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 ef fectually 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 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. etc., not service of. 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 found. 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. applicable. SEC. 9. The provisions of this act shall not apply to fresh When not water wells or test holes not exceeding four inches in diameter; 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. 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 ef fectually 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 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. etc., not service of. 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 found. 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. applicable. SEC. 9. The provisions of this act shall not apply to fresh When not water wells or test holes not exceeding four inches in diameter; 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 of nurses and trained attendants for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, for maintenance and operation. 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 of registration of nurses and trained attendants shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |