Oklahoma Oil and Gas Laws (Classic Reprint)

The purpose of this work is to provide for the Legal Profession, Oil Men and Public Officers, an accurate and quick reference to all Oklahoma laws relating to oil and gas, and laws regulating pipe line companies doing business within this State. It is gratifying to know that the Legislature and Courts of Oklahoma have kept pace with the rapid development of our oil and gas resources. This is evident from the fact that at least seventy-five percent of our laws on the subject have been enacted since the adoption of the Revised Laws of 1910; and at least fifty percent of the statutes contained in the code revision have been modified, amended or repealed by subsequent legislation. A lso, in recent years numerous decisions have been handed down by our Supreme Court construing the oil and gas laws. These various changes only prove the real need of a comprehensive and well-annotated collection of the laws of this State relating to oil and gas; and this need, it is hoped, will be supplied by this volume. The present work is not intended as a treatise, but as a complete compilation of all Oklahoma laws of a general nature applicable to the oil and gas industry of the State. It includes legislation on the subjects of Pipe Line Laws, Inspection and Conservation Laws, Gross Production Tax, Workmen s Compensation Laws, and other important subjects. A nother feature of the work is the publication of all rules and regulations of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission relating to oil and gas; as well as many carefully selected forms. The work includes all laws on the above-named subjects contained in the Revised Laws of Oklahoma 1910, and in the Session Laws of 1910-11, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919 and 1921. The author has endeavored to furnish a complete list of all Oklahoma decisions citing or construing these various statutes and session laws, up to and including Volume 82
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)