Chap. 251.—An ACT to provide for the Establishment of a True
Meridian Line in cach County of the Commonwealth, East of the
Alleghany Mountains.

Approved March 26, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That it shall be
the duty of the board of supervisors of each county, and the
councils of every city or town containing twenty thousand
inhabitants, of this commonwealth, east of the Alleghany
mountains, to cause to be established, by a competent sur-
veyor in their respective counties, a true meridian line: pro-
vided, that the cost shall not exceed thirty dollars for each
line so established.

2. This line shall be located at some central and accessible
spot in each county, and where the compass needle is not
affected by iron ore or other minerals.

3. The said line shall be not less than three hundred yards
in length, and shall be marked and defined at each extremity
by a meridian line upon a substantial stone monument,
planted in the earth.

_ 4, As soon as the said meridian line shall have been estab-
lished in any county, and by the first day of July in every
year thereafter, every surveyor in said county shall be re-
quired to set his compass by said line, and ascertain the an-
gular amount by which his compass needle varies or deflects
rom the said line; and he shall write plainly upon every map
or plat of lands surveyed by him (excepting maps of town
lots) the amount of the variations so ascertaincd, stating
whether the variations be east or west of the meridian ; and
any survevor who fails to comply with this requirement, in
any case, shall forfeit all claim for compensation in such case,
and his map or plat shall be deemed invalid until corrected.
5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.