Chap. 352.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 913 as heretofore amended,
917, and 922 of the Code of Virginia.

Approved December 8, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
nine hundred and thirteen as heretofore amended, nine hundred and
seventeen, and nine hundred and twenty-two of the Code of Virginia,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 913. Who disqualified to be surveyors.—No clerk or deputy clerk of
any court shall hold the office of surveyor or deputy surveyor in the same
county.

$917. Examination of books of surveyors.—The circuit court of each
county shall, once a year, and oftener, if it sees fit, appoint some person
to examine the books of entries and surveys in possession of the county
surveyor, who shall report the order and condition in which they are

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kept. On the death or removal of the surveyor, the person so appointed
may take such books into his possession and deliver them to his succes-
sor.

§ 922. Surveyors to set compass by meridian line and note variation
on plats; record of variation to be kept.—As soon as said line has been
established in any county, or if there has been one established by the
geodetic survey of the United States, every surveyor in such county shall,
on or before the first day of July in every year, set his compass by said
line or by the line of the said geodetic survey, and ascertain the variation
of his compass needle from the said line; he shall record the same in a
book to be kept in the clerk’s office of the county for the purpose, which
shall be open to public inspection, and shall write plainly upon every
map or plat of lands surveyed by him (except maps of town lots) the
variation or deflection so ascertained, stating whether the same be east
or west. Any surveyor who fails to record the variations of his needle as
above required shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars, and any sur-
veyor who fails to comply with the other requirements of this section in
any case shall forfeit all claim for compensation in such case, and his
map or plat shall be deemed invalid until corrected.

2. This act shall take effect on and after February first, nineteen hun-
dred and four.