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Ala. Code § 11-7-1 Number; Qualifications, Appointment, and Term of Office
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The county commission is authorized to appoint two surveyors for the county, who shall hold office for the term of three years and until their successors may be qualified, unless sooner removed. Before making an appointment, the court must be satisfied by evidence that the person…
Ala. Code § 11-7-10 Rights as to Fences or Buildings Not Lost by Straightening or Location of Section, Etc., Lines
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When a survey of land is made by a county surveyor for the purposes of straightening or locating section or other lines, the owners of the fences or buildings erected on or near the original or supposed lines shall not lose their right to the same when the survey places the fence…
Ala. Code § 11-7-11 Right of Entry Upon Lands for Execution of Surveys Requested by Interested Persons
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In making any survey of lands at the request of any person interested therein, the surveyor and his assistants may without the consent of the owner or person in possession enter upon and survey in an orderly manner any lands which it may be necessary for them to enter on or surve…
Ala. Code § 11-7-12 Compensation of Surveyor, Chain Bearers, and Markers
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The county commission must fix the rates of compensation of the surveyor as well as that of his chain bearers and markers. (Code 1852, §820; Code 1867, §955; Code 1876, §870; Code 1886, §941; Code 1896, §3897; Code 1907, §6025; Code 1923, §10354; Code 1940, T. 56, §9.)