The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26

river in Nebraska where the meridian
line terminates, are TO be constructed
similar to the one above described
The deputy surveyor in his line field
book whether base or meridian. is to
note, as he proceeds in his measurements,
the distance on his line of the crossings
of every stream or raEine, and the points
of crossing of every other natural OBJ
ject, whether hill, mountain, ridge, lake,
pond, swamp or marsh, ledge of rocks,
Stone quarry, mineral locality, and no.
ting the kind of mineral /; also noting the
point when entering prairie, woodland,
swamp or overflow, and when leaving the
same, the kind of timber and geological
features of the country-these all to be
carefully ascertained and appropriately
set forth in his line field book, which is
required to be free from blots, blurs,
and interlineations of any kind which
would throw the least doubt on the true
meaning of such book, which is to con-
stitute the permanent record of the work,
and to be fled and preserved at your
office; a certified copy of which is to be
returned to this Office, accompanied by
appropriate plats of the lines. tits pro-
posed that such plats should be on scale
of two inches to the mile, and to be in
serted on successive sheets, SO. as to admit
of the same being bound up in book
form, instead of being in one continuous
roll. The sheets, If of the size of a
township plat, Twelve inches square
within large margin, will admit of
three lengths, of twelve inches, being
inserted on a single sheet, leaving q
suitable margin.
The instrument known as Burt's i'm
proved solar compass Tor an instrument
equivalent thereto J will be used in run
ming the principal in view, and the vari-
alton of the magnetic needle, as detected
by that instrument, is to be shown at as
many township corners as an unclouded
sun will permit.
The value of the surveying operations
depends on the excellence and permanent
cy of the boundary monuments. To
know the legalpoints, whereat to establish
them is the object of the measurements,
for which per-mileage is established by
law; and inasmuch as great public evils
hayeensued from the inefieientconstruct-
ion of mounds of earth, where such have
from necessity to be used to indicate the
legal corners, it is thereforeexpeeted and
required that you will exact from your
deputy surveyors rigid accountability
i'm this matter, and especially for the
/ faithful construction of nouRds for boun-
daries, wherever such have to be adopt
ed, according to the method prescribed
for Oregon, and which has been required
| to be observed in California, New Mexi.
co, and in Minnesota west of the Missis.
sippi.
The prescribed rates per mile for sur
veying in Nebraska and Kansas are as
follows: twelve dollars per mile for the
base and principle meridian lines; and
inasmuch as the guide meridian, while
emitting to run the principle meridian,
twelve dollars per mile will be allowed
for tit having to be double chained
eight dollars per mile will be allowed fol
standard parallels or. correction lines
seven dollars per mile for township lines
and five dollars per mile for sectioning.
A form for contract between the Sur
veyor General and his deputy surveyor;
is herewith furnished, printed, togeth-
er with printed form for bond to be
exacted by him of his deputy, in every
case. The penalty of the bond is to be
double the estimated value of the survey
ing work. A number of copies of these
forms is furnished.
You will SUBMIT your report as season
ably as possible, on the various subjects
of your duties, to be laid before Congress
at the next session, accompanied by esti.
mates of the appropriations deemed ne.
cessary for the surveying service in Ne
braska and Kansas during the fiscal yeal
ending June 80, 1856. am, very respec.
fully, your obedient servant,
/ JOHN WILSON, Com.
JOHN CALHOUN, Esq,
| Surveyor General.