Ordnance Survey Act 1841

VI Boundaries of the Counties to be ascertained, &c., and marked out by Posts, Stones, &c.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any such Person appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, or any Officer or other Person appointed by and acting under the Orders of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, at the Time mentioned in any such Notice, accompanied by the Clerk of the Peace for the County the reputed Boundaries of which are to be defined and marked out, and by the Clerk of the Peace of any County adjoining thereto, or by such Inhabitants as aforesaid, and such Person appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, or any Officer or other Person appointed by and acting under the Orders of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, Clerk of the Peace, and other Persons, is and are hereby authorized and .required to perambulate the Boundaries of such County, for the Purpose of surveying, ascertaining, and marking the same, according to the best of their Power and Information ; and for that Purpose it shall be lawful for such Person appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, or any Officer or other Person appointed by and acting under the Orders of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, Clerk of the Peace, and other Persons, to call on any Inhabitant of any such Counties to assist them in so doing; and when it shall appear to such Person appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, or any Officer or other Person appointed by and acting under the Orders of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, that the reputed Boundaries of any such County are sufficiently ascertained, such Boundaries shall be marked out by such Person appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, or any Officer or other Person appointed by and acting under the Orders of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, in such Manner as may be necessary, by the putting down of any Posts, Blocks, or Bolts of Wood, Metal, or Stone, or by the affixing of any Marks on or against any Church, Chapel, Bridge, House, or other public or private Building or Post, and with such distinguishing Letters or Figures as such Person appointed by such Justices as aforesaid, or any Officer or other Person appointed by and acting under the Orders of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, shall think fit and proper for the Occasion.