THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1151

(g) "Field" means the general area underlaid by one
or more pools.

(h) "Owner" means the person who has the right to
drill into and produce from a pool and to appropriate the
oil or gas he produces therefrom either for himself or
others.

(i) "Producer" means the owner of a well or wells
capable of producing oil or gas or both.

(j) "Product" means any commodity produced in its
natural state by an oil or gas well.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any part,
section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of this sub-
title shall be held unconstitutional or void for any reason,
such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remain-
ing portions of this sub-title.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws, or
parts of laws, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 614
(Senate Bill 326)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
75 of Article 75 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Pleading, Practice and Process
at Law, " sub-title "Continuance, " clarifying the provi-
sions of said section as to the continuance of certain
suits or proceedings when any attorney of record of any
party to the suit or proceeding is a member of the
General Assembly or of the Legislative Council of Mary-
land, and correcting an error in said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 75 of Article 75 of the Annotated Code of

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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