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Exhibit 10.1
 MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES
AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FINANCING STATEMENT
 13 th June th
 Preliminary Statement
  Mortgaged
Property
 Land Land
 Improvements Improvements




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Fixtures Fixtures Property
 Leases, Rents, etc Leases Rents
 Easements
 Proceeds Awards and Proceeds
 Claims Claims
 Deposits




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Deposits
 Contract Rights and Permits Contract Rights
 Additional Interests
   Interest Rate Default Rate
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Permitted
Exceptions
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Collateral
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Acceleration
 Mortgagees Right to Enter and Take Possession, Operate and Apply Revenues
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Completion of Construction
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Receiver
 Mortgagees Power of Enforcement
 Leases
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Delay or Omission no Waiver
 No Waiver of One Default to Affect Another
 Remedies Cumulative
 Subrogation
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ONE EARTH ENERGY, LLCBy:
    
    /s/ Steven KellySteve Kelly, President
 STATE OF ILLINOIS
    
    
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    SS:COUNTY OF FORD
    
    
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 13th June
 /s/ Joy D. BoyceNotary Public
 This Instrument Prepared By:
    
    [Notary Seal]CHERNESKY, HEYMAN & KRESS P.L.L.
    
    OFFICIAL SEAL1100 Courthouse Plaza, S.W.
    
    JOY D. BOYCEDayton, Ohio 45402
    
    NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF ILLINOISMY COMMISSION EXPIRES: 04/05/10
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Exhibit A
 Legal Description
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Exhibit B
 Permitted Exceptions
  a.
    
    Rights or claims of parties in possession not shown by the public records.b.
    
    Encroachments, overlaps, boundary line disputes, or other matters which would be
disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the premises.c.
    
    Easements, or claims of easements, not shown by the public records.d.
    
    Any lien, or right to a lien, for services, labor, or material heretofore or
hereinafter furnished imposed by law and not shown by the public records.e.
    
    Taxes or special assessments which are not shown as existing liens by the public records.
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    Said premises are subject to taxes for the years 2006 and 2007.NOTE: Not yet due and payable.3.
    
    Said premises lie within the boundaries of the Ford County Soil Conservation District.NOTE: There are no assessments due and/or payable in said Soil Conservation District.4.
    
    Rights of the Public, the State of Illinois, the County, the Township and the municipality in
and to that part of the premises in question taken, used, or dedicated for roads or highways.5.
    
    Rights of way for drainage ditches, drain tiles, feeders, laterals and underground pipes, if
any.6.
    
    Said premises have been annexed to the City of Gibson, Ford County, Illinois, by Ordinance
No. 823 dated June 8, 1987 and recorded June 10, 1987 as Document No. 180102 in the Recorders
Office in Ford County, Illinois.7.
    
    The City of Gibson enacted an ordinance establishing the charges and rates of the use and
service of the sewerage system and provided that any delinquent charge shall constitute a lien
upon the real estate. Said premises are subject to the terms of this ordinance as amended.
We find no recorded statement of delinquency against the above described premises.8.
    
    Water Main Easement dated July 10, 1987 and recorded July 20, 1987 as Document No. 180356 in
the Recorders Office of Ford County, Illinois, made by Everett A.Van Teslaar, Trustee, to the
City of Gibson, and subject to the terms, conditions and provisions as contained therein.9.
    
    Sanitary Sewer Easement dated June 14, 1988 and recorded June 15, 1988 as Document No.
182303 in the Recorders Office of Ford County, Illinois, made
by the City of Gibson, a Municipal Corporation, to the City of Gibson, and subject to the terms, conditions and
provisions as contained therein.
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