Report of the Attorney General Pursuant to Section 2 of the Joint Resolution ... Consenting to an Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956
 

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Página 66 - This compact shall expire September 1, 1937. But any State joining herein may, upon sixty (60) days' notice, withdraw herefrom. The representatives of the signatory States have signed this agreement in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States, and a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory States.
Página 65 - No action shall be taken by the Commission except: (1) by the affirmative votes of the majority of the whole number of the compacting States, represented at any meeting and (2) by a concurring vote of a majority in interest of the compacting states at said meeting, such interest to be determined as follows: Such vote...
Página 20 - ARTICLE VI Each state joining herein shall appoint one representative to a commission hereby constituted and designated as the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, the duty of which said Commission shall be to make inquiry and ascertain from time to time such methods, practices, circumstances and conditions as may be disclosed for bringing about conservation and the prevention of physical waste of oil and gas...
Página 79 - ... (a) The operation of any oil well with an inefficient gasoil ratio. (b) The drowning with water of any stratum capable of producing oil or gas, or both oil and gas in paying quantities. (c) The avoidable escape into the open air or the wasteful burning of gas from a natural gas well. ( d ) The creation of unnecessary fire hazards.
Página 82 - AN INTERSTATE COMPACT TO CONSERVE OIL AND GAS " 'ARTICLE I " 'This agreement may become effective within any compacting state at any time as prescribed by that state, and shall become effective within those states ratifying it whenever any three of the States of Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, and New Mexico have ratified and Congress has given its consent. Any oil-producing state may become a party hereto as hereinafter provided. " 'ARTICLE II " 'The purpose of this compact is to conserve oil...
Página 54 - The commission shall have power to recommend the co-ordination of the exercise of the police powers of the several States within their several jurisdictions to promote the maximum ultimate recovery from the petroleum reserves of said States, and to recommend measures for the maximum ultimate recovery of oil and gas.
Página 55 - Mobilization has reason to believe that any article is being imported into the United States in such quantities as to threaten to impair the national security...
Página 63 - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 US 1, 31 S.Ct.
Página 64 - The enumeration of the foregoing subjects shall not limit the scope of the authority of any State.
Página 66 - September 1, 1937, but any state joining herein may, upon sixty (60) days notice, withdraw herefrom. The representatives of the signatory states have signed this agreement in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States, and a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory states. This compact shall become effective when ratified and approved as provided in Article I. Any oil-producing state may become...

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