ART. 25] MERIDIAN LINE. 785

1904, art 25, sec. 79. 1904, ch .391, sec. 75 C.

80. Any sale of lands by the treasurer, where the owners are
described as the heirs of a named person, shall pass title as fully as
if such heirs were each named in the proceedings by his full name.

Ibid. sec. 80. 1888, art. 25, sec. 76. 1870, ch. 382.

81. The provisions of the preceding sections of this article relating
to draining lands shall apply to all lands requiring drainage.

Meridian Line.

Ibid. sec. 81. 1888, art. 25, sec. 77. 1870, ch. 359, sec. 1.

82. It shall be lawful for the county commissioners of each county
in the State, if they shall deem it expedient, to cause to be erected at
some public spot adjacent to the court house of each county two good
and substantial stone pillars, one hundred feet distant apart, the one
from the other, and upon the same true meridian line. And upon the
summit of one of the said pillars there shall be placed a distinctly
visible needle-point; and upon the summit of the other there shall be
erected a hair-sight, in such a manner that a straight line passing
through the centre thereof and continued until the same shall strike
the centre of the needle-point upon the other, shall be in and
upon the line of the true meridian running north and south, and they
shall enclose and protect the same properly; the said pillars and
enclosures to be subject to the custody of the county clerk, to be free
to the access of any surveyor of lands or civil engineer residing in said
county, or engaged in surveying therein, for the purpose of testing the.
variation of the compass for the time being, and to cause the said
meridian line to be verified at any time when required so to do by order
of the circuit court for the said county; and furthermore, it shall be
lawful for the said county commissioners to cause to be determined
the accurate latitude and longitude of the pillars aforesaid, reckoning
the latter from the meridian of Washington, and to have the same
marked distinctly and legibly in degrees, minutes, seconds and parts of
seconds, on one of the pillars aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 82. 1888, art. 25, sec. 78. 1870, ch. 359, sec. 2.

83. The said county commissioners shall provide and keep a stand-
ard measure of one rod in length, by which surveyors of lands in said
county may compare, test and verify their several chains, the said
standard measure to be kept under the control and in the custody of
the county clerk, and to be accessible to all surveyors as aforesaid under
such restrictions and regulations as may be deemed by the said county
commissioners compatible with its safety and proper preservation.

Ibid. sec. 83. 1888, art. 25, sec. 79. 1870, ch. 359, sec. 3.

84. It shall be the duty of each and every surveyor surveying land
in any county of this State that shall adopt the provisions of the two
preceding sections to test and note the actual variation of his compass

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