the following metes and bounds, towil: Hounded on the north by the mid. chan nel of the Red River, as the mid chan nel is hereinafter defined; on the cast by ex tension south of the west boundary line of Range 10 West between Township t South, Range 10 West, and Township I South, Range 11 West, in Cotton County, Oklahoma, crossing the remaining portion of said Red River and to the fool of the Texas bluffs as the South bank Thence up said River along the fool of the Texas bluffs as the South bank, through Ranges 11, 12, 13, and through Range 11 as follows: Commencing at a point on the cast boundary line of Range 11 extended which point is 110.50 chains from the original meander corner of fractional Section ,11, Township I South, Range VI West and Sec tion HO, Township 1 South, Range II West; thence N. 70 deg. N. 71 deg. N. 75 deg. N. 85 deg. S. 85 deg. S. S5 deg. N. 82 deg. S. 82 deg. S. 71 deg. S. 00 deg. 00 min. 15 min. 15 min. W min. 15 min. 30 min. 00 min. 15 min. HO min. 00 min. W. 26.75 chs. W. 33.00 " W. 28.25 " W. 22.60 " W. 52.20 " W. 8.90 W. 21.10 W. 11.50 W. 66.70 W. 59.25 it to a point on the present south bank of the Red River which is at the fool of the Texas bluff; thence along the line of the south bank and the foot of the Texas bluff S. 61 deg. 30 min. W. 36.00 chs. S. 61 deg. 00 min. W. 20.10 " S. 51 deg. 30 min. W. 41.60 " S. 65 deg. 15 min. W. 21.20 " , S 71 deg. 15 min. W. 51.70 " to a point on the present south bank of Red River at the fool of the Texas bluff at the intersection of a direct south extension of the west boundary of Range 11 West between fractional Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 11 West and Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 15, which point is 57.13 chains from the original meander corner of said fractional sections. Thence continuing up said River along the foot of the Texas bluffs as the south bank through Ranges 15 and 16 to the intersection of the west boundary line of Ranqe 16 extend ed to the foot of the Texas bluffs. Thence north along said boundary line of Range 16 to mid channel of said River as the same meanders through the broad stretch . of sand which in some places extends to and is bounded by the bluffs on either side and in other places by the margin of the alluvial flood plain on either side, and which is cov ered with water at times of freshets and entirely devoid of flowing water during the annual dry season. and also of all machinery, fixtures, tools, and other prop erty of whatever kind or character now on said lands and used in connection with the extraction, storage, transporta tion, rcCming or disposal of the oil or gas products of said lands; with full authority and power to take possession of said lands and properly forthwith, and to take all ap propriate measures to conserve the oil and gas within such lands and to control all operations thereon for the production and disposal of such oil and gas; and WHEREAS, the undersigned has qualified as such Receiver by making, executing and filing his duly ap proved bond rn the penal sum of one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful perform ance of his duties including the disbursement and pay ment according to the direction of said Supreme Court of all moneys which may come into his hands in the course of the Receivership; and WHEREAS, by the further provision of said orders of said Supreme Court of the United States, THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA' THE STATE OF TEXAS, their respective officers, agents and employees, and all persons now in possession of any of said lands and or property, or claiming any right, title or interest therein arc directed to deliver possession thereof to the under signed and are enjoined until further orden of said Su preme Court of the United States froih removing any of the above described property from said lands, AND arc also enjoined from conducting any oil or gas mining oper ations thereon save under the direction and supervision of the undersigned; and Arc also enjoined from in any way or manner in terfering with the possession, control or operations of the undersigned' as such Receiver, i Now therefore, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Their respective officers, agents and employees, and each and every person now in possession of any of the lands, included within the metes and bounds above set forth, or any of the machinery, fixtures, tools or other property above described; and Each and every person claiming any right, title or interest therein or to any thereof, and Each and every person conducting any oil or gas mining operations on or in connection with any of said lands or properties Is hereby notified and each and every one thereof is to take notice that pursuant to the authority and power in me vested by said Orders of said Supreme Court of the United States I, FREDERIC A. DELANO, as RE CEIVER duly appointed and qualified in said above identified cause, have and do hereby formally assert the right of possession to and declare that 1 have entered into possession of all of the LANDS and or each and every several parcel thereof lying with in the metes and bounds above set forth, and I do hereby also assert the right of possession to and take possession of all machinery, fix tures, tools and other properly of whatever kind or character on said lands or any thereof, and in any way or manner used in connection with the extraction, stor age, transportation, refining or disposal of the oil or gas products of any of said lands: Each and every person now in possession of any of said lands or any machinery, fixtures, tools or other prop erly on said lands and used in connection with the ex traction, storage, transportation, refining or disposal of the oil or gas products thereof, and each and every person claiming right, title or interest in any of said lands or in any of said machinery, fixtures, tools or other property is hereby notified and required to forthwith file with the undersigned written notice of his claim or claims in or to said lands, machinery, fixtures, tools or other properly or any thereof, giving in each and every instance such de scriptions of the tract or parcel of land claimed, with ref erences to surveyor's marks, natiiral monuments or other ' wise, as will enable it to be readily identified, and such itemized lists of machinery, fixtures, tools and other prop erty clamed and their location on the lands as will like wise permit of their ready identification; claimants in each instance to stale whether they arc in full or partial possession of the lands, machinery, fixtures, tools or prop erly claimed, or whether possession is withheld from them, in either ease stating precisely and plainly the source and devolution of title upon which their respective claims are based. All persons, including corporations, associations, partnerships, combinations and individuals in possession of any of said lands or claiming any right, title or inter est therein, and all persons in possession of any of said machinery, fixtures, tools or properly or claiming any right, title or interest therein are required, in addition to filing the required descriptions and listings thereof, to formally indicate in writing surrender of possession thereof, and to likewise agree to abstain until the further order of the Supreme Court of the United Stales from re moving any of the hereinbefore described properly from said lands, and also to abstain from conducting any oil or gas mining operations thereon except with the permis sion and license of the Receiver and under his direction and supervision, and upon such terms and conditions as f the disposition of output and the proceeds thereof as lne Receiver may prescribe. Each and every person who was upon the 1st day of April, 1920, and or who is now and or who may have been in the meantime engaged in any operations upon or in connection with any portion of the aforesaid lands and properties, or engaged or connected in any manner whatso ever with the production and disposition of any oil and gas on or from any of said lands and properties, is hereby re quired and directed to forthwith deliver over lq the Receiv er any said oil or gas or any products thereof which may now be in his possession or under his control and is here by further required and directed to follow with account to the Receiver for the gross proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any of the oil or gas which may have been taken from said lands and properties since the 1st day of April, 1920, and to pay over said proceeds to the under signed, or his duly authorized agent, who will issue proper receipts therefor. FREDERIC A. DELANO, Receiver APRIL 21, 1920