§52-30. Meters - Reports.
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No corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or person doing business under the provisions of this act shall purchase, collect, transport, convey or sell any gas from any wells in this state except such gas as is run through properly constructed meters, the daily readings of which shall be carefully and accurately taken every twenty-four
(24)hours, and of which a true and correct report under oath shall be made every month and which report of all such business transacted during the next preceding month shall be filed not later than the fifteenth day of each and every month with the Corporation Commission and which report shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public. Such report shall be based upon such daily meter readings; shall show the amount of gas run or purchased from each tract of lands; lease or leasehold estate, the names of the seller or sellers of such gas and of the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and any person or persons making or directing, counseling, advising, aiding or abetting in the making or filing of any false report in the premises shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof be punished as provided by law; and to the end that such meters shall be properly constructed, maintained, repaired and operated, their installation, use and operation shall at all times be subject to such rules and regulations as the Corporation Commission may prescribe. Added by Laws 1913, c. 99, p. 172, § 10, emerg. eff. March 26, 1913.