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Murphy, Blakely McKee, Editor. Conservation of Oil & Gas: A Legal History, 1948. Chicago: Section of Mineral Law, American Bar Association, [1949]. xvii, 754 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. A very good copy. $15. * Contents: Part I. Fundamentals of Reservoir Behavior that Relate to the Conservation of Oil and Gas; The Nature of Petroleum Reservoirs, Reservoir Fluids, and Reservoir Energies; Part II. Legislative, Administrative and Judicial Concepts of Oil and Gas Conservation as Applied Within the Jurisdictions of the States; Alabama, 1910-1948; Arizona, 1912-1948; Arkansas, 1938-1948; California, 1931-1948; Colorado, 1862-1948; Florida, 1939-1948; Georgia, 1915-1948; Idaho, 1931-1948; Illinois, 1889-1948; Indiana, 1876-1948; Iowa, 1939-1948; Kansas, 1937-1948; Kentucky, 1819-1948; Louisiana, 1938-1948; Michigan, 1938-1948; Mississippi, 1938-1948; Missouri, 1948; Montana, 1913-1948; Nebraska, 1939-1948; New Mexico, 1938-1948; New York, 1864-1948; North Carolina, 1945-1948; North Dakota, 1907-1948; Ohio, 1885-1948; Oklahoma, 1938-1948; Oregon, 1923-1948; Pennsylvania, 1858-1948; South Dakota, 1881-1948; Tennessee, 1866-1948; Texas, 1938-1948; Utah, 1892-1948; Virginia, 1939-1948; Washington, 1933-1948; West Virginia, 1826-1948; Wyoming, 1881-1948; Part III. The Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas and Its Administrative Arm- The Interstate Oil Compact Commission; The Oil States Advisory Committee-A Predecessor of the Compact; The Formation of the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas; The Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, The Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1935-1948; Part IV. The National Government and the Conservation of Oil and Gas; The Government in the Capacity of Land Owner; The Government in the Exercise of the Power Over Interstate Commerce; The Government in the Exercise of the Power Over Foreign Commerce; The Government in the Exercise of the War Power; The Use of Federal Powers to Supplement Those of the States; The Contribution of the Federal Judiciary to the Conservation of Oil and Gas.