WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 492
10-3. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL.

SAID COMMISSIONERS SHALL APPOINT A PRESIDENT AND A
SECRETARY OF THEIR BODY AND SHALL KEEP A RECORD OF THEIR
PROCEEDINGS AND SHALL APPOINT A COMPETENT SURVEYOR AND
OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF
THIS ARTICLE, AND THE ASSISTANCE NEEDED BY THEM IN MAKING THE
SURVEY AND OTHER PURPOSES SHALL BE SELECTED BY SAID
COMMISSIONERS EQUALLY, AS FAR AS MAY BE, FROM THE COUNTIES OF
ST. MARY'S AND CHARLES.

10-4. CONFORMANCE TO OLD LINE DESIRED; TESTIMONY FROM
RESIDENTS AUTHORIZED.

IN SURVEYING AND MARKING SAID BOUNDARY BETWEEN SAID
COUNTIES, THEY SHALL, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, CONFORM TO THE OLD
LINE HERETOFORE MARKED AND LAID OUT BETWEEN SAID COUNTIES
AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE, MAY TAKE THE TESTIMONY OF OLD
RESIDENTS, UPON AN OATH ADMINISTERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COMMISSION, AS TO THE COURSE OF THE OLD LINE.

10-5. PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF REPORT AND SURVEY PLAT;
FILING OF COPIES.

AS SOON AS SAID COMMISSIONERS OR A MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE
REESTABLISHED, SURVEYED AND MARKED THE BOUNDARY LINE
BETWEEN SAID COUNTIES, THEY OR A MAJORITY OF THEM SHALL MAKE
A REPORT OF THE SAME, TOGETHER WITH A CERTIFIED PLAT OF SAID
SURVEY MADE OUT BY THE SURVEYOR EMPLOYED BY THEM, WHICH
SHALL BE TRANSMITTED BY THEM TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE LAND
OFFICE OF THE STATE, AND THEY SHALL FURNISH A COPY OF THE SAME
TO EACH OF THE CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ST. MARY'S AND
CHARLES COUNTIES TO BE RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF
SAID COUNTIES. THE REPORT SO MADE AND THE LINE SO ESTABLISHED
BY THEM OR A MAJORITY OF THEM SHALL BE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES, THE TRUE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN SAID COUNTIES.

10-6. PLACEMENT OF NUMBERED GRANITE POSTS MARKING SURVEY.

SAID COMMISSIONERS SHALL MARK THE SURVEY SO MADE BY
THEM BY GRANITE POSTS EVERY HALF (1/2) MILE AND ALL STRAIGHT
COURSES OF LESS LENGTH THAN ONE-HALF (1/2) MILE, WHICH SAID
POSTS SHALL BE NUMBERED.

ARTICLE II

REESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARY LINE
BETWEEN PRINCE GEORGE'S AND CHARLES COUNTIES

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