Manual of United States Surveying: System of Rectangular Surveying Employed in Subdividing the Public Lands of the United States; Also Instructions for Subdividing Sections and Restoring Lost Corners of the Public Lands |
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... links , " dist . " for distance , " va . " for variation , etc. For quarter section corner , " sec . cor . " may be used , and for 14 inches long , 12 inches wide , and 3 RECTANGULAR SURVEYING . 41.
... links , " dist . " for distance , " va . " for variation , etc. For quarter section corner , " sec . cor . " may be used , and for 14 inches long , 12 inches wide , and 3 RECTANGULAR SURVEYING . 41.
Page 93
... links , A Bur Oak , 24 in . dia . N. 43 W. 35 links , A Maple , 18 in . dia . S. 27 W. 39 links , A White Oak , 15 ... wide runs North , 80.00 Set a post for corner to sections 35 and 36 , 1 and 2 , from which A Beech , 9 in . dia . bears N.
... links , A Bur Oak , 24 in . dia . N. 43 W. 35 links , A Maple , 18 in . dia . S. 27 W. 39 links , A White Oak , 15 ... wide runs North , 80.00 Set a post for corner to sections 35 and 36 , 1 and 2 , from which A Beech , 9 in . dia . bears N.
Page 94
... links dist . No other tree convenient ; made trench around post , 65 00 Begin to ascend a moderate hill ; bears N ... wide , runs North , 40.00 Set a granite stone 14 in . long , 10 in . wide , and 4 in . thick , for quarter section ...
... links dist . No other tree convenient ; made trench around post , 65 00 Begin to ascend a moderate hill ; bears N ... wide , runs North , 40.00 Set a granite stone 14 in . long , 10 in . wide , and 4 in . thick , for quarter section ...
Page 95
... links distant , A Birch , 24 in . dia . bears N. 35 W. 22 links distant ... wide ; runs N. W. into swamp , 61.00 Enter swamp ; bears N. and S. 70.00 ... links dist . A Sycamore , 60 in . dia . bears S. 15 W. 24 links dist . I now cause a ...
... links distant , A Birch , 24 in . dia . bears N. 35 W. 22 links distant ... wide ; runs N. W. into swamp , 61.00 Enter swamp ; bears N. and S. 70.00 ... links dist . A Sycamore , 60 in . dia . bears S. 15 W. 24 links dist . I now cause a ...
Page 98
... links dist . No other tree convenient to mark , 45.00 Leave stony barrens ... wide , and 6 inches thick , for corner to Townships 25 and 26 North , Ranges ... large amount of first - rate land for farming . It is well timbered with the ...
... links dist . No other tree convenient to mark , 45.00 Leave stony barrens ... wide , and 6 inches thick , for corner to Townships 25 and 26 North , Ranges ... large amount of first - rate land for farming . It is well timbered with the ...
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17 links dist 25 links 40 chains acres angle approved azimuth bank of Chickeeles base line bearing trees bears N Beech Black Oak Bur Oak Chickeeles River claim Closing corner corner I run corner to fractional corner to sections deputy surveyor distance district established feet field book field notes fractional sections 17 Hickory homestead instructions intersection island lake Land Office line between sections links wide located lode marked meander corners mile mineral mound notches Peter Traverse plats post for corner post for quarter Principal Meridian public lands public surveys quarter section corner random line range line run North section lines sections 19 sections 25 sections 31 Set a post South Boundary Standard corner Sugar-Tree Surveyor-General swamp Territory thence thereof Timber tion Township 25 TOWNSHIP CORNER township lines true line true meridian United Variation 17 Walnut warrant White Oak Willamette Meridian
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Page 64 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 173 - That no lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor.
Page 167 - An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain...
Page 172 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 193 - That whenever any person or association of persons, claim a vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar or copper...
Page 171 - That the person applying for the benefit of this act shall, upon application to the register of the land office in which he or she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before the said register or receiver that he or she is the head of a family, or is twenty-one...
Page 201 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected In the same, and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 65 - ... I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same: that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God...
Page 171 - ... infant child or children ; and the executor, administrator, or guardian may, at any time within two years after the death of the surviving parent, and in accordance with the laws of the state in which such children for the time being have...
Page 194 - ... file in the local land office a diagram of the same, so extended laterally or otherwise as to conform to the local laws, customs, and rules of miners, and to enter such tract and receive a patent therefor, granting such mine, together with the right to follow such vein or lode, with its dips, angles, and variations to any depth, although it may enter the land adjoining, which laud adjoining shall 1)0 sold subject to this condition.