(5 ILCS 615/17) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5017)
Sec. 17.
All leases of land containing petroleum made or issued under the
provisions of this Act, shall be subject to, and contain a condition that
no well or wells shall be drilled within three hundred and thirty (330)
feet of any of the outer boundaries of said lands so held under permit or
lease, unless the right to petroleum in adjoining lands are vested in
private ownership: Provided, that this section shall not apply to shore
lands, river beds, lake beds, and submerged lands.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 943.)
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