Tex. Local Government Code § 72.004
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 72.004, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 72.004. DUTIES OF SURVEYOR; FIELD NOTES.
Official statutory text
(a) A surveyor appointed under this chapter shall describe the initial corners of the boundary lines on the boundary markers established at the corners. The surveyor shall supervise the establishment of additional boundary markers at one-mile intervals along the boundary line.
(b) In the field notes of the survey, the surveyor shall accurately describe all prominent natural objects that are crossed by or are adjacent to the boundary lines under survey, as well as the corners and lines of surveys on or near the boundaries.
(c) After each boundary line in question is surveyed and marked, the surveyor promptly shall return the field notes and map of the survey to the county court that appointed the surveyor.
(d) The county clerk shall record the field notes and map and shall deliver a certified copy of the notes and map to the General Land Office.
(b) In the field notes of the survey, the surveyor shall accurately describe all prominent natural objects that are crossed by or are adjacent to the boundary lines under survey, as well as the corners and lines of surveys on or near the boundaries.
(c) After each boundary line in question is surveyed and marked, the surveyor promptly shall return the field notes and map of the survey to the county court that appointed the surveyor.
(d) The county clerk shall record the field notes and map and shall deliver a certified copy of the notes and map to the General Land Office.
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