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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hoaosrble Vi11 Crov 

County Attorney 

8~11 oouaty 

Ouladlan, Taue 

Jour 1ott.r oi 

Olerk’a offbe, eta. I 

l t?leCoaatt4oorJwthvw 

a Oounfy 6urvoyor, aad the reaomla ham beon 

tunwl over to the County Clerk $0~ uie keepw, that the Olork ia uMt1.d to noofve the 

foe tar the neer4lng 0r all fimld note8. tleaao 

tell IIY vhat lo row opfalon in thir utter. 
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of fi*la amtern, mad hm propommm to film turn 

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or rid.4 Bmkmt9 

8lnee your oount7 does not hmvm 8 ooamt7 l ur7m7or, 

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paperr rad noordm bolaneirrg to thm mmua&r l urvmyo~~m mif'100 

un4ar tha muttrorlty of Art1610 !Wg?, Rovlmmd Oivll Utmtutmm OS 

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l mrviom thm murvm7wn7mhmrgm iaUl4itiontio 

thr fmmm mllmwm4b~l.m~ for flml4vorlr, 

mmntm per hundn4 vor48 for muoh noorfl. 

pnty 

Xt rmmt bm nob4 that tus4m~ Irtlolo. 

5277, Rovfmm4 Clv%l Btmtutmm of Tmxmm. 1923, ? 

91~6m~d~ole 

murvoyon mrmgitmathmrl@ttoneord thols own murvo~mma4 

field notmm in thm 8-w l urvm7ar*m orfloe, ma4 if t&7 do 80, 

tb.T SrB not rqulvm4topmym87Cmotethm aowt7 mwvm7oror 

oouDtf alwk. ~ehorm~quoto kfimiom Sp16andfipn, underl coHagt&mprvvfm3.avlalahvmkllmvm nqriin*'Um iongoiD0 

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tan4 mdrvo7oorm llmmsmmd uadmr thmmo provl8loBa OF8 kenby 8?aellmimul to perfon t&# 

4uti.m that mr bm wrfomm4 br oount7 mrm, 

mnd mhmll bm mubjmat to thm dlremtion QS tbm oa*- 

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thm mourtm OS thmStmt0 la8mttmrm o? W l wmp 

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or mwh muthorit188. The jruim4.iaUoa of mmh 

~lmmnmomm mhmll k moutmnsivo vith thm l.hltm of 

tbaatrto. Thayuyhol4tboafflooof eouuty 

mwwyor, an4 ¶X so &eat84 mbll qual* 88 ro- 

*la@4 by lmv rar mouBt* mulvo7ow, bus wall L- 

$imaformqpmrthulmreoun~7mhmllpo* l.irit 

tbo jurlm4lmtian of m&l4 l urvo~Ft0 l rmhOourrt7, 

nor ahal the el*otioa of a oomlty mmvwyolr for 

~~rti~u~t~pm~8uy~~~rnprrrnpr 

rro8 perSo- tha 4utimm of l murvqor in muoh 

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Ux rid.4 not08 mm40 

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Wtho 4omlgamtlon, Llo o Bmelud 4 l ua wo y o r .ëm 

*Ar t. 5ei-?lol& 7. not.8 to bm rmoordod 

'gqory mum07 amdo by mq liomnamd 8UWo70r 

&ml1 & rmmor404 la tbm oounty mum*7or~m xwaor4.m 
Honorable Will Craw, Page 4 

ause ude by any lloensmd lda swvbyor afloatIng the lines, boundarlss mnd areas of unpatented lsnd shall bo forwa-dml to the Land 

orrice. All field notmm mm& by a llcensod 

land survo7or in mn7 aount7 in this Stmto ah11 

hmvo the #mm forom mnd l ffmot mnd bm mdmlssiblo 

in evl4onos the smam me fiord notes mm40 by aountg 8urveJore.~ (Undermoorlng pyre) 

Uhmrorm Artlalo 5297, l upim, biroate ths eount7 clerk 

to “take charge of all &~oo&C~, maps mnd pmpe&ma whmrm the&m Is 

no coynty su&vm7o&, vo ham bomn unmblo to find mn7 statute vhloh 

authorizes the aount7 olsrk to record mxq inmt rummats pmrtmlnlng 

to the offlem of county surve~oFTEktiolss 3944 and 5Q90, mnprm, 

prssorlbs fees for rcaordlng b7 aount7 su&vm7orm, but authorlee 

no fees for oount7 &arks 19 muoh omsms. ConmmqtlmBtl7, vm arm 

of the apinion tht a aount7 olerk Is muthorirmd to ohm&go no 

ferns for &eoo&dl.ng maps, flald notms, eta . l nong the rmavrdm of . 

the offIce of county l urvoyor of vhlah ho hmm taken mtastoQ7. 

Liasnsmd lmnd su&vo7ors, duly lioonmmd under the provlmlona of 

Chapter 1, Title 68, Revised Civil l3tstute8, m&s l xpmssl7 muthorismd, under A.&tlclms 5276 and 5277, supra, to rmoord their 

ovn field noto8, amps, eto. lB tha offloo of the oount7 muN0J0&, 

vlthout pay- any fea for thm prlvllegs of so dol.ng. Xi a aurroyor sh o ul lmplo7 d thm oounty ala&k to do rmoordLng for him, It 

vould bo a matter of prlrmte oontraot botvoen them, and in muah 

wont th? oounty olmrk voul4 not bo meting in him offiolml ampmolt7 mnd any ooupmnmmtlon paid him for muoh amrvloma vould not 

be msssmmmblm mm foes of offlam. 

Am to the survm7or raforred to ln the lest pmrmgrmph 

of 7our lottmr vho 18 murvmpixq the "Oklmhomm 5trlp"; if ho is a 

llomnsmd lmnd murrqor, hm vould bm entitled to &moo&d him oyll 

field notmm mn4 If hm hmm bound t&o m.ma ln a "vmll bound book: 

thm mmm mm7 bm rmoalvmd b7 7our oount7 olork mm part of the 

penmanant &08o&ds of his offloe. andyo~~vould bs antitled to n 

fees for rooelrlng the suns. 

Yours very truly 

ATTORUHY OEsmtAL OF ma