Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United StatesU. S. Print. Office, 1890 - Surveying |
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... parallel lines at the end of every two miles , and by making a corner on each of said lines at the end of every mile , " and it further provided that " the sections shall be numbered , respectively , beginning with the number one in the ...
... parallel lines at the end of every two miles , and by making a corner on each of said lines at the end of every mile , " and it further provided that " the sections shall be numbered , respectively , beginning with the number one in the ...
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... parallels and meridians as may be prescribed by law or by instructions from the General Land Office in respect to the public lands within his surveying district , to which the Indian title has been or may be hereafter extinguished ...
... parallels and meridians as may be prescribed by law or by instructions from the General Land Office in respect to the public lands within his surveying district , to which the Indian title has been or may be hereafter extinguished ...
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... parallel lines at the end of every two miles ; and by making a corner on each of such lines at the end of every mile . The sections shall be numbered , respectively , begin- ning with the number one in the northeast section , and ...
... parallel lines at the end of every two miles ; and by making a corner on each of such lines at the end of every mile . The sections shall be numbered , respectively , begin- ning with the number one in the northeast section , and ...
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... parallels shall be established at intervals of every 24 miles , north and south of the base line , and guide meridians at ... parallel . ” + Taking the latitude does not necessarily prove the correctness of adjustments . permitting , in ...
... parallels shall be established at intervals of every 24 miles , north and south of the base line , and guide meridians at ... parallel . ” + Taking the latitude does not necessarily prove the correctness of adjustments . permitting , in ...
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... Parallel opposite the township to which the corner it witnesses belongs , it will be marked with the township and ranges , ( if a township corner ) , and , ( if a section corner ) , with the township , range , and sections to which it ...
... Parallel opposite the township to which the corner it witnesses belongs , it will be marked with the township and ranges , ( if a township corner ) , and , ( if a section corner ) , with the township , range , and sections to which it ...
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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
Popular passages
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.