West Virginia Legislature
Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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22-2-72 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Special Rules by Operator; Effect The operator of every mine in this State shall adopt special rules for the government and operation of his mine or mines, covering all the work pertaining there… Proofed
22-2-73 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Weighing and Measuring Coal; Appliances; Testing Correctness Thereof It shall be the duty of every corporation, company or person, engaged in the business of mining and selling coal by weight or measure, to procure and constantly… Proofed
22-2-74 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Marking and Weighing Car Used in Hauling Coal Each car used by any such corporation, company or person in removing coal from any coal mine shall be numbered by consecutive numbers plainly marked, and placed… Proofed
22-2-75 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Weighing Coal in Car Before Screening; Payment for Coal All coal so mined and paid for by weight shall be weighed in the car in which it is removed from the mine before it is screened, and shall be paid for according… Proofed
22-2-76 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Weighman; Checkweighman; Employment; Oath Every such corporation, company or person shall employ a weighman, and the miners working in any such coal mine may employ a checkweighman as provided in sectio… Proofed
22-2-77 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Offenses and Penalties Relative to Coal Weighing and Measuring Any corporation, company or person violating any of the provisions of the four next preceding sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction th… Proofed
22-2-78 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Mines Subject to Weighing and Measuring Provisions None of the provisions of the five next preceding sections, except those relating to checkweighmen, shall apply to any corporation, company or person owning or … Proofed
22-2-79 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Drainage From Mine to be Free From Pollution Every mine and coal washery from which water is discharged or drained into any stream, watercourse or water in this State shall be kept in a sanitary condition,… Proofed
22-2-80 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Intimidation of Workmen No person or persons, or combination of persons, shall, by force, threats, menaces or intimidations of any kind, prevent or attempt to prevent from working in o… Proofed
22-2-81 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Annual Report by Operator of Mine; Owner’s Report in Case of Sale The operator or agent of every coal mine shall annually, during the month of January, mail or deliver to the chief of the department of mines a report for the p… Proofed
22-2-82 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Coal Mines Offenses; Penalties; Jurisdiction Any inspector, person, company or corporation, or any mine superintendent, manager, engineer, mine foreman, agent or employee, who is charged with the making of… Proofed
22-3-1 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Sand and Clay Mines, Quarries and Cement Works Inspector The chief of the department of mines shall, with the consent of the governor, appoint an inspector of sand mines, sand pits, clay mines, clay pits, quarries and… Proofed
22-3-2 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Sand and Clay Mines, Quarries and Cement Works Mining Laws Applicable All provisions of the mining laws of this State intended to safeguard life and property shall extend to the operation of sand mines, sand pits, clay mines, clay… Proofed
22-4-1 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Definitions The term “well,” when used in this article, means a bore hole drilled or proposed to be drilled for the purpose of producing natural gas or petroleum, or throug… Proofed
22-4-2 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells When Well Operator to File Plat as Prerequisite to Drilling; Contents; Notice Before drilling for oil or gas on any tract of land known to be underlaid with one or more workable beds of coal, the well operator shall have a plat prepared b… Proofed
22-4-3 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Drilling Permit; Agreed Location of Well; Location Fixed by Department of Mines; Exceptions Thereto; Docket of Proceedings In case any such location is made above or in close proximity to any mine opening or shaft, entry, traveling, air, haulage, drainage or other passage-way, or to… Proofed
22-4-4 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Appeal by Coal Operator or Well Operator From Location Fixed or Approved by Department of Mines; Procedure Any coal operator excepting to any location fixed or approved by the department of mines or to the issuance of any drilling permit, and any well operator except… Proofed
22-4-5 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Protective Devices When Well Penetrates Workable Coal Bed A well penetrating one or more workable coal beds shall be drilled to such depth, and of such size, as will permit a the placing of casing and packers in the ho… Proofed
22-4-6 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Protective Devices When Gas is Found Beneath or Between Workable Coal Beds In the event that gas is found beneath a workable coal bed before the hole has been reduced from the size it had at the coal bed, a packer shall be placed below… Proofed
22-4-7 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Continuance of Such Protective Device During Life of Well In the event that a well becomes productive of natural gas or petroleum, all coal-protecting strings of casing shall remain in place during the life of the well… Proofed
22-4-8 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Protective Devices When Well is Drilled Through Horizon of Coal Bed From Which Coal Has Been Removed When a well is drilled through the horizon of a coal bed from which the coal has been removed, the hole shall be drilled at least thirty feet below the coal bed… Proofed
22-4-9 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Plugging and Abandonment of Well, Notice of Intention; Affidavit Showing Time and Manner Prior to the abandonment of any well, the well operator shall notify, by registered mail, the coal operator or operators to whom notices are required to be give… Proofed
22-4-10 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Methods of Plugging Well Upon the abandonment or cessation of the operation of any well drilled for natural gas or petroleum, the well operator, at the time of such abandonment, or cess… Proofed
22-4-11 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells When Coal Operator to File Maps and Plans as Prerequisite to Extension of Coal Operations; Petition for Leave to Conduct Operations Within Two Hundred Feet of Well; Proceedings Thereon Before hereafter removing any coal or other material, or driving any entry or passageway within less than five hundred feet of any well, and also before hereaft… Proofed
