The cost in all the cases of such procedure shall be borne by the owner, or the legal representatives thereof, of any tract of land subdivided into lots, as aforesaid, said costs including a reasonable fee to the examiner to whom the plan of subdivision is referred for verification: Provided always, That the examiner, in verifying the plan of subdivision of said tract of land filed in court with the conveyances made of said tract of land, or such parts of the same, shall confine himself to comparing the plan with the conveyances made by the owner of said tract of land, or the legal representatives thereof, in conveyances made of said tract of land, or parts thereof, in the first instance.