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for the survey of the public lands of the United States
Surveying instructions : for the survey of the public lands of the United States
viii, 494 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. + 5 folded maps.
The general plan -- Methods of survey -- The system of rectangular surveys -- Monumentation -- Principles of resurveys -- Resurveys and evidence -- Resurveys and restoration -- Resurveys and water boundaries -- Special instructions, field notes, and plats -- Special surveys and mineral surveys -- Appendices.
prepared by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Cadastral Survey.