[Resurveys, When and How Made.] R. S. 3745-3749 3745. It shall be their duty, whenever called on for that purpose, to resurvey and remark and bound any tract of land in their respective parishes, where the old marks are defaced or are likely to decay or perish, or where, by any cause, they are destroyed; taking special care in all such cases to be governed by the original surveys, patents or title deeds of such tracts; and they shall make a plain report and certificate of all such remarks and boundaries by them made as aforesaid; of which report and certificate they shall deliver a certified copy to the owner, if he requires it (Act 328, 1855, 456). [Fees of Chain Carriers, etc.] 3746. The chain carriers and markers shall be allowed each a dollar per day for their services as such, to be paid in the same manner as is provided for surveyors. [May Administer Oaths to Assistants.] 3747. Each surveyor is authorized and required to administer an oath to each of his chain carriers faithfully and diligently to perform his duties as chain carrier, without favor, affection or partiality; and it shall be the duty of each of the surveyors to write the name of each of his chain carriers down on the plat made of a tract of land for which they carried the chain in the surveying thereof. [Resurveys, Notice to Landowners.] 3748. It shall be their duty, whenever called on, to make a resurvey, as provided by the preceding sections, to notify the adjoining landholders of the day on which he shall commence the said survey, that they may attend, or cause somebody else to attend in their behalf, if they think proper. He shall note the same on the plat, by putting down the names of the persons notified and the number of days' notice he gave each of them. [Records, Reports, Copies as Evidence.] 3749. It shall be their duty to record, by order of dates, in a book kept for that purpose, all the plats and reports of surveys made by them; and the Surveyor General, besides the private register for the parish of Orleans, shall keep a general R. S. 3750 register, in which he shall record the plats and reports of the operations made by the parish surveyors, who shall be bound to forward him, every three months, certified copies of their operations in their respective parishes; and all certified copies of the plats and reports of surveys thus recorded, as well as of the titles and papers which are to be delivered to the Surveyor General by the said surveyors, under their hand and the seal which they are hereby authorized to adopt, shall be entitled to full credit in all the courts of the State. [Fees.] 3750. They shall be entitled to demand and receive for their respective services the following fees, to-wit: For mileage in going and returning from any place where a survey is to be made, ten cents (10c). For measuring the front of any tract of land, on any bayou or river, for every arpent of running measure, ten cents (10c). For measuring depth line where the line touches cypress swamps, and for measuring back lines, for every arpent, ten cents (10c). For running straight line, for every mile, two dollars ($2). For meandering a watercourse, for every arpent, ten cents (10c). For every plat of a tract of land, including the record, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50). For every certified copy of such plat, fifty cents (50c). For planting every corner post, twenty-five cents (25c). For any additional tract of land comprehended in a plat, with surveys and boundaries established, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50). For measuring every lot in a town or other place divided into lots, for every running foot, one cent (1c). For every original plat of any such lot, including the record, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50). For every certified copy of such plat and of the certificate of survey, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50). For every additional tract of land in a connected plat, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) (as amended by Act 90, 1880, p. 116). R. S. 3751-3764 [Overcharging-Penalty.] 3751. In case said surveyors should demand or receive for any of the services mentioned, any other fees than those above fixed and established; or if they should demand or receive any of the said fees without having performed the services; or if they should demand or receive any other or higher fees than those allowed to them, the said surveyor shall, for every such offense, be fined in a sum of fifty dollars, in favor of the party aggrieved, besides the restoration of the fee so unjustly demanded and received. 3752 to 3755. Fixing boundary lines of parishes; returns thereof, how kept, compensation; neglect; penalty. See Secs. 2624 to 2627. 3756 to 3759. Survey of land ordered sold under writ of seizure and sale. Division of land generally, fees, etc. Re pealed by Act 32, E. S. 1877, p. 33. TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 3760. Right of way given. See Sec. 696. 3761 to 3764. Must transmit certain dispatches of State and United States officers; injury to lives, etc.; refusing to send messages; penalties. See Secs. 920 to 923. Const., Arts. 283, 289. Railroad, etc., Commission. Act 16, 1900. Railroad, etc., Commission, printed under title “Railroad,'' at p. 1478. See Act 135, 1898. Operators exempt from jury duty, printed at p. 971. See titles Corporations," " ''Railroads,'' "Expropriation," and notes. 3765. The Treasurer shall, within ten days after being officially informed of his election, and before he shall be commissioned or enter on the discharge of the duties of his office, execute and deliver to the Governor, a bond payable to the Governor for the time being and his successors in office, for the sum of fifty thousand dollars, with not less than five good and solvent securities, freeholders within and citizens of the State, to be approved by the Governor and Senate, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties required or which may be required of him by law; and if he fail to give such bond and security within ten days, the office shall be deemed vacant, and the Governor shall order a new election to fill the vacancy (Act 325, 1855, 447). [Qualification of Surety.] 3766. Each security, when he signs the Treasurer's bond, shall write down in words at length, opposite his name, on the left, the amount he is willing to swear he is worth, and shall take oath before the Governor or some judge or justice of the peace of the State, in writing, to be laid before the Senate by the Governor, that he believes himself to be worth the sum written opposite his name, after the payment of all debts which he is liable for. The securities shall be bound in solido. [Bond, How Approved.] 3767. The Governor shall indorse on the bond his approval of it, and the President of the Senate shall also indorse thereon that it is approved of by the Senate; the bond so indorsed shall be delivered by the Governor to the Secretary of State, who shall record and keep the same in his office. [Commission and Oath.] R. S. 3768-377) 3768. He shall be commissioned by the Governor, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed in the one hundredth article of the Constitution, which shall be indorsed on his commission; but his commission shall not be issued by the Governor until the bond and security shall have been given, and approved by the Governor and Senate. Const., 1898, Art 160. The number mentioned in the section is of the Constitution 1868. [Duties, Accounts, etc.] 3769. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer— First-To receive and safely keep all the moneys of this State, not expressly required by law to be received and kept by some other person. Second-To disburse the public money upon warrants drawn upon him according to law, and not otherwise. Third-To keep a true, just, and comprehensive account of all public money received and disbursed, in books to be kept for that purpose, in which he shall state from whom moneys have been received, and on what account; and to whom and on what account disbursed. Fourth-To keep a true and just account of each head of appropriations made by law, and the disbursement under the same. Fifth-To render his account to the Auditor of Public Accounts quarterly, or oftener, if required for settlement. Sixth-To report to the Governor, ten days prior to the commencement of each regular session of the General Assembly, to be by him laid before each House thereof with his message, a detailed statement of the condition of the treasury, and its operations during the preceding fiscal year. Seventh-To give information in writing to either House of the General Assembly, when required, upon any subject connected with the treasury, or touching any duty of his office. Eighth-To perform all such other duties as may be required of him by law. t [Receipts for Money Paid, etc.] 3770. He shall grant a receipt, under the seal of his office, for all sums of money paid into the State treasury upon the |