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ORDINANCE NO. 292
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING CERTAIN MEASURES REGULATING CERTAIN
OPERATIONS IN THE DRILLING AND OPERATING OF OIL AND GAS WELLS"
1 FOR THE PREVENTION OF INFILTRATION OF WATER TO OIL SANDSJj
FOR THE PROTECTION OF OIL PROPERTY AND LANDS, and for PRESERVATION
2 OF PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND SAFETY
The' Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach do Ordain
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Section 1. Every person, firm, or corporation, whether as prin..
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cipal, agent, servant,- contractor, .employee,. or otherwise, who shall,
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business of drilling, or cause to be drilled any oil or gas well, or
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wells, or well from which itAcalculated to produce oil, petroleum, gas,
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or other hydro-.carbon substances, shall in each and every well drilled
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set a string of surface casing at a depth of three hundred (300) feet
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or more below the surface of the ground, and shall properly cement .the
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Y a same in at least twenty Beet of shale in a manner satisfactory to the
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~ W ° Section 2,, Every person, firm, or corporation, whether as prin-
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a ` z cipal ent servant contractor, employee, or otherwise violating
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or failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions
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of this Ordineuace shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
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conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five
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Hundred Dollars ($500.00) , or by imprisonment for not more than six
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21 (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such per-
son., firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a seperate offense
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for each day during any portion of which the violation of or failure
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neglect or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinr
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25 ance is committed, continued or committed.Section 3. ' All Ordinances and parts of O rdinanc es .in conflict
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27 with this ordinance are hereby repealed,
28 Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
29 Ordinance by the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach and
30 cause the same to be published once in Huntington Beach News. An emer-
31 gency has arisen which endangers the peace, health, safety, and proper-
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I ty of the citizens of Huntington Beach, as follows; Certain territory
2 within the limits of the Municipality of the City of Huntington Beach
3 is about to be drilled and explored for oil, gas, petroleum, and other
4 hydro-carbon substances, and unless the surface casing in the wells to
5 be drilled is set in the manner hereinabove described, there will. be
6 great danger of blow-out due to gas pressure; whereby the lives of work-
7 men will be jeopardized and the peace, health and safety of the public
8 will. be and become engangered. Therefore, this Ordinance shall take
9 effect from and after its passage.
10 Passed and Adopted this day of stay, 1926.
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Y President of the Board of Trustees
13 of the Vity of Huntington Beach
o < W California
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~ �_� Attest r. eM
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a < 15 c er of the
Board of Trustess of the'City o� Huntington Beach
16 California.
17 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGEd SS: �f ream
18 I,(,t1-R W aeon , clerk^of the Board of
Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach do hereby certify that the
19 foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees held on the 28th. , day of April, 1926, and was again
20 read to said Board of Trustees at a regular meeting of said Board on
the 4day of May, 1926, and that the said Ordinance was adopted
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22 Ayes: Trustees —Aid& 1 ,
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23 Noes: Trustees
24 Absent: Trusteesle4"Cl
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and- ex clerk of the
27 . Board of Trustees of the City of ,
28 H •ntington Beach, California.
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