Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1957 )

I”,.’ .,’ _,,,,,’ 1, Hon. Fred P. Holub, Page 2, (WW-115) registered under those Acts, and we, therefore,answer your question accordingly. ~'\ Article 6626, V.A,C,S., which provides what Instrumentsmay be filed by'the County Clerk provides in part as follows: ',, II D D 0 provided,,hovever,that in oases of subdivisionorre-subdlvislonof real pro- perty no map or platof any such,subdivision or re-subdivisionshall be flled~or recorded unless and untfl the'same has beenautho- rized by the CommissionersCourt of 'the' county In which the real estate Is situated by order duly entered in the'-mlnutes,~of said Court, except in cases of the,,partltlonor other subdivisionthrough 'acourt of record; provided that where'the real estate Is situ- ated wi.thinthe corporate limits or within five miles of ,thecorporate llmitsof any incorporatedcity or town, the governing body thereof or theslty planning commission, as the case may be,'as provided In Article 97&a, Vernon".?Texas Civil Statutes,'shall perform the duties hereinabove imposed upon the CommissionersCourt. (Aspamended'Acts 1951, 52nd Leg,, p;',745, ch. 403 %,,1. ') The above portion of Article 6626 was added as an amendment to Article 6626 R,.C~S.by an Act of 1951. This was the first time that ,th&?CbmmlssionerqsCourt Is requlred to authorize a plat:before it aould be filed for record, PreviousActspertaln only to the authority of city officers a~sshown InChapter 231, page 342, Acts of the 40th Legislature,1 27, which is carried forward as V.A,C.S,YArtlcle978a and V,P.C. Article 427b, None of these statutessays who 'shallor shall not be authorized ta make a plat of a subdivision. Prior to the adoption of the ,ReglsteredPublic Sur- veyors Act of 1955, 54th Legislature, ,page 864 ,(foot- note l), there is no questfon,thatanyone could make and present a plat for approval,,whether a ,reglstered engineer OP registered surveyor." Whether the Comis- sioner's Court may OP may not be ,authorlzedto,approve a plat unless made by a person regis,teredunder some law which authorlzeshim to make such plat, It Is clear that a surveyor reglstered~under'the above mentioned Surveyors Act ,maymake"such'plat to be presented to the Commlssloner``aCourt'or~city I . “:’ -’ ~:,. .,; Hon. Fred P, Holub, Page 3;:,.,',:(@&5) ,_ ' Hon. Fred P. Holub, Page 41, :(,tq&il5) ‘. ,“’`` , I, pers,oq engaged in the practice of.publlc surveying as deflned~ln thls,Azt, and who i,s,registeredas provided for herein. 1) i The ~ssmeseetlon deflnes',$ublic surVeying:as && .kdlen@e ap practice of ,lan~:,measurement and,,prac- tlced as 'a profession or servic``~available:.itb,~the public generally for compeng&&h,. and’ :&ofig, c&f&$ ” things the preparatfon:,~of``mapashowlng'.the~,boundaries and areas of the subdlvislohi,of",:tr4cts',~'orl'~,l~d,:-:into, smaller tracts," " ,,, " ,, ,:, ',,!~,~.; ,,,,,,: !. '6: ,.~,,, A public surveyor is defined as ~one,"ko:':is employed as a surveyor or ivho~holds, himselfoutto the public as’ such, .’ ” : ‘>,:~, ;‘~, ” ,;,/‘i:: 1: ,,,,‘A Section 3 of.the Act::PPOV~B~,B"thB't.:',the Act : shall not apply to certair;::,:p;~redne``:lncluding "(c) registeredprofess,lonal~ engineer tiheni;practlclng his professlon as ,' authorizedby,law";-,'i, ,'',,,;,,, ,:,, ',,,' :...' ,",,",,' Other sections pro'vide':f&the. hreatlon,of a Board to regis'terpubli&.gharveyoi%%i`` and,::,fdr the powers and duties of:the ?oard,~,for,,,qualif+atlons for registration,,,and,for ,revocatlon'and reissue of licenses. .,I ,.:,, ,~ Section 8~of the'Act ,p~ov+descr$minal:, :' penalties for anyone who shall~.pra@tice.or,offer ,topractice the profession o$,~public',surveying without being registeredore$e&pted,~:$n, a&ordance with the provisions of thfs,Atit,: :,,':" :~: :: I, Section li ,;, &pt&& pro+ide;,&& the registrationunder-the,A@tshall~,not~:,quallfy' the registrant to,cOnduct~,:s~ve9'8':i~a;f,:public lands under Article 5299 R.C.S."n6r,``td``mak~siu~e'ys,the field notes of which 'are,to,,:6~',,Yiled"ln' the General Land Office of Texaso ',',,,I ::',::~' :. :':,.:',, .,,','. ~'. ':;,;, :;,,:, ,_,;y ', ,_',., i" #C",:. ,,.I> :,,:. .,, ,,, ,~, ',ik ,, ,, ,,,. .,,,, ',,, ,, ',,, ,*;.''" ::, ,,.:;,., ,;;; :, '.;,, ',,',,,,, ,i,; ,~,, ; > ',:,