New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-04


after the plot OF surrey shall base been hlsd IN the
land Office.
IN ARKANSAS.
The Surveyor General Il la.s State IS engage "a
| the highly important duty OF Tenedylng oeiecn.s
.uIyey. II his ulsIigl wleIe The lines ave been %
| liberated. aad TIC corner ooGn4lnes destroyer "
time, accident, other causes HlS force lsact'ely
employed ~ indispensable Iuits, preliminary 10 me
closing Of Ihe once, and apseT ing rs archives %
The State, ulCeF .he act of l2in June, 1910 par,
OF these duties is lha, Of recODs,ructing LARGE
number Of township plots for the district and Offices
! 10 supply the place of the ongina 5. which have
been cefa Cd aid mutilated by long use. To az
eoEnphsh that service, l. required thai the further
appropriations called or IN The estimates should De
made.
- FLORIDA
The report Of the Surveyor General OF thls state
viii exhibit the progress and present condition OF ms
duties, and, with his separate report the subject
o; selecting swamp lands VIII explain his es-
Inmates.
BOUNDARY AND MISCELLANEOUS SURVEYS.
Since the publication Of the late decision OF the
Supreme Court oithe United states on the boundary
/ question between the States Of Missouri and Iowa,
instructions have been given 10 the respective sur
yeyOTs General for those States 10 close and connect
the lines o. the public surveys with Thai boundary
on both sides oflt The work vii. be accomplished
at the earliest practicable period
The surveying Of the merldlanal boundary line
/ between Wisconsin and Minnesota, as provided for
by the act of 3oth September 1850 a" ants further a
propristion by Jaw.
TIE survey Of the village lots at the Saul Ste
Marie. IN Michigan, under the provisions OF the act
ofthe 96th September. $50 will be completed as
| as practicable. after the ngh.s Of the parties inter-
esed shall have been examined by the land officers
under authority of that act, and the instructions from
/ this office.
The surveying of the boundary Inc between Iowa
! and Minnesota, on the parallel ot 70 deg 30 min.,
north latitude, under the authority Of the Act Of 81
March, le49 Il was Ceslgned IN the first instance, IN
undertake, during the past season. subsequently,
concluded TO postpone II until after the ermlna
tlOn of the late treaty with the ncians IN that sec
ton OF country, and IN consequence OF the unusually
RAINY season, the postponemeBt believed to have
resulted bsnefcial,y 10 the work. portion OF the
I country over which the line VIII pass is represent
ed to be loH and wet, inerSpcrsed with lakes and
| marshes.
The past admonishes that along uncertain boun-
dary lines between states, serious sectional difficult
ties are likely to arise Timely precaution Will OBJ
viate such mischief, and promote permanent public
goo6 II Is, therefore recommended that the paral-
lei be determined by the most xaci methods known
to modern science. That boundary Will be made The
base from which TO project the pu)hc surveys - the
north OF It, and on which ~ close those on It's south
and may hereafter be extended to tie west as The
governing lines for the vast body Of surveys to be
hereafter projected in that direction. With all these
enos in view, the establishment Of the parallel OF
latitude IN lhe mode proposed, although expensive,
is suggested as the true public economy. With
your appreciation, 1t Is designed TO commence the
work at the earliest suitable period IN the coming
spring
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE FOR ABOLISHED SURVEY
ORs GENERALS OFFICES.
