For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BLOCK. A tract of land within the corporate limits of the town having (for its exterior boundaries) public streets, roads, and/or highways and having for its corporate limits any railway rights-of-way, roads or streets, and highways shown on the recorded plat of the town and additions thereto but which are not owned for public use or bounded at its exterior limits by a combination of such. Provided, however, if the laws and regulations of the United States or the State of Oklahoma prevent or make it impracticable to drill an oil well in an area as small as a town block, then it is the intention of this chapter that the word BLOCK, as herein used, shall mean and include and be construed to mean and include such area of the town in addition to an ordinary block or blocks as will make the total area great enough to comply with such laws and regulations.
OIL WELL. The ordinary and accepted meaning of such expression or name, and in addition thereto, the term shall also include a natural gas well, casing head gas well, and salt water well.
PERSON. In both the singular and plural, the term shall have the ordinary and accepted meaning of the word person and, in addition thereto, shall include any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or any other entity operating as a person, partnership, association, or a corporation.
(Prior Code, § 16-1)