19-1420. Record of road survey; descriptions of real estate; surveys generally; road work; civil engineer.
19-1420
19-1420. Record of road survey; descriptions of real estate; surveys generally; road work; civil engineer. Upon the establishment of any road, the county surveyor shall enter the plat and field notes thereof upon the official road record of the county. He shall, when ordered by the board of county commissioners, make out a complete description of all or any part of the real estate of his county, to be made out and entered in proper rolls furnished by the county clerk for such purpose. The county surveyor shall, when ordered by the county commissioners, make complete surveys, plans, specifications and estimates for all bridges, culverts, roads, ditches, or other public works to be constructed under the authority of the board of county commissioners, and shall report the same with his recommendations thereon, and when so ordered he shall superintend the construction of such work, and make reports on the progress of the same to the board of county commissioners as often as they may require: Provided, That the board of county commissioners may employ a civil engineer or architect to act alone or in conjunction with the county surveyor in making plans, specifications and estimates for any bridge, culvert, road, ditch or other public work to be constructed by the county, and in superintending the construction of the same.
History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 4; March 14; R.S. 1923, 19-1420.