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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 28.

deposit a copy of the same, with the date and time of
such test, accompanying therewith an affidavit verify-
ing its correctness, with the clerk of the county in

Record to be
kept.

which he may reside, to be by him recorded in a book
kept for that purpose ; and every surveyor neglecting
or refusing to comply with the provisions of this sec-

Penalty

tion shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be
recovered with costs as debts of like character are re-
covered before any justice of the peace in the county,
to be applied to such county uses as the county com-
missioners may direct.

Ibid s.4.

112. For recording each certificate of variations and
affidavits of the correctness of the same appended, and
for copies or abstracts of the same, and for drawing
certificate and seal therefor, the county clerk shall be

Clerks' fees.

allowed the same fees as are now allowed by law for
similar services in regard to matters of record in his
office, the said fees to be paid by the parties present-
ing the same for record, or demanding abstracts or
copies as aforesaid.

Ibid. s. 5.

113. Any person or persons who shall wilfully erase,
deface, displace or otherwise injure said pillars, or any
part thereof, or destroy, break down or carry away the

Penalty for in-
jury to meri-
dian standard

enclosure aforesaid, or any lock, bolt, bar, or any
part thereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
five hundred dollars.

Ibid s 6.

114. The commissioners of any county adopting the
provisions of this act are hereby authorized to pro-

How costs paid.

vide for the payment of the costs of carrying out its
provisions in the same manner that other county ex-
penses are paid.

Approved April 4, 1870.