MANUAL

OF

SURVEYING INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE

SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC LANDS

OF THE

UNITED STATES

AND

PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.

Prepared in conformity with law under the direction of
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

JANUARY 1, 1890.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,

1890.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Washington, D. C., December 2, 1889.

GENTLEMEN: The following instructions, including full and minute directions for the execution of surveys in the field, are issued under the authority given me by sections 453, 456, and 2398 United States Revised Statutes, and must be strictly complied with by yourselves and your deputy surveyors.

Very respectfully,

LEWIS A. GROFF,
Commissioner.

TO SURVEYORS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.