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from the party, but the omission by the surveyor to return such
valuation shall in no case be a cause of caveat.

29*. Any certificate of survey may be returned to the Land
Office within one year from the date of the warrant, and it shall
at all times be the duty of the commissioner to renew said warrant
by request and at the time designated by the party suing out the
same, at any time previous to its expiration, and the said
renewal shall be held to be an original warrant, and shall convey
all the rights and powers and privileges granted by its preceding-
issue, and the rights which any person may have acquired pre-
vious to the issuing of any warrant shall not be affected by the
same.

30. All certificates of survey returned under this article shall
be examined by the Commissioner of the Land Office, and if
found to be correct, shall be by him recorded, and if found to be
incorrect, he shall return them to the surveyor returning the
same, or to some other surveyor as he may order and direct,
ordering such surveyor to correct such certificate, and a corrected
certificate shall be returned to the Land Office within one year
from the date of such order.

31. If a certificate of survey shall be returned within the time
herein prescribed, and shall be found to be correct, and the whole
composition or purchase money has been paid, and such certi-
ficate has laid six months in the Land Office and no caveat has
been entered thereto, the person having such certificate returned,
his assignee, devisee or heirs, shall be entitled to a patent there-
on; or if the certificate is released by adjudication or by the
operation of law from the effect of the caveat, a patent shall

issue thereon as if no caveat had been filed.

32. Every caveat shall be heard and determined by the Com-
missioner of the Land Office within twelve months from the
entering of the same, unless he shall under special circumstances
give further time to the parties.

83. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall have full power
at his discretion to award costs to the party prevailing on the
decision of any caveat.

34. All patents shall be signed by the Governor and have
affixed thereto the Great Seal of the State, and the Governor, on