    The commissioner shall, from time to time, cause the leased lands to be measured, and the metes and bounds thereof ascertained and located by ranges, monuments or other means, so that the limits thereof may be accurately fixed and easily located.

    The commissioner shall cause the leased lands to be mapped, and the maps to be filed in the office of the department.

    The expense of surveying, measuring, locating and mapping any ground or grounds shall be paid by the applicant therefor before he shall be entitled to a lease or leases for the same.

     Amended by L.1979, c. 199, s. 20, eff. Sept. 19, 1979.

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