ART. 91] SURVEYS, RETURNS AND CERTIFICATES. 1977

85. Authority of county board to lay out sidepaths along highways ; authority of county commission- ers. 86. Board to prepare form of bicycle li- cense; cost of license. 87. Bicycles only to be driven on side- paths. 88. No animals to be driven on side- paths.

89. Sidepaths not to be obstructed. 90. Directions for riding bicycles. 91. Sidepaths under control of county board subject to state board. 92. Board may remove limbs of trees. 93. State board to keep account of li- cense fees. 94. How license fees shall be used. 95. Penalty for violation of this sub- title.

Surveys, Returns and Certificates.

1904, art. 91, sec. 1. 1888, art. 91. sec. 1. 1860, art. 92. sec. 1. 1849, cb. 549.

1908, ch. 480.

1. The surveyors for each county and the city of Baltimore shall
execute all warrants issued from the land office, and all orders or war-
rants issued by any court having authority to issue the same and shall
make return thereof within the time prescribed by law. Whenever
the surveyor is incapacitated by sickness or any other cause from exe-
cuting any warrant or order issued to him from the land office or any
court, or the surveyor neglects or refuses to proceed with such war-
rant or order, any one interested in the execution and return of such
warrant or order may petition the commissioner of the land office or
court for the appointment of a deputy surveyor to execute the war-
rant, and the said commissioner of the land office or court may, if
necessary, appoint such deputy and issue a duplicate warrant to such
deputy; and such return or certificate shall have the same effect as if
executed by the surveyor.*

The county surveyor may be ordered to survey lands in controversy.
Andrews v. Scotton, 2 Bl. 629.

A deputy surveyor has no authority to survey lands lying outside of his
county. Hammond v. Ridgely, 5 H. & J. 245.

As to the admissibility of evidence to prove that a certificate of survey
was forged, see Boreing v. Slngery. 4 II. & McH. 398; Boreing v. Singery, 2
H. & J. 455.

As to the admissibility of evidence to contradict the return of a surveyor,
see Carroll v. Smith, 4 H. & J. 128; Hammond v. Norris. 2 H. & J. 130;
Webb v. Beard, 1 H. & J. 349; Hammond v. Sheredine, 4 H. & McH. 420;
Boreing v. Singery, 4 H. & McH. 398.

As to evidence as to where the surveyor ran his lines, see Richardson v
Milburn, 17 Md. 71.

See notes to sec. 7.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1888, art. 91, sec. 2. 1860, art. 92, sec. 2. 1849, ch. 549, sec. 2.

2. He shall keep a regular alphabetical record of the surveyor's
duplicate of all surveys or re-surveys made by him by virtue of a war-
rant issued from the land office.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1888. art. 91, sec. 3. 1860, art. 92. sec. 3. 1849, ch. 549. sec. 2.

3. The books for that purpose shall be procured at the expense
and shall be the property of the county or Baltimore city and shall

*On sections 1 to 18 of this article, see art. 54, "Land Office," sections 26 to 45.