plugging of abandoned oil and gas wells or test holes and to see that such work is done in accordance with the methods prescribed in this act. what to set SEC. 3. No person shall begin the sinking or drilling of any Application, oil or gas well or test hole until he shall first have filed with forth. the supervisor of wells a written application setting forth the exact location of the proposed well, and giving the section, township and range thereof in unplatted land, and the lot, block, recorded plat and municipality thereof in platted land. Such application shall also set forth the intended depth of the well; the name and address of the owner or owners of the fee; the name and address of the lessee or lessees, if any, of the fee; the name and address of the person who is to sink or drill the well; the purpose for which the well is to be sunk or drilled; and the intent and plan and method of casing the well and performing the work. Such application shall be signed by the owner of such proposed well, forwarded to the supervisor of wells and when received by him shall be filed as a permanent record in the department of conservation. Upon the payment of a permit fee of ten dollars by such ap- Permit fee. plicant, the supervisor of wells shall issue to any responsible person making proper application therefor, a permit to sink or drill such well or test hole in accordance with the terms of such application, which permit when obtained by the applicant shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place at all times at the location of the well. paid. SEC. 4. The supervisor of wells shall thereupon pay such Where fee permit fee to the state treasurer together with a report giving the name of the applicant, the date and number of the permit issued and the location of the proposed well. The state treasurer shall place all permit fees so paid to him in the general fund. seal off oil, SEC. 5. Every person who shall sink or drill or cause to To case and be sunk or drilled, such a well or test hole penetrating bed etc., strarock (except test holes for iron or copper in iron or copper tum. bearing districts) shall case and seal off each oil, gas, brine or water stratum or formation to prevent migration to other strata. This casing and sealing off shall be effected by the use of suitable steel or wrought iron pipe and shall be kept in constant repair to prevent migration to other strata. When To furnish ever requested by the supervisor of wells or his duly author- record, etc. ized representative, the owner or operator of any such well or test hole shall forthwith furnish an accurate record or log of such well or test hole to the date thereof, and in addition thereto shall furnish forthwith adequate samples of the core, cuttings, churnings removed therefrom and liquids contained therein. In the event that any strings of casing are permanently removed during the drilling or operation of such well or test hole, then a mud laden fluid shall be used and properly placed in such well or test hole to prevent migration in such a manner as hereinafter provided to be used in case such well or test hole is plugged. Permit to deepen. Abandonment. How filled. Proviso. Further proviso. Plugging. In case the owner or operator of any such well or test hole shall desire to deepen such well or test hole, written permission therefor shall first be obtained from the supervisor of wells, which permit shall be issued without fee, providing the permit fee has already been paid under the provision of this act. If such permit fee has not been so paid then an application shall be made for such deepening by the owner of such well or test hole and all proceedings shall be followed and payment made as for applications to sink or drill a well or test hole in the first instance under this act. SEC. 6. Every person before abandoning such well or test hole for any reason shall first notify in writing the supervisor of wells, adjoining lessee or lessees, if any, and the adjoining fee owner or owners, of his intention so to do. The supervisor of wells or his duly authorized representative shall thereupon supervise the work of abandoning such well or test hole and the same shall be plugged by the owner or operator thereof forthwith under the supervision of the supervisor of wells or his duly authorized representative. In order to effectually confine all oil, gas or water to its own stratum such well or test hole owner shall before removing any casing securely fill the well or test hole with properly prepared mud laden fluid weighing eleven pounds per gallon to the bottom of the casing to be removed and after removal shall place an iron ball of proper diameter on the off-set so exposed. This procedure shall be repeated for each string of casing removed, and upon removal of the last string, the hole shall be filled to the surface with the mud laden fluid: Provided, however, That such hole may be filled to a fresh water level and not to the surface with such mud laden fluid in case the same is desired to be used as a fresh water well: And provided further, That the procedure herein prescribed for the plugging of such wells or test holes may be departed from and some equally effective procedure may be followed when written permission therefor is first obtained from the supervisor of wells, who shall be satisfied that such substituted method will adequately prevent migration. SEC. 7. Every well or test hole penetrating oil, gas, or water bearing strata which has been abandoned since January first, nineteen hundred twenty-five, and which has not been plugged in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be forthwith plugged by the owner or operator thereof in the presence of and under the supervision of the supervisor of wells or his duly authorized representative in accordance with the provisions of this act. In case such well or test hole shall not have been properly plugged within thirty days after this act shall have become effective, the supervisor of wells shall thereupon ascertain the name and address of the owner or operator