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This Act lays down rules for the licensing of surveyors and the carrying out of land surveys of public and private land and provides for the appointment of a Chief Surveyor and the establishment of the Land Surveyors Board.The Chief Surveyor shall direct and control all public surveys, shall prepare and make public official maps and shall control all plans of surveys before registration of land. The Board shall be responsible for the granting of licences for the practising of land surveying and for the registration of licensed surveyors. The Act also defines powers of licensed surveyors and provides for the protection of survey marks.

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