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<br />Line Name: Gravel Pit Extension East
<br />Line No.: TLN385:95088 Easement No.: 29
<br />EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY
<br />On this 'ALAday of O U _ , 2017, in consideration of Ten and NO/100 Dollars ($10.00),
<br />and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and the covenants
<br />hereinafter set forth, Civil City of South Bend, whose address is 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, Suite 1200, South
<br />Bend, Indiana 46601, ("Grantor"), whether one or more persons, hereby grants, sells, conveys, and warrants to AEP
<br />Indiana Michigan Transmission Company, Inc., a(n) Indiana corporation, a unit of American Electric Power, whose
<br />principal business address is I Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, ("AEP") and its successors, assigns, lessees and
<br />tenants a permanent easement and right of way ("Easement"), for electric transmission, distribution, and communication
<br />lines and appurtenant equipment and fixtures, being, in, on, over, under, through and across the following described lands
<br />of the Grantor, situated in the State of Indiana, St. Joseph County, Portage Township, Section 16, Township 37 North,
<br />Range 2 East.
<br />Grantor(s) claims title by Quit Claim Deed, Document #1526367, recorded 10/2/2015 in the St. Joseph County
<br />Recorder's Office.
<br />Auditor/Key/Tax Number: 71-08-16-300-004.000-025
<br />The Easement Area is more fully described and depicted on Exhibit "A", a copy of which is attached hereto and made a
<br />part hereof ("Easement Area"),
<br />GRANTOR FURTHER GRANTS AEP THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS:
<br />The right, now or in the fixture, to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, alter, improve, extend, inspect, patrol,
<br />protect, repair, remove, replace, upgrade and relocate within the Easement Area, poles, towers, and structures, made of
<br />wood, metal, concrete or other materials, and crossarms, guys, anchors, grounding systems, and all other appurtenant
<br />equipment and fixtures, and to string conductors, wires and cables; together with the right to add to said facilities from
<br />time to time, and the right to do anything necessary, useful or convenient for the enjoyment of the Easement herein
<br />granted.
<br />The right, in AEP's discretion, now or in the future, to cut down, trim, remove, and otherwise control, using herbicides or
<br />tree growth regulators or other means, any and all trees, overhanging branches, vegetation or brush situated within the
<br />Easement Area. AEP shall also have the right to cut down, trim or remove trees situated on lands of Grantor which
<br />adjoin the Easement Area when in the opinion of AEP those trees may endanger the safety of, or interfere with the
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