Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 5 AUSTIN
ikmorublo H. ri. &aClain county Attorlmy,
kllllmmmn county
Grorgetown. Teraa
Phfr will eoknor
January IU, 1944, pertinon
set out:
Lfooaaad 3teto Land rumoy (18 ohm& and do ao abovo doa?rlbed with only of the Licensed sttito L~tnd Surveyor:’ rk contads that all af rheee survey8 zed boiaro thy aan bo feoordsa. I would crpproolato your nnawer to tho above quoatloo in order that I may advim tbo County Clerk.”
I beSO, Vrrnoo'a m~l;lod Civil .Jtrtuem, Artiolo 1625, ln part, us follo*a: provides, sLai.1 record ?n a well
“naoh oounty nurveyor bound book ull the ourveye In hia aounty vclth t>e plats thereof that he May SW&I) wheLhisr privtlts or official."
stlalo Se07 of wid stututum furthe provides thtit *ocLoh county surveyor 6lxill recolvs and era:!ia all ricla notea OS mrveym made in oulC county U~JOU whloh pstonta mre to be ob- tained r.nd ehmA1 certify to the nmia aoooniirrg to lw, rnd re- in a book to be kept by Dim for tbt pur- cord auoh SlsAU notes pan ~4 ha mhall perform much other dutiae aa nary be regulrsd of him by luw.. Tbu oommim~ionsrm~ #ourt a?~11 rurnleh him roll amceumary book& of raor,rd." It aselns th:t the 2~ oontemplatse~ in 4ountieo thving a county mumoyor a4oh county surveyor that do &is oua roooralng and koep his own racaraq, but, Ii the County Clerk aosumem this ro@onatbillty for the county surveyor, in the Cocnty CLerk*e 3rri,00, and r o o o rds and mo ps l uoh rsoordm he should not raquiro an; oortlfleatlon of muah record8 alfsera~t from thikt requiroa by 1611, A l tatO O? fACtS 0108aly FQlat86 t0 thl@ warn pamod OD by thir 6o~wtaarf1t ln &II opln$oa dalivered In Ln tiioh a rimilar 1941, mambored 044SZ, view xam taken am next above oxprosmod.
t'3hfle iqtiolem Be78 And bi377 were rmetrded by tha hais- laturs, aftor tbs mdd prior opbl~n wn8 rendered, there ~'88 no uould ronaer aaid opinion. obeQlete, or oh~n~o m4lsrde ia than that f.n any way arreot ttr l pplkotlon In thla mutter. A UOpf Or am~lltfc*tf~. esld opinion la attached beret0 for further
In vlaw of t!& atKJv0 quoted stututem, und tlm eda oyialaop, thim dopstsent baldm that th8 County Clerk 0r
r0wr your County 18 pormltted four and under to raoord 8urvsp tho dlroc- tioa 0s your County 2hrveyor. suoh r0420o8a 6urvep bclog ocrtlrLc6 to by tba Caocty Burvoyor or any other duly Llooa806 State L~nb &rvoyor, rlthout bolng notarismd, am a oortliloeto by a notary rror the le@lity or tho pro- would @aither rdd to nor 6etrRet ooedlngm.
.,, Youra vary truly A-miHIZsy WH~GAl, ."F ??A ;i3 ?Y nobst L. Lattlmore, .:r. :umiiltrnt hiJ.:W
anal.