The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-07
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE Of The Mayor
and Town Council of Mountain Lake
Park, a municipal corporation of the
State of Maryland, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE relating TO the
drilling of wells for oil or gas within
the COZ porate limits Of the town Of
Mountain Lake Park, providing for
the obtaining Of permits for such
drilling and regulating generally such
operations.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by The
Mayor and Town Council OF Mountain
Lake Park, that from and after the
passage Of this ordinance, no finn,
person or corporation shall drill a
well for oil or gas within the corpor-
ate limits of said town without hay
ing first obtained a permit from the
said The Mayor and Town Council, to
conduct such drilling operation. A fee
Of $4,000 shall be paid at the time of
the filing of an application for such
permit.
SECTION ,. And be it further or
dained That no such permit shall he
issued by the said The Mayor and
Town Council until the person, firm
or corporation seeking such permit
shall file with the Clerk of the said
municipal corporation. an indemnity
bond on liability insurance policy or
policies, providing for the indemnifi-
cation of any person or persons who
may suffer bodily injury or whose
propelt y may be damaged as the re-
suit Of negligence on the part Of the
agents, servants on employees of the
holder of such permit, arising out OF
such drilling operations. The amount
of such bond or insurance policy or
policies shall be not less than $780,
10000.
SECTION 8. And be it further or
dained. That any such well that may
be drilled by the holder of a permit
as herein provided, shall be cased to
a point in or near the Onondaga line.
with a good grade of casing and such
casing shall be cemented in place, as
approved by an inspector duly author
lied to act for the said The Mayor
and Town Council.
SECTION 4. And be it further or
dained, T h a proper shutting-in
equipment shall be installed prior to
drilling in, (including drilling
through valve) and provision shall be
made to shut the well in at some dis
lance from the rig.
SECTION 5. And be it further or
dained. That from and after the pass
age Of this ordinance, no such well
being drilled within the corporate
limits Of said town, shall be drilled
within one hundred and seventy-five
feet of any dwelling house.
SECTION 6. And he it further or
dained. That any permit granted
hereunder may be revoked by the
said The Mayor and Town Council,
upon the failure or refusal of the
holder thereof to comply with the
provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION Z And be it further or
dained, That any person, finn or
corporation violating any of the pro-
visions Of this ordinance. shall upon
conviction before Trial Magistrate
Of the State Of Maryland, be fined
two hundred dollars and where such
offense is a continuing one, each day
that said offense continues after the
first conviction, shall he deemed a
separate and distinct offense.
SECTION s. And be it further or
dained, That this ordinance shall take
effect from and on the oath day of
November, 1850.
THE MAYOR AND TOWN
COUNCIL OF MOUNTAIN
LAKE PARK, MARYLAND,
BY Emile L. German, Mayor
Attest: Bonnie Calhoun, Clerk.
Passed November "a, 1850.