19-1403.   County engineer as surveyor, when; qualifications, powers andduties of county surveyor.The county engineer shall perform all the duties now or hereafterrequired by law to be performed by the county surveyor, except in countieshaving a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and notmore than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000), and having a city of thefirst class of seventy-five thousand (75,000) or more population, whichcounties shall have a county surveyor regularly elected as provided by law,who shall be invested with the powers and duties pertaining to the officeof county surveyor. No person shall be eligible to hold the office ofcounty surveyor or perform the duties thereof who is not a practical andcompetent surveyor. In case there is no such practical and competentsurveyor in any county who will accept such office, and where such factsare certified by the county commissioners of any county, then somepractical and competent surveyor may be appointed to such office from anyother county. This act shall be so construed as to permit any such personto be county surveyor of one or more counties at the same time.

      History:   R.S. 1923, 19-1403; L. 1959, ch. 131, § 2; April 2.