1980 SUEVEYOE AND STATE SURVEY. [ART. 91

1904. art. 01, sec. 14. 1SSS, art. 91, sec. 14. 1860, art. 92. sec. 14. 1789, ch. 35,
sec. 2. 1792, ch. 15, sec. 2.

14. No surveyor or deputy surveyor shall take up any vacant land
unless it be land adjoining lands to which he is bona fide entitled.
Cited but not construed in Cunningham v. Browning, 1 Bl. 321.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1888, art 91. sec. 15. 1860, art. 92, sec. 15.
1792, ch. 15, sec. 4.

15. All warrants taken out for the purpose of taking up land under
the preceding section shall be directed to the county surveyor of any
adjoining county who, before he executes the same, shall take the fol-
lowing oath to be endorsed on the warrant, to wit: "I, A. B., do swear
that I will well and truly execute this warrant to the best of my skill
and judgment, without favor, affection or partiality."

Ibid. sec. 16. 1888, art. 91, sec. 16. 1860, art. 92, sec. 16.
1787, ch. 9, sec. 4.

16. If in any cause, plots made under the order of the court are
not returned from the neglect of the surveyor, the court may order
him to pay the costs of the term and may impose on him such fine as
the circumstances of the case may require.

Ordinarily surveyors' fees are part of the costs to be taxed in the case.
Andrews v. Scotton, 2 Bl. 629.

As to fees chargeable by surveyors, see art. 36, sec. 30.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1888, art. 91, sec. 17. 1860, art. 92. sec. 17.
1779. ch. 25, sec. 12.

17. If a surveyor shall return a certificate for the examination of
the commissioner of the land office and the same shall be found by
him to be erroneous, the party for whose use the survey was made
shall not pay any fees to the commissioner or surveyor on such errone-
ous certificate, but the surveyor shall pay to the commissioner of the
land office one-third the usual fees thereon.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888. art. 91, sec. 18. 1860, art. 92. sec. 38.
1781, ch. 20, sec. 14.

18. No surveyor shall mention any boundary in his certificate of
any survey, unless he shall actually run and measure the distance to
such boundary and the boundaries by him returned shall be at the end
of the line as expressed and his certificate shall not contain more land
than certified by him therein.

State Geological and Economic Survey.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 1.

19. There is established a state geological and economic survey,
which shall be under the direction of a commission composed of the
governor, the comptroller, the president of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity and the president of the Maryland Agricultural College, who
shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual