A surveyor, employed as prescribed by law, in an action for dower, or to determine dower, is entitled to five dollars for each day actually and necessarily occupied in surveying, laying out, marking, or mapping land therein. Each assistant so employed is entitled to two dollars for each day actually and necessarily occupied in serving under the surveyor's direction. Each commissioner appointed as prescribed by law to admeasure dower is entitled to five dollars for each day's actual and necessary service.
New York Legal Code