ART. 91.] SURVEYOR—DEPUTIES—WITNESSES. 1301

& J. 349. Hammond's Lessee v. Norris, 2 H. & J. 130. Carroll v Smith, 4 H.
& J. 128. Hammond v Ridgely, 5 H & J. 245. Chisholm v. Perry, 4 Md. Ch.
31. Marbury v. Stonestreet, 1 Md. 162.

F. G. L., (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

warrant issued from the land office.

Ibid. sec. 8. 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 be kept by the surveyor thereof open to the inspection of
all persons who may desire to examine the same, and shall be
handed down to his successor in office.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1849, ch. 549, sec. 3

4. Each surveyor may appoint a deputy or deputies.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1811, ch. 100.

5. Surveyors and their deputies may administer an oath to
their chain and pole carriers, carefully, without favor or partiality,
to carry the chain or pole to the best of their knowledge whilst
making a survey.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1811, ch. 100.

6. No one but a male person above the age of twentyone
years shall be a chain or pole carrier.

Ibid sec. 7. 1789, ch. 85, sec. 7.

7. On the execution of any warrant of re-survey from any of
the courts of this State, or on the execution of any order of a court
of equity of this State to make a survey, the sheriff or coroner
shall summon the witnesses he may be directed to summon by
either party, and upon proof of such summons and non-attendance
of the witness made to the court from which the warrant or order
issued, such witness shall be adjudged in contempt of the court,
and an attachment may issue as in other cases of contempt.

Stewart's Lessee v. Mason, 3 H. & J. 507. Andrews v. Scotton, 2 Bl. 629.
Richardson v. Milburn, 17 Md. 67.