Cadastral Surveys ARTICLE  III (926-72; 1489-1; 1766-1.] SECTION  982 . Designation of Persons to Perform Duties of Local Land Officer or Mining Recorder . — Until other provision shall be made for filling such offices, the Governor-General may by executive order impose the performance of the duties of local land of ficer or mining recorder upon any official or employee in the public service. SECTION  983 . Order for Making of Cadastral Survey . — When, in the opinion of the Governor-General, the public interests require that the title to any lands be settled and adjudicated, he may to this end order the Director of Lands to make a survey and plan  thereof. [2259-1.] SECTION  984 . Publication of Notice of Survey . — The Director of Lands shall, thereupon, give notice to persons claiming an interest in the lands, and to the general public, of the day on which such survey will begin, giving as full and accurate a descripti on as possible of the lands to be surveyed. Such notice shall be published in two successive issues of the Official Gazette, and a copy of the notice in the English and Spanish languages shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the lands to be surveyed, a nd also in a conspicuous place on the chief municipal building of the municipality, township or settlement in which the lands, or any portion thereof, are situated. A copy of the notice shall also be sent to the president of such municipality, township, or  settlement, and to the provincial board. [2259-1.] SECTION  985 . Notice of Commencement of Survey . — The surveyor or other employee of the Bureau of Lands in charge of the survey shall give reasonable notice of the day on which the survey of any portion of such lands is to begin, and shall post such notice  in the usual place on the chief municipal building of such municipality, township or settlement in which the lands are situated, and shall mark the boundaries of the lands by monuments set up at proper places thereon. [2259-2.] SECTION  986 . Right of Surveyor to Enter Upon Lands . — It shall be lawful for surveyors and other employees of the Bureau of Lands to enter upon the 296 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011