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Exhibit

Exhibit 4.61

7(iv)

Counterpart     of 5

ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

As Trustee under Entergy Texas, Inc.’s Indenture, Deed of Trust and Security Agreement 
dated as of October 1, 2008

________________

First Supplemental Indenture

Amending the Indenture, Deed of Trust and Security Agreement

Dated as of September 1, 2019

    

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 1, 2019, between ENTERGY TEXAS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas whose address is 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation whose principal corporate trust office is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, Deed of Trust and Security Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2008 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), this First Supplemental Indenture (hereinafter called this “First Supplemental Indenture”) being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture and instruments supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively called the “Indenture.” Subject to any amendments provided for in this First Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Original Indenture shall, for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Original Indenture.
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore issued, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, as supplemented, the following series of Securities: 
	
			
	Series
	Principal
Amount
Issued
	Principal
Amount
Outstanding

	7.125% Series due February 1, 2019
7.875% Series due June 1, 2039
3.60% Series due June 1, 2015
4.10% Series due September 1, 2021
5.625% Series due June 1, 2064
5.15% Series due June 1, 2045
2.55% Series due June 1, 2021
3.45% Series due December 1, 2027
4.0% Series due March 30, 2029
4.5% Series due March 30, 2039
	$500,000,000 
$150,000,000 
$200,000,000 
$75,000,000 
$135,000,000 
$250,000,000 
$125,000,000 
$150,000,000 
$300,000,000 
$400,000,000
	$0 
$0 
$0 
$75,000,000 
$135,000,000 
$250,000,000 
$125,000,000 
$150,000,000 
$300,000,000 
$400,000,000

WHEREAS, Section 1302 of the Original Indenture provides, among other things, that with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series now Outstanding under the Indenture, considered as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Original Indenture; provided, however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding thereunder and if a proposed amendment shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent of the Holders of only a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required;
WHEREAS, in Section 13 of the Officer’s Certificate 10-B-8 (the “Officer’s Certificate 10-B-8”) establishing the form and certain terms of the First Mortgage Bonds, 3.45% Series due December 1, 2027 (the “3.45% Bonds”), the Company reserved the right to amend Section 907 of the Original Indenture as set forth therein (the “Section 907 Amendment”), and each initial and future holder of 3.45% Bonds, by its acquisition of an interest in such bonds, irrevocably (a) consented to the Section 907 Amendment without any other or further action by any Holder of such 3.45% Bonds, and (b) designated the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such Holder in favor of the Section 907 Amendment at any bondholder meeting, in any consent solicitation in lieu 

of any bondholder meeting, or otherwise; 
WHEREAS, in Section 13 of the Officer’s Certificate 12-B-9 (the “Officer’s Certificate 12-B-9”) establishing the form and certain terms of the First Mortgage Bonds, 4.0% Series due March 30, 2029 (the “4.0% Bonds”), the Company reserved the right to make the Section 907 Amendment, and each initial and future holder of 4.0% Bonds, by its acquisition of an interest in such bonds, irrevocably (a) consented to the Section 907 Amendment without any other or further action by any Holder of such 4.0% Bonds, and (b) designated the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such Holder in favor of the Section 907 Amendment at any bondholder meeting, in any consent solicitation in lieu of any bondholder meeting, or otherwise;
WHEREAS, in Section 13 of the Officer’s Certificate 12-B-10 (the “Officer’s Certificate 12-B-10”) establishing the form and certain terms of the First Mortgage Bonds, 4.5% Series due March 30, 2039 (the “4.5% Bonds”), the Company reserved the right to make the Section 907 Amendment, and each initial and future holder of 4.5% Bonds, by its acquisition of an interest in such bonds, irrevocably (a) consented to the Section 907 Amendment without any other or further action by any Holder of such 4.5% Bonds, and (b) designated the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such Holder in favor of the Section 907 Amendment at any bondholder meeting, in any consent solicitation in lieu of any bondholder meeting, or otherwise;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 1302 of the Indenture, (a) the Holders of the 3.45% Bonds, the 4.0% Bonds and the 4.5% Bonds shall be deemed to have consented to the Section 907 Amendment, (b) no Act of such Holders shall be required to evidence such consent, and (c) such consent may be counted in the determination of whether or not the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities shall have consented to the Section 907 Amendment;
WHEREAS, the 3.45% Bonds, the 4.0% Bonds and the 4.5% Bonds constitute a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Securities now Outstanding; and
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, and has duly authorized the Section 907 Amendment.
NOW THERETOFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the parties mutually agree, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE
SECTION 101.  The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities Outstanding under the Indenture having consented to the amendment set forth in Section 13 of each of the Officer’s Certificate 10-B-8, the Officer’s Certificate 12-B-9 and the Officer’s Certificate 12-B-10, the Company hereby exercises its right to amend Section 907 of the Original Indenture, effective as of September 1, 2019, as follows: 
(a) to change the words “this Indenture” wherever they appear in Section 907 to “this Indenture or the Securities” and (b) to change the words “remedy hereunder” in Section 907 to “remedy under this Indenture or the Securities.”
ARTICLE TWO
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 201. This First Supplemental Indenture is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed.  
SECTION 202.  The recitals contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
	
