OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOF-
AUSTIN
Honorable Walker Carson
county Attorney
Hudspeth County
Sierra Elanca, Tsar
Dear Sir: Opinion Wo. C-3040
Ra: ~~~~~y.,Sunsyors- qualiflos-
- license not required.
"Can CoB4slrlonere'court legaUy.appoint
to the oftice of Cougtp;$urveyora person who
Is not llosnsad surveyor but has had twenty
years experlenaeand holds asaoalate oon&ruc-
tlon engineer rating with civil servles Artfole.
5299 Revised Civil .?ta%utes?"
has bean recefvedand oarefully oonslderedby this depament.
Section 44, OS Artiola 13 of our State Constitution
provides:
"See. 44. The Legislature shall prescribe
the duties and povide for the eleation by the
quallSiodvoters of eaoh oouhtp in this State,
of a oounty treasurer and a county surveyor,
who shall have an offlcs at the county seat,
and bold their oSfice for two yeare, a& until
their successorsare yaallfied;and shall have
such cm:gmsation a8 may be provided by law.-
It till be aoted that,the above quoted section OS
the Constitutiondoes not require a lioense or any other par-
ticular qualificationsfor a,County Surveyor.
Secate sill 351 OS the 47th Legislatureof Texas
is a conprehensivemenduent to Articles 5238 - 3232, inolu-
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sive, behling with *Lieenee~Land Surveyors". We quote from
opinion No. O-3719 of this deptkrtaent which construes said
senate,hill, ea ~0110w.9:
"Senate Ml1 351 doee not operate to
nuke urdawf’ulthe paatioe OS jurveying by
LLose who have not obtained a license. It,
and the ihatute it anends, si?tplydeny to
tboee not having a license the gartlcular
Trivilegesgrmted by the eat to lioensed
land surveyore."
Xe enclose herewith a copy of said opinion for
your inforxatlon.
Artioles 5288 - 5298, inoluaive,Section 2 oi Chap-
ter 2, Title 86, Vernon'8 iugoteted Texas Civil Stetutee, deal
with bounty 2urveyorm. These atatutes provUs for the sleo-
tion, duties, eta. OS the County Surveyor but do not presarlbe
any pextloularqualiSiaationsfor County Surveyors. Nor 60
the etetuteoprescribethat the ColintyDurveyolsmuatbe ll-
tensed or nust be Uceneed land surveyors.
Article 5299, Vernon.6 Annotated Texus Civil Stat-
utes, grovidee:
*All surveys oS public land shall be
sade by authorityof law and by a surveyor
duly appointed,cleated or liaenseff,en8
qualified."
:%Ieeeume Sron your lettar that there 1s a vaaenQg
in the o:Slce of County Surveyor and the CorUnisaionera~Court
desires to Sill that vaoanoy by appointment.
It is our opinion that-e County Surveyor 18 not
req?iired
to be lioensed nor is he required to be a licensed
lend surveyor.
Very truly youra
ATTORNEY GZXRIIL OF TEXAS