The commissioner of public lands shall be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to adopt such uniform and reasonable rules and regulations and to prepare such uniform forms of leases as he may deem necessary to carry into effect the terms and provisions of this act [19-10-11, 19-10-26 to 19-10-30 NMSA 1978] and not inconsistent herewith.
History: Laws 1925, ch. 137, § 10; C.S. 1929, § 132-427; 1941 Comp., § 8-1123; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-24.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For statutory oil and gas lease forms, see 19-10-4.1 to 19-10-4.3 NMSA 1978.
For State Rules Act, see Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For note, "State Regulation of Oil and Gas Pools on State, Federal, Indian and Fee Lands," see 2 Nat. Resources J. 355 (1962).