In connection with the general subject of public
! surveys have 10 invite attention 10 some matters
! OF great moment to the nelgh0srhoods interested
where It found that time, accident and other causes
| have impaired or Obllterated the earlier surveys
I Decay OF timber hres IN the woods and praires and
miSchiefs from Tespassers, are found not unequent
iy TO have obliterated traces OF the lines, and de-
! strOyed or removed corner boundaries In some sec
tons of country, 10 prevent identification even
by the field notes, otherwise than BY re-survey
made to start from remote acknowledge corners, and
thereby establishing new lines To I'LL up the interval
existing Although among the earlier surveys there
Is found some of the most efficient work, yet 1t Is be-
lcVed that many OF them were fmperfectly executed
and the corners too frequently omitted be identified
with living trees. lncalcllabe mischief has resulted
to the surveys sections of country where the Indians
were permitted 10 remain dunng the progress OF sur
veyrg. from the well-known propensity OF that peo-
pie TO follow IN the wake OF the pubic surveyors,
and destroy the marks made in the woods the white
IL is proper 1t should be understood, that prior
to the ANIMATION Of this office. IN 1885, each sur
veyor General respects the details OF executions
of the eldwork, was in the eye OF the law, an IN.
dependent officer, receiving, through the medium OF
this office, general nstfu lions from the head oil the
department for surveying bodies Of country, but APP
plying the principles prescribed by the surveying
! laws according to the dictates Of has own Judgment
and it not until the change IN IT, organic Law,
which took place ia 1885, that this Office was en-
pow cred by law TO exercise supervision over the de-
@ OF sa hs ePssh lt 10 70 SUCH ssat Psise ao ss
be advisory only, and that with the chief aim 10 IN
system and uniformity IN the Official returns OF
the several Surveyors districts but to that end 1t
became necessary also to descend to matters OF de-
| tail in the hed work, and OF It's elaborate Efforts
and precision In both, so far as 1t could exercise
! control, the records testify.
From whatever cause or combination Of causes
arising, defects IN some old surveys exist, which
serve TO prevent portions oil public land from being
sold, because they cannot now be identified Such
has recently been represented 10 be the case IN ref
eTence TO some OF the earlier surveys IN the southern
| section OF Alabama, by individuals who have ex-
/ pressed their intention TO memorlafze Congress on
the matter. The surveys IN that state reported
10 this office as completed years ago and the office
| OF Surveyor General of Alabama, and also that for
Mississippi under the act OF 18th Of June, 1910, have
been abolished, and their archives turned over TO the
State authorities, the law directs. have also 10
observe, that the jurisdiction Of the former surveyor
GeIeralship which embraced the states OF ONO, ln-
diana and Michigan, has ceased to exist over the
surveys Ohio and Indiana and the archives Of the
public surveys IN those tao States, have also been
transferred to the State authorizes, pursuant 10 the
| directions OF the act.
| The adjustment OF those Surveyors Offices has
imposed no small impediment toward efectng re.
/ surveys, for rectifying the evils complained Of |
propose, therefore, IN order to remedy the defects
Sites where those Offices are abolished that this
Office be invested with the same power and authority
the whole subject Of surveys as the late Sur
veyors General exercised and while so ordering Il
would also be necessary TO cause TO be provided BY
| law Inspector Of Surveys n the State, TO as
certain and report on the nature and extent OF the
defects existing and estimate the cost OF their cor
rec,ion before any remedy could be undersIandnSiy
attempted As work OF tins nature could rarely, II
ever, be effected by per mileage compensation,
some new provision of law would be necessary adj
| hitting OF It's being pai1 Tor py per olem allow
ance, together with such other provisions and re-
stIictions may be deemed requisite.
THE NEW TERRITORIES.
The expectancy OF extending the public land-sur-
yeying system over the organized Territories OF
! New Mexico and Utah, seems TO demand notice,
and may be expected 10 receive early attention
| from Congress and the establishment OF a Tern
torsl Government for the Plate River, or Nebraska
country, west Of the Missouri River, and bet ween
the State of Iowa and the eastern spurs OF the
Rocky Mountains, would have TO precede the ex,
tension of oar surveying system over any bodies Of
country that may be acquired from the Indians IN
| that region.
GEOLOGICAL REPORTS
A resolution Of the Senate passed at IT'S last
session, {" That the forthcoming report OF Dr. DAVID
| nale Oven 1 nited States GeOogist on the geol-