		
	 
	ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. 

By: /s/ Kevin J. Marino
Name:Kevin J. Marino
Title:Assistant Treasurer

	
		
	 
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
As Trustee

By: /s/ Laurence J. O’Brien
Name:Laurence J. O’Brien
Title:Vice President

STATE OF LOUISIANA
                                                    } ss.:
PARISH OF ORLEANS
On this 17th day of September, 2019, before me, a Notary Public within and for said Parish, personally appeared KEVIN J. MARINO, to me personally known to be an Assistant Treasurer of ENTERGY TEXAS, INC., the corporation that executed the within instrument; that he is an Assistant Treasurer of ENTERGY TEXAS, INC., the corporation named in the foregoing instrument; that said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors; and said KEVIN J. MARINO acknowledged to me said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation, and that said corporation executed the same.

	
		
	 
	 

	 
	/s/ Mark Grafton Otts
Mark Grafton Otts
State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson
Notary Public Identification No. 4430
My commission expires at my death

	 
	 

        

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                                                            } ss.:
COUNTY OF PASSAIC
On this 17th day of September, 2019, before me, a notary public, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LAURENCE J. O’BRIEN, who acknowledged himself to be a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation and that he, as such officer, being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as such officer.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Rosemarie Socorro-Garcia
Rosemarie Socorro-Garcia 
Notary Public, State of New Jersey
My Commission Expires 
December 05, 2021BRIDGE
LOAN AGREEMENT

 

THIS
BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT (hereinafter the “Agreement”), is entered into on the date set forth below by and between
Houston American Energy Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and the lenders whose signatures appear
hereon (the “Lender(s)”).

 

WHEREAS,
the Borrower is engaged in oil and gas exploration and is party to an agreement to acquire an interest in mineral acreage in Hockley
County, Texas (the “Hockley County Acreage”);

 

WHEREAS,
the Borrower is presently engaged in efforts to secure additional equity capital or debt financing (all sales, for cash, of equity
or debt securities – excluding the Bridge Loan Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement – of the Borrower from and
after the date hereof until the Bridge Loans made hereunder are paid in full, being referred to as the “Funding Program”)
to support the acquisition of the Hockley County Acreage;

 

WHEREAS,
pending the receipt of funding from the Funding Program, the Borrower desires to borrow, and the Lenders are willing to lend,
up to $600,000 (the “Bridge Loan”) to support the acquisition of the Hockley County Acreage; and

 

WHEREAS,
as consideration for making the Bridge Loan, the Borrower has agreed to issue to the Lenders senior unsecured promissory notes
(the “Bridge Loan Note”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and warrants (the “Warrant”),
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower and Lenders agree as follows:

 

1.       Bridge
Loan Notes and Warrants. The Borrower agrees to issue to the Lenders (a) Bridge Loan Notes in the amount set forth on the
signature page hereof, for aggregate consideration not to exceed $600,000, the terms of which Bridge Loan Notes are set forth
herein and in the Bridge Loan Note, and (b) Warrants to purchase one share of common stock of the Borrower for each dollar of
Bridge Loan Notes issued, the terms of which Warrants are set forth in Exhibit B.

