Section 35-2-20
Creation and purpose.
There is hereby created, in the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a division of land surveys, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and preserving the land monuments, section corners, and other physical accessories of the United States public land survey within Alabama and the field notes and plats and other documents connected therewith.
(Acts 1971, No. 2249, p. 3608, §1.)