The Assistant Surveyor shall take the same oath his principal is required to take, and may, during the continuance of his office, discharge and perform any of the official duties of his principal.
D.C. Code § 1-1304
Duties of Assistant Surveyor
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1426, ch. 854, § 1592; June 28, 1935, 49 Stat. 431, ch. 332, § 3
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