The county legislative body may fix the compensation of the county surveyor, and the surveyor's chain bearers and markers, where the fees are not already established by law.
Code 1858, § 445; Shan., § 549; Code 1932, § 801; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1207.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-12-102. Bond — Oath of Office
§ 8-12-103. Term of Office — Location of Records
§ 8-12-105. Duty to Execute Surveys
§ 8-12-106. Oath of Chain Bearers — Plat
§ 8-12-107. Compensation Fixed by County Legislative Body
§ 8-12-108. Compensation Allowed by Courts
§ 8-12-110. Establishment of Meridian Lines
§ 8-12-111. Testing of Instruments — Notation of Magnetic Declination
§ 8-12-113. Prior Surveys Undisturbed
§ 8-12-114. Interference With Meridian Markers — Penalty
§ 8-12-115. Liability for Wrongful Survey — Acts of Deputy
§ 8-12-116. Delivery of Records to Successor