Section 8-12-103 - Term of office - Location of records(a) The county surveyor shall hold that office for the term of four (4) years, and until a successor is elected and qualified.(b) The county surveyor shall keep the records of the surveyor's office at the county seat.Code 1858, § 435 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 2, § 4); Acts 1868-1869, ch. 40, § 4; 1871, ch. 58; Shan., § 531; Code 1932, §783; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1203.