Mississippi Code Title 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-27-19

Whenever a survey may be required of any land in which the county surveyor may be interested, or whenever from any cause there shall be no surveyor deputy to be found, or able to act, the survey may be made by the surveyor of any other convenient county, and a court may in any case so order, or the survey may be made by such person of skill as the parties interested may agree upon.