ART. 91] SURVEYS, RETURNS AND CERTIFICATES. 1933

1888, art. 91, sec. 15. 1860, art. 92, 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
wan-ant, 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. 1860, art. 92, sec. 16. 1767, 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 order him to pay the costs of the term and may impose
on him such fine as the circumstances of the case may require.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1860, art. 92, sec. 17. 1779, ch. 25, sec. 12.

17. If a surveyor shall return a certificate for the examina-
tion of the commissioner of the land office and the same shall
be found by him to be erroneous, the party for whose use the
survey was made shall not pay any fees to the commissioner or
surveyor on such erroneous certificate, but the surveyor shall
pay to the commissioner of the land office one-third the usual
fees thereon.

Ibid sec. 18. 1860, art. 92, sec. 18. 1781, ch. 20, sec. 14.
18. No surveyor shall mention any boundary in his certificate
of any survey, unless he shall actually run and measure the
distance to such boundary and the boundaries by him returned
shall be at the end of the line as expressed and his certificate
shall not contain more land than certified by him therein.

State Geological and Economic Survey.

1896, ch. 51, sec. 1.

19. There is established a State geological and economic
survey, which shall be under the direction of a commission
composed of the governor, the comptroller, the president of the
Johns Hopkins University and the president of the Maryland
Agricultural College, who shall serve without compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the
performance of their official duties; and the said commis-
sioners shall have general charge of the survey and shall
appoint as superintendent of the same a geologist of estab-
lished reputation and upon his nomination such assistants and
employes as they may deem necessary; and they shall also