The county surveyor may appoint deputies by writing, who shall take the oath of office and give bond as required of the surveyor, and who shall thereupon be authorized to perform all the duties of the surveyor.Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 171; 1871, § 277; 1880, § 384; 1892, § 4395; 1906, § 4960; Hemingway's 1917, § 7743; 1930, § 7145; 1942, § 4274.
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