Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-23

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Evidently the applicant will be unable
to specifically state in his application
that his improvements or any of them
cannot be embraced in legal subdivi-
sions, without a knowledge of the rela-
tive positions. In general, it will be
unwise TO guess at or assume these posi-
tions, for, should survey later on show
an embracing possible, the survey could
not be approved. The position of each
improvement relative to the public sur
veys should therefore bh determined
with reasonable degree of certainty,
and to this end the applicant may find
even preliminary survey nec-
essary. In any event, the application
should be accompanied by a sketch or
diagram drawn to scale showing as &C
curately as practicable the positions re.
ferred to, distinguishing each improve
ment by an appropriate reference in the
application, and also showing the con-
tour of the claim as proposed for survey.
and its relation to the public surveys-if
| by course and distance, so much the
better-that the propriety of the survey
as called for may cle,.rly appear. The
application so prepared will be duly
| verified by the applicant under oath.
Unless an application and its accompa-
nying Sketch are thus full and complete,
they will fail of their object, for this
office cannot survey except as law and
regulations provide. A proper applica
| ton and sketh as above is also essential,
so that, in case question should arise as
to the propriety of survey, requiring a
submission Of the matter to the honor
able commissioner, the application and
sketch may contain all things necessary
for his consideration and decision with
out requiring any other documents
whatever. No specific form is prescribed
for the application except that it be
prepared on paper to be furnished by
this office the paper will be fuI nished
on request.
g. The stated law does not carry any
appropriation for survey. Theexpen Sc
will therefore have TO be borne by the
applicant who will make his own ar.
rangements with the surveyor, and the
latter must look to the former for all
compensations for servi ces in the matter,
without recourse to the United States.
Under these conditions it is deemed
proper that the applicant designate in
his application the name Of the surveyor
whom he desires TO do the work. The
duties of the surveyor will include not
only the correct running and marking
Of the boundaries but also all retrace
mert and resurvey of, and connections
to- prior surveys which may be found
necessary, a determination of the posi-
ton, nature, extent, and value of each
and every Improvement, full and care
ful determination Of the character Of the
lands especially in respect of mineral
| Of oil nf hot n
be shown by survey on the ground and
are necessary TO proper plating Of the
claim in tins office in the first instance
and to a full consideration thereof and
It's relation TO adjacent properties later
on by the commisSi Sioner Of the general
land office. Of these his acts and find
ings full and proper record will be re
turned by him TO this Office in the usua
form Of field notes duly sworn to anC
accompanied by the plat of the survey
This summary Of duties may assist the
applicant and his surveyor in their ini
tial arrangement.
1t is preferred in all cases that the
applicant designate a (any) U. s. deputy
surveyor or u. $. deputy mineral sur
yeyor, in good standing as tending to q
more satisfactory service. Should a
surveyor not so qualified be designated
it will be necessary for the surveyor t.
satisfy this Office of his professional
skill, submitting to technical examina
ton in usual form, if required, and o.
his fitness in other respects; and then
If found worthy and we'll qualified fol
his duties, he will be required to file 6
bond running to the United States ir
the penal sum of $500, with not less thar
two sureties. conditioned for a survey in
accordance with law and instructions.
7. As the clerical work in this Office
will be done by the regular force. it will
not be necessary for the applicant tc
make any deposit in the U. S treasury
on account Of his survey, such, for in
stance, as is usual in case OF a minera
survey. Very respectfully,
| FRANK A. Morris
| Surveyor General.