Except where the context indicates a different meaning, terms Terms used in this6 chapter shall be defined as follows mean: (1)A "property corner" is a geographic point on the surface of the earth, and is on, a part of, and controls a property line "Accessory to a corner," any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. The term includes bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other similar objects; (2)A "property controlling corner" for a property is a public land survey corner, or any property corner, which does not lie on a property line of the property in question, but which controls the location for one or more of the property corners of the property in question "Board," the Board of Technical Professions; (3)A "public land survey corner" is any corner actually established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land to a private person from the United States government or the State of South Dakota "Corner," unless otherwise qualified, a property corner, a property controlling corner, or a public land survey corner; (4)A "corner," unless otherwise qualified, means a property corner, or a property controlling corner, or a public land survey corner, or any combination of these "Monument," an accessory that is presumed to occupy the exact position of a corner;24 - 3 -HB 1036 (5)An "accessory to a corner" is any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. Accessories may be bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other objects "Property controlling corner," any corner that may or may not lie on a property line, but that controls the location for one or more property corners; (6)A "monument" is an accessory that is presumed to occupy the exact position of a corner "Property corner," a geographic point that controls a property line; (7)A "reference monument" is a special monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded, and which serves to witness the corner "Public land survey corner," any corner established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land to a private person from the state or federal government; (8)A "survey" is any field operation in which corners are used to locate streets, roads, utilities, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, canals, drainage ways, or any other works as well as property boundaries "Reference monument," a special monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and serves to witness the corner; (9)A "registered land surveyor" is a surveyor who is registered to practice land surveying under Title 36 and has a current certificate for that calendar year "Survey," any field operation in which corners are used to locate streets, roads, utilities, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, canals, drainage ways, or any other works as well as property boundaries;24 - 4 -HB 1036 (10)The "commission" is the State Commission of Engineering, Architectural, and Land Surveying Examiners "Registered land surveyor," a person who is licensed by the board and is in good standing and legally authorized to practice land surveying in this state.