THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR 681

VIDED HEREIN, AND SAID PRODUCER PAYS SAID
TAX HIMSELF, THE PRODUCER MAY BRING LEGAL
ACTION AGAINST SUCH PURCHASER TO RECOVER
THE AMOUNT OF TAX SO WITHHELD, TOGETHER
WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST WHICH MAY
HAVE ACCRUED BY FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH
PAYMENT AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REASON-
ABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COURT COSTS IN-
CURRED BY LEGAL ACTION.

(6) UNLESS SUCH PAYMENT OF TAX ON ALL
GAS PRODUCED AND COLLECTED DURING ANY
QUARTER OR FRACTIONAL PART THEREOF SHALL
BE MADE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE DUE AS
HEREINABOVE SPECIFIED, SUCH PAYMENT SHALL
BECOME DELINQUENT AND A PENALTY OF TEN
PER CENT (10%) OF THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX
SHALL BE ADDED; SUCH TAX AND PENALTY
SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF SIX
PER CENT (6%) PER ANNUM FROM THE DATE
DUE UNTIL THE DATE PAID.

(7) THE PRODUCER'S PROPORTION OF THE TAX
HEREIN LEVIED SHALL BE BORNE RATABLY BY
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING ROYALTY
INTERESTS, LESSOR'S INTEREST, OR ANY OTHER
INTEREST, WHETHER BY LEASE, CONTRACT, OR
OTHERWISE, EXCEPT THE PURCHASER'S INTER-
EST, AND THE PURCHASER IS HEREBY AUTHOR-
IZED AND REQUIRED TO WITHHOLD FROM ANY
PAYMENT DUE ANY INTERESTED PARTIES THE
PROPORTIONATE TAX DUE AND REMIT THE
SAME AS ABOVE PROVIDED.

(8) THE OPERATOR OF EACH WELL FROM
WHICH GAS IS PRODUCED, SAVED AND COLLECT-
ED IN GARRETT COUNTY, SHALL ALSO MAKE AND
DELIVER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
GARRETT COUNTY ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE
OF THE PAYMENTS PROVIDED ABOVE, A REPORT
OF ALL GAS PRODUCED AND SOLD FROM EACH
WELL DURING THE PRECEDING QUARTER, TO-
GETHEE WITH DETAILS AS TO AMOUNTS OF GAS,
THE NAME OR LOCATION OF THE WELL, THE COR-
RECT NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE PRODUCER
AND PURCHASER OF SAID GAS, AND SUCH OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MAY REQUIRE.