22-4-12 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Supervision by Department of Mines Over Drilling and Mining Operations; Complaints; Hearings; Appeals The department shall exercise supervision over the drilling, casing, plugging and filling of all wells and of all mining operations in close proximity to any we… Proofed
22-4-13 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Rules and Regulations; Hearings Before Department of Mines; Appeals The department shall prescribe rules of procedure and for offering evidence in all matters brought before it, and shall prepare and, on request, furnish to appl… Proofed
22-4-14 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Preventing Waste of Gas Natural gas shall not be permitted to waste or escape from any well or pipe line, when it is reasonably possible to prevent such waste, after the owner or opera… Proofed
22-4-15 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Right of Adjacent Owner or Operator to Prevent such Waste; Recovery of Cost If the owner or operator of any such well shall neglect or refuse to drill, case and equip, or plug and abandon, or shut in and conserve from waste the gas prod… Proofed
22-4-16 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Restraining Waste Aside from and in addition to the imposition of any penalties under this article, it shall be the duty of any circuit court in the exercise of its equitable jur… Proofed
22-4-17 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Oil and Gas Wells Offenses; Penalties Any person persons, firm, partnership, partnership association or corporation willfully violating any of the provisions of this article which prescribe the mann… Proofed
22-5-1 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Scope of Article Every person, corporation or company now engaged, or which shall hereafter engage, in the business of transporting or storing petroleum, by means of pipe line o… Proofed
22-5-2 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Duty of Pipe Line Companies to Transport Oil Any company heretofore or hereafter organized for the purpose of transporting petroleum or other oils or liquids by means of pipe line or lines shall be require… Proofed
22-5-3 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Oil of 35° Baume; Inspection, Grading and Measurement All petroleum of a gravity of thirty-five degrees Baume or under, at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit, offered for is transportation by means of pipe l… Proofed
22-5-4 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Oil Over 35° Baume; Inspection and Measurement; Loss All petroleum of a gravity exceeding thirty-five degrees Baume, at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit, offered for transportation by means of pipe line o… Proofed
22-5-5 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Lien for Charges Any company engaged in transporting or storing petroleum shall have a lien upon such petroleum until all charges for transporting and storing the same are paid. Proofed
22-5-6 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Orders and Certificates; Negotiability Accepted orders and certificates for petroleum, issued by any company engaged in the business of transporting and storing petroleum in this State by means of pi… Proofed
22-5-7 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Further Provisions Concerning Such Orders and Certificates No receipt, certificate, accepted order or other voucher shall be issued or put in circulation, nor shall any order be accepted or liability incurred for the de… Proofed
22-5-8 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Dealing With Oil Without Consent of Owner No company, its officers or agents, or any person or persons engaged in the transportation or storage of petroleum, crude or refined, shall sell or encumber, sh… Proofed
22-5-9 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Monthly Statements Every company now or hereafter engaged in the business of transporting by pipe lines or storing crude or refined petroleum in this State shall, on or before the… Proofed
22-5-10 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Statements of Amount of Oil All amounts in the statements required by this article, when the petroleum is handled in bulk, shall be given in barrels and hundredths of barrels, reckoning fo… Proofed
22-5-11 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Penalties for Violations of Article Any company, its officers or agents, who shall make or cause to be made, sign or cause to be signed, issue or cause to be issued, put in circulation or cause to… Proofed
22-5-12 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Dealing in Oil in Tanks or Pipes Without Consent of Owner; Penalty Any company, its officers, or agents, who shall sell, encumber, transfer or remove, or cause or procure to be sold, transferred or removed from the tanks or pip… Proofed
22-5-13 Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS Transportation of Oils Failure to Make Report or Statement; Penalty Any company engaged in the business of transporting by pipe lines or storing petroleum, crude or refined, and each and every officer or agent of such company, w… Proofed
23-1-1 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions Compensation Commissioner; Legal Services by Attorney General There shall be a state compensation commissioner who shall be a citizen of this State entitled to vote and shall be appointed by the governor by and with the ad… Proofed
23-1-2 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions Expense of Administration All expenses peculiar to the administration of this chapter, and, when on official business, the traveling and incidental expenses of the commissioner and salar… Proofed
23-1-3 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions How Salaries and Expenses Paid All payments of salaries and expenses in the administration of this chapter shall be made by the state treasurer upon requisitions signed by the secretary and a… Proofed
23-1-4 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions Office Hours; Records The offices of the commissioner shall be open for the transaction of business between the hours of nine o’clock a. m., and five o’clock p.m., of each and every … Proofed
23-1-5 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions Place of Office and Hearings; Pending Proceedings The commissioner shall keep and maintain his office at the seat of government, and shall provide a suitable room or rooms, necessary office furniture, supplies,… Proofed
23-1-6 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions Secretary and Other Employees; Expenses The commissioner may employ a secretary, actuary, accountants, inspectors, examiners, experts, clerks, stenographers and other assistants, and fix their compens… Proofed
23-1-7 Ch. 23 — WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION General Administrative Provisions Secretary to Act in Absence of Commissioner Whenever it shall appear that the commissioner will be absent or unable to act for one week or more, the secretary of the commissioner in may be designated by t… Proofed
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