gross pro- duatloa of dll, or the value of SW, that may be ~proqmed aad saved, aad not less thsn .:.
"Oti-elghth'(1/8)of t-@igross pro- duotlk of sulphur,-or the valu&of 88me thsit ~_ m8y bq predw6d: and sold -offthe area,.:and aot less.~th8n~ 4k ~"Oae~slxteeath' (l/16) of the value . of al+ otbsF4Maerals thst ms$~be produced . . l o m++* -ea '..
The pi?tiouiai pts&u8tlo~.aad wordlag of this provlslon of t&s St;stgte0,learlyiudloates tbst the ooa-. dltloa "aad sold eH.the area" embOdIed la the royalty re8sr4atloa of "nulphur" is not lntdaded,~aSa like qoa- dltloa oa t,heroyalty rese~atlon~of "gas." Thp royalty aad dlstlaat. This oon- stru&+oa 18 empb8818ed bp the dlffereatlatlngcoadl- tloas proHde& ia each miners1 rbse,rvatlon. 8% $Bb pEovl8loa of the express ooadltloctla the reservatioa of "oil," that It ls'to be a royslty w- servatloa of "oll"'prodr~~edsad "savedd";Sad similarly by the provisloa of the express~oopditloainthe reser- vation of '8tiphur~"thpt it Is to be-a realty rese;- vatloa of "8ulphur produced "and sold off the area, we m&y Infer that it was the la$eatloa of th8 LeglSlature to reserve tomthe State:ia ths oa8e of "pa" a mlnlmua A. 'of "(l/8) of the gros8',productloaof gas without coa- dltlon that it be of'th8t gas "sold d f the area or of that gas 'kved. " The expn, the "sul- phur" sad !oii" re8ervatlonspreolrds'thelmplioatloa OS like ooadltioa8 .lnthe ."gas"i98WY@tioa. See City of. co us airlstl Y. MoMurrey.'(clY.,npp. .X936),go s. If. (2&68,.870.,, .,
Furthqmoro; worbs used Id a'dtatutory &mot- meat should be given their ordinary meaalag, as the Leg- islature must'be presumed to have used them In thnt sense la whloh-thby are ordln8rlly,uad~rstood.Turner v. Cross Eon; Bascom Olles - Page 4. .~ v-475
'. (Sup. Cf. 18$?), 18 S. W. 579; Oreenwqod Y. city .of El Paso'(Civ,App. S. W. (26)~1015, 1017. Debate as.to,the intentlon.~oithe Leglslatur& Is concluded by the @e.and meaning of the word ~gross." In t@ royalty reservationof ngas." Uebs.$erlsHew-In- ternationalDi+$onaq;.Second BdltlOn, Unabridged (19~8)'deflnqk. "grq88..a8the:"whole; entire; total . opposed ko nb$i,'~ The.grorjsearnings. ~cklpt.8 or the like . e .o'withoutany~deductlons." Thbre oan be no amblgult7 thqtiefoewith respect to the meaning of the phrase 'gross prodtitlon." The State I? to re- ceive "7/48$hs"of the,-"entire!'production of gas, '?e: gardless of'what.$b aold !'Offthe,.are.a,";+nd "wlthou$ any deductions",forgs$ v6d'oaonthoptinlses.or la the ' development.ofthe,-le+se.~:: :~ .~ .~ .' -mJMMARY . Where 'aStat'elease reberves '7/48thsof the (gross~~odu+lon of gas, or the value of :. same as roy+lty,~the State 18 to receive "7/48thsn.,ofth6 entire pro.du+lon of.gas, regardless of Lha~.ls s,oldoSf the area, and . wlthout.any deductlons~. toti,gasved~~on the .premlsesor In the.developmeatoi~the leasei ., YOUr;q.ve~~trhly i&ORREY. GHRHRAL OF.TEXAS..
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