﻿j6 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  engineers 
  and 
  other 
  persons 
  as 
  are 
  necessary 
  to 
  perform 
  such 
  work 
  

   and 
  fix 
  their 
  compensation. 
  The 
  designation 
  of 
  such 
  civil 
  engi- 
  

   neers 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  writing 
  and 
  filed 
  with 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  state, 
  and 
  

   each 
  engineer 
  so 
  designated, 
  v 
  before 
  entering 
  upon 
  his 
  duties, 
  shall 
  

   take 
  and 
  file 
  the 
  constitutional 
  oath 
  of 
  office 
  with 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  

   state. 
  Every 
  civil 
  engineer 
  so 
  designated 
  and 
  qualifying 
  may 
  

   subpoena 
  witnesses, 
  administer 
  oaths 
  and 
  take 
  testimony 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  affidavits 
  or 
  otherwise. 
  Each 
  civil 
  engineer 
  so 
  designated 
  

   and 
  qualifying 
  shall 
  make 
  and 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  forest, 
  fish 
  and 
  game 
  

   commissioner 
  a 
  report, 
  which 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  work 
  done 
  

   by 
  him 
  or 
  under 
  his 
  direction, 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  each 
  sepa- 
  

   rate 
  township 
  or 
  tract 
  of 
  land, 
  and 
  the 
  distinct 
  lots, 
  therein 
  so 
  

   established, 
  located 
  and 
  marked 
  by 
  him, 
  and 
  a 
  map 
  which 
  shall 
  

   correctly 
  show 
  the 
  location 
  and 
  permanent 
  marking 
  of 
  such 
  bound- 
  

   aries 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  all 
  testimony 
  taken 
  by 
  him, 
  and 
  all 
  

   field 
  notes, 
  maps, 
  information 
  and 
  other 
  data 
  obtained 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  

   locating, 
  establishing 
  and 
  marking 
  such 
  boundaries. 
  The 
  forest, 
  

   fish 
  and 
  game 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  file 
  copies 
  of 
  such 
  reports, 
  cer- 
  

   tified 
  by 
  him, 
  in 
  the 
  clerk's 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  town- 
  

   ships 
  or 
  tracts 
  of 
  land 
  mentioned 
  in 
  said 
  reports 
  are 
  located. 
  

   Upon 
  filing 
  such 
  copies 
  of 
  such 
  reports 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  clerk's 
  office, 
  

   the 
  same 
  shall 
  become 
  and 
  be 
  presumptive 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  

   boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  or 
  tract, 
  and 
  the 
  distinct 
  lots 
  therein, 
  

   in 
  said 
  report 
  named, 
  have 
  been 
  and 
  are 
  regularly, 
  properly, 
  duly 
  

   and 
  legally 
  located, 
  established 
  and 
  permanently 
  marked 
  upon 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  such 
  report, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  conclusive 
  evidence 
  

   thereof 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  expiration 
  of 
  one 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  

   of 
  filing 
  such 
  copy 
  of 
  each 
  such 
  report 
  in 
  such 
  county 
  clerk's 
  

   office, 
  unless 
  an 
  owner 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  lands 
  com- 
  

   prised 
  within 
  or 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  or 
  

   tract, 
  or 
  distinct 
  lots 
  therein, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  such 
  report, 
  shall 
  within 
  

   one 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  filing 
  thereof 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  clerk's 
  

   office 
  and 
  upon 
  sixteen 
  days' 
  notice 
  in 
  writing 
  to 
  the 
  forest, 
  fish 
  

   and 
  game 
  commissioner, 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  supreme 
  court 
  of 
  the 
  judicial 
  

   district 
  in 
  which 
  such 
  lands 
  are 
  situate, 
  to 
  have 
  such 
  report 
  altered 
  

   or 
  modified, 
  which 
  court 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  take 
  proof 
  upon 
  such 
  

   application, 
  and 
  to 
  affirm, 
  alter 
  or 
  modify 
  such 
  report 
  as 
  the 
  facts 
  

   require, 
  and 
  such 
  report 
  shall 
  thereupon 
  become 
  such 
  conclusive 
  

   evidence 
  thereof 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  expiration 
  of 
  one 
  year 
  from 
  

   the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  filing 
  of 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  court, 
  affirming, 
  altering 
  

   or 
  modifying 
  such 
  report. 
  Every 
  such 
  report 
  or 
  copies 
  thereof, 
  

   certified 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  or 
  county 
  clerk, 
  shall 
  be 
  received 
  in 
  

   evidence 
  in 
  the 
  trial 
  of 
  actions 
  or 
  proceedings 
  in 
  courts 
  of 
  justice." 
  

  

  