Arizona republican., 1909-12-06
GOVERNMENT MAPS
 OFFERED FOR SALE
What May be Secured, How They May be Secured, and the Price
 of Them.

\ great many people for one purpose or another. desire to secure maps from time to time representing on scale large enough to show the general top ography of the country. one section or another of the great middle or western states, and can seldom find what they want at a newsdealers, general com mercial maps being of small scale and often unreliable. In such cases the av- craze citizen does not know where to apply. or 1t he does know he applies to i. a surveyor general in the territory in question and at considerable expense has a map made to order The gen eral land office recently issued cir cular telling what maps it has on hand to supply such persons. the cost of them. and what maps may be easily made 10 order on application. The substance of the circular is as follows:
 Photolithographic copies of plates representing government surveys and general topography, in townships six miles suare or fractions thereof. on a scale of two inches to the mile. in Ala bama. Arkansas. Florida. Illinois. In diana. Iowa, Kansas. Louisiana. Mich igan. Minnesota. Mississippi Missouri. Nebraska North and South Dakota. Ohio. Oklahoma. Wisconsin, and the western states, can in the main be fur nished by this office at a cost of 30 cents each or 8 for the first ten. and 25 cents each for any in excess of ten. While the price of photoiitho- graphs is fixed at uniform scale. it is not practicable to furnish them on uniform quality of paper. as recent editions are superior. both in paper and workmanship. to those made sev- eral years ago and remaining on file. Worn and used plats cannot be ex- changed.
 When. for any reason. rhotolitho- graphs are not available. tracings can. be prepared and furnished at a cost of Sl each and upward. according to size and topography. Tracings and all other copies may be certified. the extra charge being sl, and if preferred sev- eral sheets may be combined under one certificate. The above copies, however. do not show lands subject to entry. if any. which data will be furnished at minimum cost of sl. on application. bv the registers and receivers of the local United States land offices. No county maps are published by this of flee. and blueprints can not be made of mounted township plats
 In ordering. the applicant should specify township xnd range numbers. well as the number or name of the meridian. Remittance should be by draft. money order. registered letter, or certified personal check. payable to the order of the commissioner of the gen eral land office. If a check which has been sent by this office is returned on a new order the same must be prop erly endorsed.
 Maps of the public land states and territories. on a scale of 12 miles to the inch. are furnished by the superintend- ent of documents, Government Print ing office. Washington, n. C., at 12 cents each, except those of California and Florida. which are printed in two sheet form. and cost 24 cents each The superintendent of documents. at above address. also furnishes mount ed copy of large wall map of the United States at cost of $1
 There is a general rule requiring prepayment of charges. which does not in any way imply doubt as to the financial integrity of applicants.