246 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

St. Mary's, Dorchester, Anne Arundel, Queen Anne's, Wicomico,
Garrett, Worcester, Montgomery, Kent and Baltimore counties
shall be required to give bond in the penalty of ten thousand
dollars, and for no greater sum.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1908.

ARTICLE XCI.

SURVEYOR AND STATE SURVEY.

CHAPTER 480.

AN ACT to repeal section one of article ninety-one of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Surveyors, " sub-
title "Surveys, Returns and Certificates, " and re-enact the
same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section one of article ninety-one of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Surveyors, " sub-title "Surveys,
Returns and Certificates, " be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows:

1. The surveyors for each county and the city of Baltimore
shall execute all warrants issued from the Land Office, and all
orders or warrants issued by any court having authority to
issue the same and shall make return thereof within the time
prescribed by law. Whenever the surveyor is incapacitated by
sickness or any other cause from executing any warrant or
order issued to him from the Land Office or any court, or the
surveyor neglects or refuses to proceed with such warrant or
order, any one interested in the execution and return of such
warrant or order may petition the Commissioner of the Land
Office or court for the appointment of a deputy surveyor to
execute the warrant, and the said Commissioner of the Land
Office or court may, if necessary, appoint such deputy and issue
a duplicate warrant to such deputy; and such return or cer-
tificate shall have the same effect as if executed by the sur-
veyor.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1908.