§ 19-27-27. Maps and plats; recording
Such map or plat shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county or counties where the land lies, and in the following manner. The proprietor shall cause to be made, by a competent person, on the same scale and on paper of the same size and quality […]
§ 19-27-29. Maps and plats; penalty for selling lots before recording
If any person shall sell any lot or lots within any such city, town, or village, or addition thereto, before the plat or map thereof shall be recorded, he shall be liable to an action, to be brought for the use of the county, for Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The clerk of the chancery court […]
§ 19-27-31. Maps and plats; alteration and vacation
If the owner of any land which shall have been laid off, mapped, or platted as a city, town or village, or addition thereto, or subdivision thereof, or other platted area, whether inside or outside a municipality, shall be desirous of altering or vacating such map or plat, or any part thereof, he may, under […]
§ 19-27-33. Establishing true meridian
The board of supervisors may employ some skilled person to establish at or near the courthouse a line not exceeding twenty chains in length, corresponding with the true meridian of the place, and simultaneously determine to within one-half of one second of an arc the geographical longitude of the station occupied by the instrument used […]
§ 19-27-35. Surveyors to adjust instruments annually
The county surveyor shall annually adjust any instrument used by him in making surveys after checking said instrument with the line of the true meridian established under Section 19-27-33, or with the line of the true meridian established within said county by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or a division designated by the […]
§ 19-27-13. Resurveying, re-marking and bounding lands and county boundary lines
The surveyor, whenever called on for that purpose by those interested, shall resurvey and re-mark and bound any tract of land in his county where the old marks are defaced or are likely to decay and perish, being governed by the original surveys, patents, or title deeds of such tracts. He shall make a certificate […]
§ 19-27-15. Reestablishing original marks
It shall be the duty of the surveyor, in all resurveys and re-markings, to perpetuate the original corners he may work from by noting new bearing trees, and otherwise, as may be convenient and useful. They shall also perpetuate the principal corners made by themselves in the same way.
§ 19-27-17. How survey ordered for execution of judicial sales
In all cases where a survey of land may be necessary to the proper designation of parcels, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 111 of the Constitution, it shall be caused to be made by the person whose duty it is to make the sale, and the proper cost thereof shall be […]
§ 19-27-19. Making of survey when surveyor interested
Whenever a survey may be required of any land in which the county surveyor may be interested, or whenever from any cause there shall be no surveyor deputy to be found, or able to act, the survey may be made by the surveyor of any other convenient county, and a court may in any case […]
§ 19-27-21. Maps and plats; making thereof
Whenever any city, town, or village, or addition thereto, shall be laid out, the proprietor thereof shall cause a true map or plat thereof to be made by a civil engineer, surveyor, or other competent person.