In the event that for any reason any well or wells shall cease to be operated for the utilization of oil or gas, and it is the intention of the owners or persons having charge of such well or wells to reopen them at some future time for the utilization of the said oil or gas, the provisions of this act relating to the plugging of wells shall be inoperative, except that it shall be imperative upon the owners or persons having charge and control of said well or wells, to adopt such measures as will prevent the oil cr gas escaping into the open air until such time as the said well or wells are to be operated and the oil or gas put to some beneficial use. Owner file sworn statement when Sec. 31. Whenever any person, persons or corporations have abandoned or ceased operating any well or wells, as set forth in the immediately preceding section well plugged. of this act, such person, persons or corporation shall file with the county clerk of the county in which such well or wells are located, a sworn statement setting out the manner in which such well or wells have been plugged, and the date that same were plugged, together with the location of such well or wells; said location to be considered sufficient when shown as being in a specified fiveacre subdivision of a designated land section, when the location shall be upon surveyed lands. When upon unsurveyed lands, the location must be shown on a map of the land section in which it may be situated, with proper metes and bounds to identify it. The said statement to be sworn to by at least two persons who shall have assisted in the actual work of plugging of said well or wells. Location of restricted. Sec. 32. No bore hole penetrating a gas-bearing or oil-bearing formation shall be located within two hundred bore hole feet of a shaft, or entrance, to a coal mine not definitely abandoned or sealed; nor shall such bore hole be located within one hundred feet of any mine shaft house, mine boiler house, mine engine house, or mine fan; and the location of any proposed bore hole must insure that when drilled it will be at least fifteen feet from any mine haulage or airway. When bore Sec. 33. Any bore hole penetrating any workable seam of coal shall be cased by the owner of such bore hole must be cased. Same. Same. Owner file statement of completed bore hole. Statement confidential. Owner notify inspector of abandonment of well. Application of sections of act. Report of inspector. Governor may remove inspector. hole with a suitable casing, conductor or drive pipe, so as to shut off all surface water from entering said workable coal seam. Sec. 34. When bore holes for gas or oil are drilled in the coal measures and pass through workable seams, if gas or oil is encountered in such bore hole, the coal seams or worked out coal seams shall be sufficiently protected by casing so that the gas or oil shall not come in contact with the coal seams or enter the excavations of worked out seams. Sec. 35. When water-bearing formation is encountered in the drilling of any bore hole for natural gas or oil, casing shall be set upon the next formation encountered which is of such a nature that it will sustain the casing, and exclude all water from the lower bore hole. Sec. 36. When a bore hole has been drilled and completed, and placed in operation for the utilization of natural gas or oil, the owner of such well shall file with the inspector a statement of the total depth of the hole, the sizes and lengths of casings used and remaining in the hole, the depth and thickness of coal seams penetrated and whether oil, gas or water was obtained. The information thus given to the inspector shall not be deemed to be public record, and shall be given out by the inspector or his deputies, only upon the written consent of the person, persons or corporation rendering such statement. Sec. 37. When any oil or gas well is to be abandoned, the owner shall notify the inspector in writing, of such intent to abandon, and shall proceed with the plugging as provided herein. Sec. 38. Sections 28, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 apply only to wells or bore holes which may be drilled through workable coal seams. Sec. 39. On the first Monday of February of each year, the state inspector shall make and deliver to the Governor of the state an annual report of the inspections made by him or his deputies for the preceding year. Sec. 40. The governor shall have the power to remove from office any inspector who is incompetent or unfaithful in the discharge of his official duty, or who having knowledge of the violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall neglect or refuse to prosecute the offender. Attorney General Sec. 41. It shall be the duty of the district attor- District neys, in their districts, and the Attorney General, in cases and where the district attorney refuses to act, to enforce the provisions of this act by appropriate actions in courts of act. competent jurisdiction. enforce inspector. Civil service. Sec. 42. The Governor shall appoint a skilled and Governor suitable person, who has been qualified by the state civil appoint service examination and who is not interested in the manufacture or dealing in oils, as state inspector of oils. Sec. 43. Any person, appointed state inspector of oils or deputy inspector of oils, shall before entering on the duties of the office, take oath or affirmation as prescribed by the constitution of the state and shall file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. Oath of inspector and deputies. inspector The state inspector shall execute a bond to the State Bond of of Colorado in the sum of ten thousand dollars which surety shall be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him in the act, and the bond shall be for the use of all persons in any way injured or aggrieved by the acts or neglects of said inspectors. deputies. The deputy inspectors shall execute a bond to the Bond of State of Colorado in the sum of five thousand dollars, which surety shall be approved by the judge of the district court in the county where the said deputy is located, and bond shall also be for the use of all persons in any way aggrieved or injured by the acts of such deputy inspector. Sec. 44. There shall be two deputy oil inspectors, Two deputies. one of whom shall be the professor of mechanical engineering of the University of Colorado, and he shall have the supervision and charge of the laboratory and all instruments and appliances therein. It shall be the sole Duties of duty of this deputy and his qualified assistants to make all routine analyses of all samples submitted by the chief oil inspector and to give such results in writing as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the require deputies. Fees for tests. One deputy from civil service. Appropriation. Oil laboratory. Salary of inspector and deputies. Penalty for violation of act. Disposition of fines. Acts repealed. ments of the act. He shall employ qualified assistants at his own expense. In cases where samples for tests and analysis which do not come under the provisions of the act are submitted by either the state oil inspector or by private parties, a fee may be charged to cover the laboratory expenses and pay for the time of the deputy and his assistants. The appointment of the other deputy shall be made by the Governor from the civil service eligible list. Sec. 45. The sum of four thousand dollars from the fees and emoluments of the office shall be used in the year 1915, towards paying the cost of the erection of a permanent oil laboratory, to be erected upon the campus of the state university, to be the property of the University of Colorado. Out of the fees and emoluments of his office, the state inspector of oils shall receive a salary of sixteen hundred dollars a year and his traveling expenses, not to exceed six hundred dollars per annum, and his deputies shall each receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars a year and traveling or laboratory expenses not to exceed six hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 46. Any violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than six months in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In all cases where fines are collected, one-half the amount shall be paid to the State Treasurer and be placed to the credit of the oil inspection department. Sec. 47. Chapter 121 of the Laws of 1899, Chapter 200 of the laws of 1907, Chapter 180 of the laws of 1911, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved: April 13, 1915. CHAPTER 127. PENITENTIARY PROTECTION OF CONVICTS. (S. B No. 357, by Senator Lines and Mr. Colgate.) AN ACT CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE PENITEN- Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: to furnish etc., to aid in escape. Section 1. Any person who shall furnish, or attempt Unlawful to furnish, or aid or assist in furnishing or in attempting convict with to furnish to any convict who is confined in the peniten- firearms, tiary or restrained on or in any ranch, farm, or camp owned, operated, or maintained by the State of Colorado, or by authority thereof, or at any place whatsoever, any firearms, or other deadly weapons, or dynamite or other explosives, for the purpose of aiding, assisting, or encouraging such convict to escape from such confinement. or such restraint, or to bring about an outbreak or a riot, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction Penalty. thereof shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than ten years nor more than fifteen years. Unlawful to aid con vict in escape. Sec. 2. Any person who shall aid, abet or assist to escape any convict who is confined in the penitentiary, or restrained on or in any ranch, farm or camp owned, operated or maintained by the State of Colorado, or by authority thereof, or at any other place whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof Penalty. |