§ 14-15-706 - Survey of public land. - Arkansas Statutes

14-15-706. Survey of public land.

(a) Any person who may have entered any of the public lands of the United States, having received from the proper officer a certificate of entry and desiring his lands surveyed and laid off according to the certificate, may apply to the county surveyor for that purpose, and the county surveyor shall make a survey in accordance with the entry.

(b) Before the county surveyor shall proceed to survey any such tract of land, he shall be satisfied that all persons owning lands adjoining and who may be, in any manner, affected by the survey have been notified to attend and be present at the surveying thereof.

(c) It shall be the duty of each county surveyor, when subdividing any section or part of a section of land originally surveyed under the authority of the United States, to make his survey conformably to the original survey.