ART. 28.] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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 en-
close and protect the same properly; the said pillars
and enclosures to be subject to the custody of the

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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 test-
ing 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 cir-
cuit court of the said county and furthermore it shall
be lawful for the said county commissioners to cause

Surveyors to
have access.

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.

Latitude and
longitude to
be marked.

110. The said county commissioners shall provide

Ibid, s 2.

and keep a standard 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 control and in the custody
of the county clerk, and to be accessible to all sur-
veyors as aforesaid, under such restrictions and regu-
lations as may be deemed by the said county com-
missioners compatible with the safety and proper
preservation of the said standard measure.

Standard mea-
sure.

111. It shall be the duty of each and every sur-
veyor, surveying land in any county of this state, that

Ibid. B. 3.

shall adopt the provisions of this act, to test and note
the actual variation of his compass from the aforesaid
true meridian line at least once in every year, and to

Compasses to
be tested.