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of his surveys, and the day on which they were made ; under 

 a penalty of ten dollars for each offence, to be recovered on 

 complaint, in the county where the survey is made, one-half 

 to the complainant and the other to the county ; but no sur- 

 veyor living on an island not connected with the main land 

 by a ijassable bridge, shall be required to go beyond its limits 

 to verify his compass, for the purpose of making surveys 

 thereon. 



Sec. 15. Whoever willfully displaces, alters, defaces, breaks 

 or otherwise injures any of the pillars or points, enclosures, 

 locks, bars, bolts or any part of said structures, shall be 

 liable to a penalty not exceeding a hundred dollars, to be 

 recovered by indictment, one-half to the prosecutor and the 

 other to the county. 



Sec. 16. When such meridian is so established in any 

 county, the governor and council shall appoint a competent 

 commissioner to inspect and verify it by astronomical observa- 

 tions, who shall make a report of his doings, with an accurate 

 description of such structure, its latitude and longitude, and 

 the declination of the needle at the time, and deposit a record 

 thereof with the clerk of the court for such county, and shall 

 be entitled to such just compensation for his services as the 

 governor and council may allow. 



SALES OF REAL ESTATE. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 71. 



Sec. 1. Judges of probate, in the counties where the appli- 

 cants hereinafter named were appointed, may license the sale, 

 leasing or exchange of real estate and any interests therein in 

 whatever county situated, in the following cases, on applica- 

 tion : 



First. — Of executors or administrators, for power to sell 

 so much of such estate of the deceased as is necessary to pay 

 debts, legacies, and expenses of sale and of administration. 



Second. — Of the friends or guardians of minors and other 

 incapacitated persons, that the guardians, or some other suit- 

 able persons, may be authorized to sell real estate of their 



