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APPENDIX, NUMBER XXXIXb

1st. If the average of such profits during the said year and all previous years from the beginning of this agreement shall equal five hundred thousand (500,000) dollars per year.

2nd. If the said parties of the first part or either of them shall contribute to the said party of the second part such sums of money as together with the said profits for the said year will make the average profit five hundred thousand (500,000) dollars per year.

And provided, further, That in exercising the right of cancellation the said party of the second part must give to one or both of said parties of the first part three (3) months' written notice of said cancellation, which notice must be accompanied by a statement of the said profits of the party of the second part, and of said refineries then embraced in Schedule "B," and any contributions made as aforesaid must be made within the said three (3) months.

The party receiving said notice shall have the right to verify the statement by an examination of the books of said party of the second part, and books of said refineries.

Ninth.—All refineries now owned or controlled by those owning or controlling a majority of the refineries embraced in Schedule "A" are or shall be included in Schedule "A"; and all refineries which may hereafter be acquired or controlled in the same interest shall, as acquired or controlled, be added to said Schedule "A," and by such addition be included in the terms of this agreement.

All refineries now owned or controlled by those owning or controlling a majority of the refineries embraced in Schedule "B" are or shall be included in Schedule "B"; and all refineries which may hereafter be acquired or controlled in the same interest shall, as acquired or controlled, be added to said Schedule "B," and by such addition be included in the terms of this agreement.

Tenth.—It is agreed that any business done in either the interior export department or the seaboard export department by any of the refineries or refining companies then embraced in Schedule "A" shall be treated for the purpose of this agreement as if done by the parties of the first part; and that any business done in either of said export departments by any of the refineries or refining companies then embraced in Schedule "B" shall be treated for the purposes of this agreement as if done by the party of the second part.

Eleventh.—It is understood that forty-two (42) gallons constitute a barrel.

Twelfth.—A year, whenever used in this contract, is understood to mean a calendar year.

Thirteenth.—This agreement shall take effect as of the first day of October, 1883, and unless sooner cancelled, as provided in the eighth paragraph, shall remain in force for fifteen (15) years from said first day of October, 1883.

In Witness Whereof, the said parties of the first part have caused their common and corporate seals to be hereto attached and to be attested by the signatures of their proper officers; and the said party of the second part has caused the same to be

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