thereof and shall proceed to give personal notice or notice by registered mail of such fact to such owner or operator thereof, after which time such owner or operator shall forthwith take all steps necessary to comply with the deemed etc., not found. provisions of this act and shall thereafter be liable to the penalties herein provided. Hereafter such well or test hole When shall be deemed to have been abandoned for the purposes of abandoned. this act when the same shall have been left with intent on the part of the owner or operator thereof not to renew operations thereat, or, when and after the supervisor of wells shall find that such well or test hole is in fact not being operated or worked and shall give thirty days' written notice thereof to such owner or operator, which notice shall have been served personally or by registered mail sent to the last known mail address of such owner or operator of such well or test hole. SEC, 8. When any owner or operator of any oil or gas When owner, well or test hole which has not been properly cased, plugged or repaired cannot be found, the supervisor of wells, after having attempted to give thirty days' written notice thereof as provided in section seven of this act to the owner or operator of such well or test hole, shall thereupon serve like notice in like manner upon the owner or owners of the fee of the land upon which such well or test hole is located (or should there be no known fee owner, then such notice shall be served in Notice, like manner upon the person or persons having charge of or being in control of the said land upon which such well or test hole is located), and may enter upon the property and case, plug or repair the well or test hole and the cost of such casing, plugging or repairing shall thereupon be determined by the supervisor of wells and shall become a lien against the property of the owner of such well or test hole located thereat, of [or] if such owner of the well or test hole cannot be found, or if the property of the owner of such well or test hole located thereat shall not be sufficient to satisfy the expense so determined by the supervisor of wells, then the same shall become a lien against the land upon which such well or test hole was sunk or drilled, and the supervisor of wells may take all steps necessary to enforce such lien. service of. SEC. 9. The provisions of this act shall not apply to fresh When not water wells or test holes not exceeding four inches in diam- applicable. eter; nor to coal test holes not exceeding three inches in diameter; nor to fresh water wells sunk for municipal purposes of any diameter or depth; nor to test holes for iron or copper in iron or copper bearing districts. penalty. SEC. 10. Any person hereafter failing or neglecting to Misdecomply with or follow any of the provisions of this act shall meanor: be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for not more than ninety days in the county jail or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Where the offense is continuing such as the failure to properly plug an abandoned well or test hole, each day such failure to comply with or follow any of the provisions of this act continues, may be considered a separate offense and shall be punishable as such. Saving clause. SEC. 11. The provisions of this act are declared to be severable, and if any section or part of section be held invalid for any reason, it is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that the remaining provisions of this act would have been enacted without such section or part held to be invalid having been included therein. Approved April 25, 1927. Amounts and purposes. [No. 66.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the board of registration The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the board of registration of nurses and trained attendants for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, the sum of fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the sum of fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Proviso. How paid out. Fees, etc. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board: Provided, That in no case shall the expenditures of said board exceed the fees collected by it. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said board This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 67.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter one hundred seventy-one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of county jails and the regulation thereof," being section two thousand five hundred twenty-two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred seventy- Section one of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of county jails and the regulation thereof," being section two thousand five hundred twenty-two of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: as prisons. SEC. 1. The common jails in the several counties of this When used state in charge of the respective sheriff's shall be used as prisons: First, For the detention of persons charged with offenses and duly committed for trial; Second, For the confinement of persons committed pursuant to a sentence upon conviction of an offense, and of all other persons duly committed for any cause authorized by law; and the provisions of this section shall extend to persons detained in or committed to any such jail when duly authorized by or under the authority of any court or officer of the United States, as well as by the courts and magistrates of this state: Provided, however, That all persons detained or committed to Proviso. such jails by the authority of the courts of the United States, or any officer of the United States, shall be received in said county jails only in cases where the cost of the care and maintenance of such persons shall be paid by the United States, at actual cost thereof, to be fixed and determined by the Michigan welfare commission upon application of the sheriffs of the respective counties of this state, and not otherwise. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |