§107-3  Powers and duties of the departmentof accounting and general services.  The powers and duties of thedepartment of accounting and general services shall include:

(1)  The powers and duties heretofore attached to thesurveyor general, except such as relate to the geodetic survey of the HawaiianIslands;

(2)  The surveying, locating land boundaries,triangulation, mapping, subdividing, studying land titles and boundaries,preparing metes and bounds descriptions, marking land boundaries, and other workrelated thereto of all lands owned, controlled or in the possession of theState, when such action is required in order to use, sell, lease, exchange, orimprove such lands, and, when requested, the performing of similar serviceswith regard to private lands to be acquired by the State for public purposes;

(3)  Collaborating with the state departments andagencies in acquiring lands required by the State for public purposes, the costin connection therewith to be borne by the department or agency acquiring theland. [L 1951, c 283, §1; RL 1955, §103-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS§107-3]