 

2.       Consideration.
As consideration for the issuance of the Bridge Loan Notes and Warrants, the Lenders shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal
to 95% of the face amounts of the Bridge Loan Notes issued to said Lenders.

 

3.       Interest.
The unpaid principal amount of the Bridge Loan shall bear interest until paid at an interest rate per annum (the “Applicable
Rate”) of twelve percent (12%); provided, however, that so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Applicable Rate shall be the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permissible under applicable law.
Interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Bridge Loan shall accrue from and including the date funds are advanced but not
including the date such Bridge Loan is paid. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year consisting of 365 days and paid
for actual days elapsed.

 

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4.       Payments.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 5 and 6 below, the Bridge Loans, including interest accrued thereon, shall be repayable
by the Borrower:

 

(a)       in
monthly installments of interest only payable on the last day of each calendar month so long as the Bridge Loan remains outstanding;
and

 

(b)       any
unpaid principal and accrued interest on the Bridge Loan shall be payable in full one hundred twenty (120) calendar days following
the date of the applicable Bridge Loan Note (the “Maturity Date”).

 

All
payments shall be applied first to expenses, if any, of collection, then to accrued and unpaid interest and then to principal.
All payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Lender at its address
set forth on the signature page, or at such other place as may be designated in writing by the Lender to the Borrower.

 

5.       Prepayment.
The Borrower shall, (i) on the last business day of each month so long as amounts remain owing hereunder, prepay the Bridge Loans,
including accrued interest, from and to the extent of one hundred percent (100%) of the net proceeds received by the Borrower
from the Funding Program, and (ii) not later than five (5) business days following the sale (an “Asset Sale”)
by the Borrower of any assets, other than assets sold in the ordinary course of business, prepay the Bridge Loans, including accrued
interest, from and to the extent of one hundred percent (100%) of the net proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale of assets,
and (iii) not later than five (5) business days following the receipt of proceeds (“Oil and Gas Proceeds”)
from sale of oil and gas production arising from the Hockley County Acreage, prepay the Bridge Loans, including accrued interest,
from and to the extent of seventy-five percent (75%) of the net Oil and Gas Proceeds received. In addition, the Borrower may,
at its election, repay the Bridge Loan in whole or in part at any time prior to the Maturity Date without premium or penalty.

 

6.       Default.
The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Agreement and under
the Bridge Loan Notes:

 

(a)       The
Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal payment owed hereunder on the due date required hereunder, (ii) any interest payment
owed hereunder on the due date required hereunder, or (iii) any other payment required under the terms of this Agreement or the
Bridge Loan Notes on the due date for such payment, and such payment shall not have been made within five (5) days after the Borrower’s
receipt of the Lender’s written notice to the Borrower of such failure to pay (any such event being referred to as a “Payment
Default”); or

 

(b)       The
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or
the Bridge Loan Notes (other than those specified in Section 6(a) of this Agreement) and such failure shall continue for ten (10)
days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Borrower by a holder of the Bridge Loan Note; or

 

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(c)       The
Borrower shall:

 

(i)       apply
for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of
its property;

 

(ii)       be
unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature;

 

(iii)       make
a general assignment for the benefit of any of its creditors;

 

(iv)       commence
a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment
of or taking possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it; or

 

(v)       take
any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(d)       Proceedings
for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of the Borrower or of all or a substantial part of the property
thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Borrower
or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall be commenced and
an order for relief entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within sixty (60) days after commencement.

 

7.       Rights
of Holder Upon Default. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Sections
6(c) or 6(d)) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Lender may, by written notice to
the Borrower, declare all outstanding amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement to be immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in Sections 6(c) or 6(d) hereof, immediately and without
notice, all outstanding amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement and the Bridge Loan Notes shall automatically become
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, or any other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition to the
foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, the Lender may exercise any other right, power or
remedy permitted to it by the UCC, or otherwise available at law or in equity or both.

