ART. 25..] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—MERIDIAN LINE. 425

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.

1870, ch. 359, sec. 2.

78. The said county commissioners shall provide 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 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. 3.

79. It shall be the dnty 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 from the aforesaid true meridian line, at least once
in every year, and to deposit a copy of the same, with the date
and time of such test, accompanying the same with an affidavit
verifying its correctness, with the clerk of the county in 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 section, shall be liable to a penalty of
fifty dollars, to be recovered with costs as debts of like character
are recovered before any justice of the peace in the county, to be
applied to such county uses as the county commissioners may
direct.

Ibid, sec 4

80. 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 there-
for, the county clerk shall be allowed the same fees as are now