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Section 10. No permit shall be granted or issued for the drilling of a well except upon ground owned by the applicant ()r held by him under oil and gas lease or drilli~g contract from the oflner, giving the owner r S permission or autho..:....ity to drill th4~ well; and when a permit shall have been issued, the same shall terminate and become inoperative without any action on the PW?t of the Board of Commissioners unless within ninety (90) days :f'rJm the date of issue actual drilling of the well shall have been CI)m~ menced; and after the drilling of the well sh!).ll have C0T11\'11enC4~d. the cessation of drilling ~perations prior to the completion of the \11ell for a period of six (6) months shall operate to terrll:Ln,ate " and cancel the permit and the vlell shall be considered as abandon.. Gd for all purposes of this Ordinance and it ,lhall be unlawful thereafter to continue the operation or dril1:lng of such well without the issuance of another permit; provided that if said w4!ll shall be completed as a producer and shall thereafter cease tC) produce the permittee shall have the right to conduct deepenirlg or rei"lorking operations on said well within s::x (6) months aft;eJ:" cessation of producti:m without having to procure a neW' licenEleo If and when any permit shall terminate and become inoperative af>> tl1.ereof. mo~als or welfare of the City and its inhabitants; but ~hen a per- mit ~hall be refused fo~ any of these reasons, but not otherwise, the ~oposit in cash as a fee made with the application shall be re turned to the applicant. Except as hereinbefore provided, if an application be found by the Board of Commissioners to comply in aJl respects with the terms of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall be authorized to issue a permit for the drilling, completion and operation of the well applied for. The g~anting and issulance of a permit for a well on a drilling block as provided in thil3 ~r- dinance shall automatically operate as a rejection and denial of all other pending application or applications for a well or wl9l1s upon the drilling block involved, or any portion or portions well ~ill be a s~rious disadvantage to either the heslth, safety, -8- . . ,. " ./ . e ,/ . -, " . I " / -~ --' '.'