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registered under those Acts, and we, therefore,answer
your question accordingly.
~'\ Article 6626, V.A,C,S., which provides what
Instrumentsmay be filed by'the County Clerk provides
in part as follows:
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D D 0 provided,,hovever,that in oases of
subdivisionorre-subdlvislonof real pro-
perty no map or platof any such,subdivision
or re-subdivisionshall be flled~or recorded
unless and untfl the'same has beenautho-
rized by the CommissionersCourt of 'the'
county In which the real estate Is situated
by order duly entered in the'-mlnutes,~of said
Court, except in cases of the,,partltlonor
other subdivisionthrough 'acourt of record;
provided that where'the real estate Is situ-
ated wi.thinthe corporate limits or within
five miles of ,thecorporate llmitsof any
incorporatedcity or town, the governing
body thereof or theslty planning commission,
as the case may be,'as provided In Article
97&a, Vernon".?Texas Civil Statutes,'shall
perform the duties hereinabove imposed upon
the CommissionersCourt. (Aspamended'Acts
1951, 52nd Leg,, p;',745, ch. 403 %,,1. ')
The above portion of Article 6626 was added as
an amendment to Article 6626 R,.C~S.by an Act of 1951.
This was the first time that ,th&?CbmmlssionerqsCourt
Is requlred to authorize a plat:before it aould be
filed for record, PreviousActspertaln only to the
authority of city officers a~sshown InChapter 231,
page 342, Acts of the 40th Legislature,1 27, which
is carried forward as V.A,C.S,YArtlcle978a and V,P.C.
Article 427b,
None of these statutessays who 'shallor shall
not be authorized ta make a plat of a subdivision.
Prior to the adoption of the ,ReglsteredPublic Sur-
veyors Act of 1955, 54th Legislature, ,page 864 ,(foot-
note l), there is no questfon,thatanyone could make
and present a plat for approval,,whether a ,reglstered
engineer OP registered surveyor." Whether the Comis-
sioner's Court may OP may not be ,authorlzedto,approve
a plat unless made by a person regis,teredunder
some law which authorlzeshim to make such plat,
It Is clear that a surveyor reglstered~under'the
above mentioned Surveyors Act ,maymake"such'plat
to be presented to the Commlssloner~~aCourt'or~city
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pers,oq engaged in the practice of.publlc surveying
as deflned~ln thls,Azt, and who i,s,registeredas
provided for herein.
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The ~ssmeseetlon deflnes',$ublic surVeying:as
&& .kdlen@e ap practice of ,lan~:,measurement and,,prac-
tlced as 'a profession or servic~~~available:.itb,~the
public generally for compeng&&h,. and’ :&ofig, c&f&$ ”
things the preparatfon:,~of~~mapashowlng'.the~,boundaries
and areas of the subdlvislohi,of",:tr4cts',~'orl'~,l~d,:-:into,
smaller tracts," " ,,,
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A public surveyor is defined as ~one,"ko:':is
employed as a surveyor or ivho~holds, himselfoutto
the public as’ such, .’ ” : ‘>,:~, ;‘~, ” ,;,/‘i:: 1: ,,,,‘A
Section 3 of.the Act::PPOV~B~,B"thB't.:',the
Act :
shall not apply to certair;::,:p;~redne~~:lncluding
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registeredprofess,lonal~ engineer tiheni;practlclng
his professlon as ,'
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Other sections pro'vide':f&the. hreatlon,of
a Board to regis'terpubli&.gharveyoi%%i~~
and,::,fdr
the
powers and duties of:the ?oard,~,for,,,qualif+atlons
for registration,,,and,for ,revocatlon'and reissue of
licenses. .,I
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Section 8~of the'Act ,p~ov+descr$minal:, :'
penalties for anyone who shall~.pra@tice.or,offer
,topractice the profession o$,~public',surveying
without being registeredore$e&pted,~:$n, a&ordance
with the provisions of thfs,Atit,: :,,':" :~: ::
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Section li ,;, &pt&& pro+ide;,&&
the registrationunder-the,A@tshall~,not~:,quallfy'
the registrant to,cOnduct~,:s~ve9'8':i~a;f,:public
lands
under Article 5299 R.C.S."n6r,~~td~~mak~siu~e'ys,the
field notes of which 'are,to,,:6~',,Yiled"ln'
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