ART. 91.] SURVEYOR—CERTIFICATES—VACANT LAND. 1303

veyor, he shall die, the said deputy may, within six months after
such death, make out and sign a plot and special certificate stating
the circumstances of the case, with an affidavit of the truth thereof
annexed or endorsed, and the said certificate shall be as good and
effectual as if made ont and signed by the said surveyor; and if
any amendment or correction of the said plot or certificate shall
be necessary, the amendment or correction shall be made by the
said deputy, or such other person as the commissioner of the land
office shall think proper.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 92, sec. 13. 1795, ch. 88, sec. 6.

13. If any certificate shall be made out by any surveyor
authorized to make the same under a warrant of survey or
resurvey, and the same shall be duly returned, and an order of
the commissioner of the land office shall be made for correcting
the same, and the surveyor shall resign his office without making
out a corrected certificate or correcting the original, the commis-
sioner of the land office, on the application of the party, may in
his discretion order the correction to be made by the said
surveyor; and the corrected certificate made out by him shall be
as good and effectual as if he had not resigned, and he shall be
entitled to such fees therefor as the commissioner of the land
office shall under all circumstances deem reasonable, not exceed-
ing the fees allowed to surveyors.

Ibid. 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.

Ibid. 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 following 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. 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