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MENT TO PRORATE OR LIMIT THE OUTPUT OF ANY GAS
OR OIL WELL.

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48U. No person shall drill any well for gas or oil in this
State without obtaining from the Department a permit for the well,
under such reasonable terms and conditions and on such forms as
the Department shall prescribe?, WHICH PERMIT SHALL SERVE
ALSO AS A PERMIT REQUIRED UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 682 TO 702 OF THIS ARTICLE. It shall be unlawful
for any person to purchase &p dispose of any product of any gas or
oil well without said permit having been issued by the Department
as herein provided.

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648V. Every holder of a permit to drill for gas or oil shall:

(a)  Submit a completion report on forms to be supplied by the
Department within thirty (30) days after the drilling of a well has
been completed;

(b)  Submit cutting samples at the request of the Department;

(c)  Notify the Department when a well is about to be abandoned,
and to seal and plug the well in a manner approved by the Depart-
wient;

(d)  Post a performance bond to the State of Maryland with good
and sufficient surety, conditioned upon compliance with the pro-
visions of this sub-title, in

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648W. (A) NO WELL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GAS OR
OIL SHALL BE DRILLED ON ANY PROPERTY NEARER THAN
ONE THOUSAND FEET TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROP-
ERTY EXCEPT BY AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNERS OF
THE GAS AND OIL ON ADJACENT LANDS. PROVIDED ALSO
THAT ON THOSE PROPERTIES ON WHICH IT MAY BE IM-