PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

the surveyors of the several counties have their ser-
vices rated by an allowance in tobacco; and whereas,
since said period the character of surveys is much
changed, and the rates then regulating the surveyor's
fees do not cover the necessary labor they now have
to undergo, but leave a portion thereof to be covered
and met by usage, without the sanction of law —
Therefore,

CHAP. 549.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the surveyors of the several coun-

ties of this State, and of Howard District, Charles
and Caroline counties excepted, be and they are here-
by authorised to charge for his individual services,
under warrants of survey or re-survey, directed from
the land office, under orders or warrants of re-survey
directed from the county court, and under orders di-
tecled from the Chancellor, a per diem of four dollars
for each day he may necessarily be engaged in per-
forming the duty the said orders and warrants enjoin,
and the said surveyors, when the same shall be re-
quired by the person or persons for whom the services
shall be rendered, shall state his account of such ser-
vices under oath.

Compensation
of surveyors.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the present and succeeding surveyors of the several
counties of this State, and of Howard District, to keep
a regular alphabetical record of the surveyor's dupli-
cate certificate of all surveys or re-surveys hereafter
made, by virtue of a warrant issued from the land
office, and that the record book or books shall be pro-
cured at the cost of said counties, and Howard Dis-
trict, and that the said record books shall be the pro-
perty of the said several counties and Howard District,
and shall be kept by the surveyors thereof, and be
handed down to the successive surveyors of the said
counties and district, to be by them kept, and to be
open to the inspection of all persons who may desire
to examine the same.

Duty of the
surveyors.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said surveyors
shall have the privileges of appointing their deputies
at any time, without consulting or obtaining the con-
sent of the Examiner General.

To appoint
deputies.