If the State Government shall at any time deem it expedient to direct a survey of any land or any boundary of such land, within the site of any village or the limits of any city or town, under the provisions of section 106 or a fresh survey thereon under the provisions of section 112, such survey shall be conducted and all its operations shall be regulated according to the provisions of Chapters IX and XII of this Act, due regard being had to all existing exemptions from payment of land revenue continued by section 150:
Provided that nothing contained in section 107, section 138 or section 139 thereof shall be considered applicable to any such survey in any city, town or village containing more than five thousand inhabitants.