 

8.       Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Borrower. The Borrower hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Lender that:

 

(a)       Authorization.
The Borrower has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and such Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

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(b)       Use
of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Bridge Loan shall be used to support the acquisition of the Hockley County Acreage and general
working capital needs of the Borrower and no payments will be made to repay indebtedness owed to affiliates of the Borrower unless
and until the Bridge Loan Notes have been repaid in full.

 

(c)       Prepayment
Notices. Within two (2) business days following receipt by the Borrower, on or after the date hereof, of net funds from (i)
the Funding Program, (ii) an Asset Sale, or (iii) Oil and Gas Proceeds; the Borrower shall provide written notice to the holders
of the Bridge Loan Notes with respect to the receipt of such funds.

 

(d)       No
Senior or Parity Debt. So long as any amounts remain outstanding and owing under the Bridge Loan Notes, without the prior
written consent of holders of a majority in total principal amount then owing under the Bridge Loan Notes (the “Majority
Holders”), the Borrower will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness which is not expressly and
fully subordinated to the Bridge Loan Notes and does not contain subordination terms that are reasonably satisfactory to the Majority
Holders.

 

(e)       Negative
Pledge. So long as any amounts remain outstanding and owing under the Bridge Loan Notes, without the prior written consent
of the Majority Holders, the Borrower will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liens upon or with respect to any
assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any of its rights in respect thereof, except for:

 

(i)       liens
existing as of the date hereof;

 

(ii)       liens
incurred in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its subsidiaries or the ownership of their respective assets;
and

 

(iii)       liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies, or otherwise arising by operation of law, which taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or levies are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

 

9.       Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Lender. The Lender hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Borrower that:

 

(a)       Authorization.
The Lender has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and such Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Lender enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)       Purchase
Entirely for Own Account. This Agreement is made with the Lender in reliance upon the Lender’s representation to the
Borrower, which by the Lender’s execution of this Agreement the Lender hereby confirms, that the Bridge Loan Note and Warrant
will be acquired for investment for the Lender’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale
or distribution of any part thereof, and that the Lender has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or
otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Agreement, the Lender further represents that the Lender does not have any
contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to
any third person, with respect to the Bridge Loan Note or Warrant.

 

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(c)       Disclosure
of Information. The Lender has received such information regarding the Borrower and the Bridge Loan Notes and Warrant as the
Lender shall have requested and believes it has received all the information considered by the Lender as being necessary or appropriate
for deciding whether to enter into the transaction contemplated hereby. The Lender further represents that it has had an opportunity
to ask questions and receive answers from the Borrower regarding the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby
and the business, properties and financial condition of the Borrower.

 

(d)       Investment
Experience. The Lender acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk of the transactions contemplated
herein, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the transaction contemplated herein.

 

(e)       Accredited
Investor. The Lender is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), as presently in effect.

 

(f)       Restricted
Securities. The Lender understands that the Bridge Loan Notes and Warrants, and shares underlying the Warrants, are characterized
as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Borrower
in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold
without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the Lender represents
that it is familiar with SEC Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the
Securities Act.

 

10.       Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives, legatees, successors
and assigns of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

 

11.       Notices.
Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery
or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party entitled to such
notice at the address indicated below such party’s signature line on this Agreement or at such other address as such party
may designate by ten days’ advance written notice under this paragraph to all other parties to this Agreement.

 

12.       No
Waiver. The failure of any party hereto in any instance to exercise any rights provided hereby shall not constitute a waiver
of any other rights that may subsequently arise under the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties.
No waiver of any breach or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or condition,
whether of like or different nature.

 

13.       Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same instrument.

 

[Lender
Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Bridge Loan Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date indicated below.

 

	 	HOUSTON AMERICAN ENERGY CORP.
	 	 	 
	Dated:
    September 18, 2019	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	James
    Schoonover
	 	Title:	President
	 	 	801
    Travis, Suite 1425
	 	 	Houston,
    Texas 77002
	 	 	 
	 	LENDER:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name:
    	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Address:	 
	 	 	 

 

	 	Face
    Amount of	
	 	Bridge
    Loan Notes:	$___________________
	 	 	                            x
    95%
	 	 	 
	 	Consideration	$___________________

 

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