Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United StatesU. S. Print. Office, 1890 - Surveying |
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... measured , and marked , without delay , all base and meridian lines through such points and perpetuated by such monuments , and such other correction parallels and meridians as may be prescribed by law or by instructions from the ...
... measured , and marked , without delay , all base and meridian lines through such points and perpetuated by such monuments , and such other correction parallels and meridians as may be prescribed by law or by instructions from the ...
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... measured with chains , con- taining two perches , of sixteen and one - half feet each , subdivided into twenty - five equal links ; and the chain shall be adjusted to a standard to be kept for that purpose . Seventh . Every surveyor ...
... measured with chains , con- taining two perches , of sixteen and one - half feet each , subdivided into twenty - five equal links ; and the chain shall be adjusted to a standard to be kept for that purpose . Seventh . Every surveyor ...
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... measurements on the north and west sides of the township , as required by law . In case where a township has been partially surveyed , and it is necessary to complete the survey of the same , or where the character of the land is such ...
... measurements on the north and west sides of the township , as required by law . In case where a township has been partially surveyed , and it is necessary to complete the survey of the same , or where the character of the land is such ...
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... measurements will , however , always be represented according to the four - pole chain of 100 links . The deputy ... measuring lines with a two - pole chain , every five chains are called " a tally ; " and in measuring lines with a four ...
... measurements will , however , always be represented according to the four - pole chain of 100 links . The deputy ... measuring lines with a two - pole chain , every five chains are called " a tally ; " and in measuring lines with a four ...
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... measurement , facilitates the recol- lection of the distances to objects on the line , and renders a mis - tally almost impossible . LEVELING THE CHAIN AND PLUMBING THE PINS . 11. The length of every line you run is to be ascertained by ...
... measurement , facilitates the recol- lection of the distances to objects on the line , and renders a mis - tally almost impossible . LEVELING THE CHAIN AND PLUMBING THE PINS . 11. The length of every line you run is to be ascertained by ...
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1st rate 2d rate 34 E.-Continued 4th rate alongside August August 15 azimuth base line Bearing Trees boundary of township Chainman Chains cottonwood course N. E. Diagram diam dist distance diurnal change earth 2 ft east boundary edges elongation established exterior field-notes fractional secs hour angle instructions Intersect lake Land Office latitude line run loam longitude magnetic bearing magnetic declination marked M. C. meander cor meander corner miles square minutes mound of earth mound of stone N. W. faces needle notches notches on E observation pine Pits impracticable plat principal meridian public lands quarter-section raised a mound random line RICHARD ROODS River rolling ground sandy section corner Set a post Set a sandstone Set temporary sec side Soil south boundary Standard Cor subdivision subtract surveyor-general tabular Thence I run township true line true meridian U. C. of Polaris variation west from Greenwich Yellowstone River
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Page 11 - All the corners marked in the surveys returned by the surveyor-general shall bo established as the proper corners of sections, or subdivisions of sections, which they were intended to designate, and the corners of half and quarter sections, not marked on the surveys, shall be placed as nearly as possible equidistant from two corners which stand on the same line.
Page 14 - 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 13 - ... deposit in a proper United States depository to the credit of the United States a sum sufficient to pay for such survey...
Page 9 - The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall perform, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States, or in anywise respecting such public lands, and, also, such as relate to private claims of land, and the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the Government.
Page 11 - ... the sections shall be numbered respectively, beginning with the number one, in the northeast section, and proceeding west and east alternately, through the township with progressive numbers, till the thirty-sixth be completed.
Page 7 - This act further provides that." the boundary lines actually run and marked" (in the field) " shall be established as the proper boundary lines of the sections or subdivisions for which they were intended; and the length of such lines as returned by the surveyors shall be held and considered as the true length thereof, and the boundary lines which shall not have been actually run and marked as aforesaid shall be ascertained by running straight lines from the established corners to the opposite corresponding...
Page 12 - ... and fractional sections containing one hundred and sixty acres or upwards shall in like manner, as nearly as practicable, be subdivided into half quarter-sections, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 12 - ... where no such opposite corresponding corners have been, or can be, fixed, the boundary lines shall be ascertained by running from the established corners due north and south, or east and west, lines, as the case may be, to the water course, Indian boundary line, or other external boundary of such fractional township.
Page 7 - ... shall be ascertained by running straight lines from the established corners to the opposite corresponding corners; but in those portions of the fractional townships where no such opposite corresponding corners have been or can be fixed, the...
Page 15 - That of , as principal, and , of . and , of , as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the sum of dollars ($ ), for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.