Section 4-42-3 - Surveys for use in court; authority to administer oaths; testimony. - New Mexico Statutes

4-42-3. [Surveys for use in court; authority to administer oaths; testimony.]

When any county surveyor is called upon to make any survey or surveys which are to be used in any court, such county surveyor is hereby authorized and required, upon application of either party, to administer an oath or affirmation to any witness who may be brought to prove any corner or line of said survey or surveys, or of any natural or artificial object or mark which may be necessary to identify the same; which testimony shall be reduced to writing and subscribed by the witness or witnesses, and a return made thereof with the return of the surveyor.