Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-02

Judge Weaver of the Torrens land !
court has approved the following in
struCtions to surveyors, issued under
the Land Registration Act, Section 30,
and prepared by Court Surveyor ]. s
Emerson for the court of land registra-
ton:
BOUNDARIES.
|. The Land Registration Act ne
cessitates an adjudication by the Court
as to the boundaries as well as to the
ownership Of the premises in question,
and the boundaries so determined re-
main definite and fixed.
DATA REQUIRED.
2. Plans or maps must show all data
necessary to enable the lines thereon
shown to be reproduced upon the
ground. They should therefore con-
tain. or be accompanied by, cata, such
as survey lines or field notes, con-
Meeting the survey with enduring mon-
uments so that the destruction of tenn
porary monuments will not render it
impractcable to enforce decree based
upon the plan.
MAPS.
g. Plans OF maps must contain the
makers name and address, date of sur
vey, scale, true meridian, areas, also
the name of the Ahupuaa, or Iii, Dis
trict and Island in which tho land is
situated. They should show thorough
farces. fences and walls, luilding7
boundary monuments and Government
Trig. Stations and any natural monr-
ments pertinent to the purpose. The
numbers and names of all Giants and
Land Commission Awards coming
within the limits of or adjoining the
land described. should be shown. and,
so far as necessary, the boundaries If
| the Ahupuaas or Ills.
NOTES OF SURVEY.
4. The plan must be accompanied
| by description or notes Of survey,
giving the correct location OF the in
itial point ~ related to some conven-
/ lent and recognized Government Trig.
| Station, or to some properly marked
street corner, or lacking these, TO some
ether permanent and easily identified
point.
The true azimuths and distances NJ
the sides. must be shown definitely,
not approximately. In general the best
practice adopted by the Government
Survey should be followed. This des-
cription, when practicable, should be
or the same sheet with the plan. In
addition TO the description Il MS given
the plan itself should have, 90 far aS
practicable. the true aZimuths and dis
tances of the sides marked upon them
i triangulation sketch and Calcul'.'
tions. where necessary to locate The
lot. should be filed with the plan, also
a copy of the original field notes, If "e'
quested by the Court Surveyor. Al
such matter must be on legal cap.
GENERAL RULE OF SURVEY.
8. All surveys should be ground sur
veys, representing actual facts. Th'
matter of the true lines of ownership
. Is the matter to be determined by thu
Court after consideration of the It'll,
deeds and the ground plan. The sur
veyor is requested, however, Ia indicate
all the lines of ownership &c the bes
of his knowledge, especially in the cas-
o. Government Land. 1t Is also i'm
. rortant to state the magnetic declina
| ton at the initial point, or at SON,
/ convenient point connected with tn
. survey, at the date OF such survey.
5 MARKING OF BOUNDAEiES.
=. 6. The marking of the boundario
| on the ground must be done ia man
I ner satisfactory TO the Court
1 SIZE, AND SCALE OF MAPS.
C 7. Plans or maps must be on trGc
, ing cloth 12xS inches, or some con
venient multiple thereof, The seal
must be some one of thu followini
viz: 10 feet, 90 feet, so feet, 100 fec
200 feet, 500 feet, 1000 feet, 5000 fee
1 or 5000 feet to an inch, or any specs
a one of these scales, II requested by tn
. Court.
J. s. The requirements above will n
6 be waived except for special reason
r approved by the Court.
q J. S. EMERSON,
: Court Surveyor.