Chap. 200.—An ACT concerning the surveyor’s office, and prescribing
where it shall be kept.

Approved March 3, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board
of supervisors shall provide for the clerk’s office of the
county courts in the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Stafford,
Fluvanna, Albemarle, Rockbridge, Goochland, Culpeper,
Prince Edward, Washington, Essex, Southampton, Carroll,
and Highland a separate desk in the clerk’s office of such
court for the safekeeping of all the books, papers, and public
records belonging or appertaining to the surveyor’s office, to
the end that all such books, papers, and public records shall
be kept at the courthouse of the several counties, and avail-
able for the inspection of the people of Alleghany, Bath,
Stafford, Fluvanna, Albemarle, Rockbridge, Goochlangl, Cul-
peper, Prince. Edward, Washington, Essex, Southampton,
Carroll, and Highland. Said desk shall be known as the
surveyor’s office. Such books, papers, and public records
shall be under the official possession and control of the clerk
of the county court, except that when the surveyor desires
to inspect any or all the said records during the usual busi-
ness hours of said clerk, it shall be his right and duty to do
s0, and to certify copies thereof as now provided by law;
but a copy of anything appearing therein may in like man-
ner be certified by the clerk of said county court in the
absence of the surveyor, and shall have the same effect as
evidence in all the courts of the counties of Alleghany,

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Bath, Stafford, Fluvanna, Albemarle, Rockbridge, Goochland,
Calpeper, Prince Edward, Washington, Essex, Southampton,
Carroll, and Highland, as if such copy was certified by the
surveyor ; but nothing in this act shall be construed to affect
the compensation or fees of surveyors, or to make them pay-
able to the clerk of the court who may perform any sur-
veyor’s duty under this act: provided that if the surveyor
will provide a separate office at the courthouse for said books
and papers, this act, while such office is provided, shall be
inoperative as to such surveyor.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 200.—An ACT concerning the surveyor’s office, and prescribing
where it shall be kept.

Approved March 3, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board
of supervisors shall provide for the clerk’s office of the
county courts in the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Stafford,
Fluvanna, Albemarle, Rockbridge, Goochland, Culpeper,
Prince Edward, Washington, Essex, Southampton, Carroll,
and Highland a separate desk in the clerk’s office of such
court for the safekeeping of all the books, papers, and public
records belonging or appertaining to the surveyor’s office, to
the end that all such books, papers, and public records shall
be kept at the courthouse of the several counties, and avail-
able for the inspection of the people of Alleghany, Bath,
Stafford, Fluvanna, Albemarle, Rockbridge, Goochlangl, Cul-
peper, Prince. Edward, Washington, Essex, Southampton,
Carroll, and Highland. Said desk shall be known as the
surveyor’s office. Such books, papers, and public records
shall be under the official possession and control of the clerk
of the county court, except that when the surveyor desires
to inspect any or all the said records during the usual busi-
ness hours of said clerk, it shall be his right and duty to do
s0, and to certify copies thereof as now provided by law;
but a copy of anything appearing therein may in like man-
ner be certified by the clerk of said county court in the
absence of the surveyor, and shall have the same effect as
evidence in all the courts of the counties of Alleghany,

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Bath, Stafford, Fluvanna, Albemarle, Rockbridge, Goochland,
Calpeper, Prince Edward, Washington, Essex, Southampton,
Carroll, and Highland, as if such copy was certified by the
surveyor ; but nothing in this act shall be construed to affect
the compensation or fees of surveyors, or to make them pay-
able to the clerk of the court who may perform any sur-
veyor’s duty under this act: provided that if the surveyor
will provide a separate office at the courthouse for said books
and papers, this act, while such office is provided, shall be
inoperative as to such surveyor.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.