AN ACT to suppress bucket shops and gambling in stocks, bonds, petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions or other produce. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That it shall be unlawful for any corporation, association, copartnership or person to keep or cause to be kept within this State any bucketshop, office, store or other place wherein is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of the shares of stocks or bonds of any corporation, or petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions or other produce, either on margins or otherwise, without any intention of receiving and paying for the property so bought, or of delivering the property so sold; or wherein is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of such property on margins; or when the party buying any of such property, or offering to buy the same, does not intend actually to receive the same if purchased, or to deliver the same if sold. * PLUGGING OIL AND GAS WELLS. LAWS 1905, P. 326. MAY 16, 1905. OIL WELL NEAR COAL MINE-AMENDATORY ACT. JUNE 7, 1911. AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "An act," etc. (same as section 1). SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That an act entitled, "An act in relation to sinking, filling and operating of oil or gas wells," approved and in force May 16, 1905, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. No oil or gas well shall be drilled hereafter nearer than 250 feet to any opening to a mine used as a means of ingress or egress for the persons employed therein or which is used as an air shaft. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation having the custody or control of any well drilled for gas or oil, and of the owner of the land in which such well is drilled, when the drill holes penetrate a coal seam, to file in the office of the recorder of the county in which said oil or gas well is drilled, and in the office of the State Mining Board, within fifteen days after completing said well, a statement and map giving the location and depth of every well so drilled, and the county recorder shall file and enter and index same in the records of his office relating to the titles to real property. SEC. 3. Before the casing shall be drawn from any well for the purpose of abandonment thereof, which has been drilled into any gas or oil-bearing rock, it shall be the duty of any person, firm, or corporation having the custody or control of such well at the time of such abandonment, and also the owner or owners of the land wherein such well is situated, to properly and securely stop and plug the same in the following manner: Such hole first be solidly filled from the bottom thereof to a point at least twenty feet above such gas or oil-bearing rock with sand gravel or pulverized rock, immediately on the top of which filling shall be seated a dry wood plug not less than two feet in length, having a diameter of not less than one-fourth of an inch less than the inside diameter of the casing in such well. And above such wooden plug such well shall be solidly filled for at least twenty-five feet with the above-mentioned filling material, immediately above which shall be seated another wood plug of the same kind and size as above provided, and such well shall again be solidly filled for at least twenty-five feet above such plug with such filling material. After the casing has been drawn from such well there shall immediately be seated at the point where such casing was seated a cast-iron ball or tampered wood plug at least two feet in length, the diameter of which ball or the top of which wood plug shall be greater than that of the hole below the point where such casing was seated and above such ball or plug such well shall be solidly filled to top of well with the aforesaid material. SEC. 4. The person, firm or corporation owning or having control or custody of any such well, or the land in which any such well is situated, shall file or cause to be filed in the office of the recorder of the county in which any such well is located, within fifteen days after the same has been plugged, as provided in section 3, the affidavit of at least two persons who were present during the plugging of such well, which affidavit shall be recorded in the record books in the office of the recorder of such county, and shall set out in detail the manner in which such well was plugged and the depth of each such wood plugs and iron ball below the surface of the ground, and the record of such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence in any court of a compliance with the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation sinking a well in any oil or gas bearing rock, or having sunk such well and maintaining the same, to case off and keep cased off all fresh water from such well. SEC. 6. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of section 1 or failing to comply with the provisions of section 2 of this act, or who shall fail or refuse to plug a well in the time and manner provided in section 3 of this act, or shall fail or neglect to secure and file in the proper recorder's office the affidavit provided for and required in section 4 of this act, or shall fail and neglect to properly case off fresh water from such well and keep the same cased off while said well is maintained, as provided in section 5 of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every violation thereof, and the further sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each ten days during which such violation shall continue, and all such penalties shall be recoverable in a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county in which said violation occurred, brought in the name of the State of Illinois on the relation of such county, and for the use and benefit of such county, and in all such cases; if there be recovery by the State, it shall recover in addition to such penalties a reasonable attorney's fee. SEC. 7. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act; therefore, the same shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. Approved June 7, 1911. INDIANA. CONTENTS. Natural gas.. Burning Methods of using--Regulations. Gas companies-Eminent domain-Voting trust-- Supervisors-Duties and powers-- Taxation-Assessment and schedule_ Oil and gas wells---. Companies for drilling-Incorporation-Capital stock.... Pipe lines____. Companies for laying pipes-Powers-Rights of way. Power to acquire real estate and rights of way. Page. 90 90 91 92 93 95 96 96 98 98 100 100 104 107 NATURAL GAS. BURNING METHODS OF USING-REGULATIONS. GAS COMPANIES-EMINENT DOMAIN-VOTING TRUST. PIPES FOR CARRYING-REGULATIONS. SUPERVISORS-DUTIES AND POWERS. TAXATION-ASSESSMENT AND SCHEDULE. BURNING-METHODS OF USING-REGULATIONS. BURNS' STATUTES 1914 (VOL. 1), P. 1302, (ACTS 1891, P. 382; JUNE 3, 1891.) 2705 (2311). Altering gas connections. 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person in any manner whatever, to change, extend or alter, or cause to be changed, extended, or altered any service or other pipe or attachment of any kind connecting or through which natural or artificial gas is furnished from the gas mains or pipes of any person, company or corporation without first procuring from said person, company or corporation written permission to make such change, extension or alteration. 2706 (2312). Making gas connections without consent. 2. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to make, or cause to be made, any connection or reconnection, with the gas mains or service pipes of any person, company, or corporation, furnishing to consumers natural or artificial gas, or to turn on or off, or in any manner interfere with any valve or stopcock, or other appliances belonging to such person, company or corporation, and connected with its service or other pipes, or to enlarge the orifice of mixers, or to use natural gas for heating purposes except through mixers, without first procuring from such person, company or corporation a written permit to turn on or off such stopcock or valve, or to make such connections or reconnection, or to enlarge the orifice of mixers, or to use gas for heating without mixers, or to interfere with the valves, stopcocks or other appliances of such person, company or corporation, as the case may be. 2707 (2313). Refusal to deliver gas mixers. 3. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person or persons to whom any mixer or mixers or other appliances may be or may have been loaned or rented by any person, company or corporation for the purpose of furnishing gas through the same, to retain possession or to refuse to deliver such mixer or mixers, or other appliances to the person, company or corporation entitled to the possession of the same, after such person, company or corporation shall have been entitled to the possession of the same, or to sell, loan, or in any manner dispose of the same to any person or persons, other than said person, company or corporation entitled to the possession of the same. 2708 (2314). Setting fire to gas. 4. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person or persons to set fire any gas escaping from wells, broken or leaking mains, pipes, valves, or other appliances used by any person, company or corporation in conveying gas to consumers, or to interfere in any manner with the wells, pipes, mains, gate boxes, valves, stopcocks or other appliances, machinery or property of any person, company or corporation engaged in furnishing gas to consumers, unless employed by or acting under the authority and direction of such person, company or corporation engaged in furnishing gas to consumers. 2709 (2315). Penalty. 5. Any person violating any provision of this act shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for such offense. BURNS' STATUTES 1914 (VOL. 1), P. 1303. (ACTS 1891, P. 55. JUNE 3, 1891.) 2710 (2316). Natural gas-Preventing waste. 1. The use of natural gas for illuminating purposes in what are known as flambeau lights is a wasteful and extravagant use thereof and is dangerous to the public good, and it shall therefore be unlawful for any company, corporation or person, for hire, pay or otherwise, to use natural gas for illuminating purposes in what are known as flambeau lights in cities, towns, highways or elsewhere: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as to prohibit any such company, corporation or person from the necessary use of such gas in what are known as jumbo" burners inclosed in glass globes, or lamps or by the use of other burners of similar character so inclosed, as will consume no more gas than said " jumbo" burners. 66 2711 (2317). Jumbo burners-When lighted. 2. All gas lights in said "jumbo" burners and glass globes, or lamps used in all streets and public highways shall be turned off not later than 8 o'clock in the morning each day such lights or burner is used, and the same shall not be lighted between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 5 o'clock p. m. 2712 (2318). Penalty. 3. Anyone violating any of the provisions of section (1) of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and for a second offense may be fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars. GAS COMPANIES-EMINENT DOMAIN-VOTING TRUST. BURNS' STATUTES (VOL. 2), 1914, P. 929. (ACTS 1907, P. 340. APRIL 10, 1907.) 5144. Gas companies, eminent domain. 1. That whenever any corporation or voluntary association, organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, or which may hereafter be incorporated there under for the purpose of manufacturing, piping, distributing or selling artificial or other gas for heat, light, fuel, or power or whenever any person or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, piping, distributing or selling artificial or other gas for heat, light, fuel or power and furnishing the same to its patrons within this State, shall desire to dig trenches and lay, maintain or repair pipes or mains outside of the limits of corporate cities or towns for the purpose of conducting and distributing gas or its products to its patrons within this State, or from its manufactory to its patrons at any point within this State, such person, corporation or voluntary association shall have the rights and powers conferred upon and granted to, and be subject to the liabilities and restrictions imposed upon corporations organized for the purpose of drilling and mining for petroleum or natural gas and marketing the same, by an act entitled "An act to authorize companies organized for the purpose of drilling and mining for petroleum or natural gas and marketing the same to appropriate and condemn real estate and declaring an emergency," approved February 20, 1889. (ACTS 1889, P. 91. MARCH 5, 1889.) 5145 (5109). Board of trustees-Power to hold and vote stock. 1. That the subscribers to the capital of any company, corporation or voluntary association, organized for the purpose of furnishing natural or artificial gas for fuel or for illuminating purposes, * * * to the citizens of any village, town or city within the State of Indiana, may, by written stipulation at the time of making subscriptions to the capital of said company, corporation or voluntary association, agree with said company, corporation or voluntary association, and with one another, that the power of holding and voting said capital stock may be irrevocably given to a board of trustees or a majority of them, which said board of trustees may be selected in such manner as the articles of incorporation may provide. * * * PIPES FOR CARRYING-REGULATIONS. 1 R. S. 1852, P. 358. 5072. Marine railways-Gas pipes. Corporations * * * MAY 6, 1853. and gas light companies may lay pipes through the streets and alleys of any incorporated city or town by repairing or making good any injury done thereto. ACTS 1883, P. 17. * * * FEBRUARY 21, 1883. 5073. Gas * * companies. That any gas light * company in any city or town of this State shall be authorized and empowered to extend their pipes and mains beyond the corporate limits of such city or town, not to exceed a distance of five miles from the corporate limits of any such city or town for the purpose of supplying persons or corporations with gas *, and any such company shall be authorized and empowered to furnish and supply gas to any persons or corporations residing or located within five miles of the corporate limits of any such city or town. * * BURNS' STATUTES 1914 (VOL. 4), P. 541. (ACTS 1891, P. 89. MARCH 4, 1891.) 9060 (7507). Pipes for carrying-Pressure. * * * 1. That any person or persons, firm, company or corporation engaged in drilling for, piping, transporting, using or selling natural gas may transport or conduct the same through sound wrought or cast-iron castings, and pipes |