227.040. The engineer shall proceed to cause surveys to bemade of the state highway system as designated in section227.020, and to prepare detail plans and specifications for eachpart thereof as soon as practicable; provided, however, thatwherever surveys have heretofore been made, it shall be the dutyof the engineer, when practicable, to adopt and utilize suchsurveys, together with plans and specifications if any have beenmade by the transportation department.
(RSMo 1939 § 8769)Prior revision: 1929 § 8121