Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-06

ranted attacks upon his honesty, In"
tegrity and ability by those whose in
terests may be adversely affected by
the results OF his work. and freQuent-
ly the corners established by one sur
veyor ars discredited by those deter
mined by another, employed by an
opposing faction. The inevitable re-
suit Is expensive litigation. constant
unrest the moving OF fences and other
improvements time and again. and =
general feeling Of discomfort and an.
noynnce. which affects the normal
growth and development OF the en-
tire nei9hborhood. to the detriment OF
the individual as we'll as the state at
large.
Tho Bureau OF tho General Land
Office. Department OF the Interior,
has. for many years. maintained n de-
partment for the purpose of making
surveys and resurveys OF the Public
Land. This department Is made up
of skillful engineers. expert calculators.
craftsmen and transcribcrs, all OF
whom are thoroughly competent thru
education for. training in and expert
encc with this class OF work. to cope
with the many problems which arise
In tho resurvey Of the public lands
Formerly the Governments activities
were limited to the resurvey OF only
those townships in which At least 60e
OF the area was public domain under
the direct control OF tho Government.
In 1918. however. Congress. realixtns
that many settlers living In townships
in which more than one-half the land
had already passed title were iabor!ng
Wadcr a great disadvantage, owing TO
the uncertain condition OF the surveys.
passed an act permitting rcsurveys 10
be made In any such township. pro-
yidcd the landowners should petition
A. -
,imntcd cost thereof. The cost II
borne Jointly by the Government and
tho landowners IN tho township. each
paving their share Of tho actual cost.
This cost varies according to the char
actcr of the land from around $3.50
per quarter section In uncomplfcatcd
prairie townships to SIS in rough
mountainous isnd. cost extremely
low when the advantages are con-
sidercd. Moreover. the former ruling
that. in any township withdrawn from
entry on account OF resurvey. patent
to land could not issue until tho ftnaI
acceptance OF tho resurvcy. has been
rescindcd. and patents arc now Issued
withou. delay on account OF such rc-
survey.
The advantages OF Government
resurycy are obvious The work. as
has been stated. Is done by competent
engineers. the rcsurvcy Is approved hy
the u. s. Surveyor General and ac-
cept~d by the General Land Office
at Washington. after "A careful cS-
animation. and tho field notes and plat
thereof arc placed on file with the U.
S. Survey or General at Denver whcr.
a transcript and copy may be secured
for a nominal fec. Tho corners es-
tablished upon the ground arc OF
permanent and durable nature. each
section and quarter section corner
hrt n u % hy r0nCfrtN filled iron
post. with brasH cap. upon which arc
lcgibly stamped the township. range
and section numbers. together with
tho date of survey and words u, :
GENERAL LAND OFFICE SURVEY
1850 FINE FOR REMOVAL After
a rcsurvey OF this character Is ao-
ceptcd thcre is little danger of litiga-
tion or dispute and a feeling OF Sc
curity and permanency obtains where
formerly was only dissatisfaction ana
unrest Moreover. the expcdioncy OF
the work is marked advantage over
the delay and expensive litigation that
often accompany resurrcy mace by
order OF a local court, owing TO the
opposition of some party to the suit,
who feels that the resurvcy has been
incompctently DOM. which. unfortun-
ately. is too often the case. From the
time of filing tho petition until the
acceptance OF tho ;esurvey is but
whereas litigation attendant upon
court survey often extends over
period of years The Government en-
rineer and his corps OF trained assist
ants have no personal interest in local
disputes or dis,Ercements and ap-
prosch their task unprediudiced and
uninfluenced and are actuated solely
by desire to accomplish \ resuryey
which will be In accordance with tho
laws laid down by the courts and
meet with the approval OF tho Gem
cral Land office and SO stand as
permanent monument to their ability
and integrity.
Full Information as to tho method
Of obtaining Government resurvey
and copies of the law nppertaining
thereto may be obtained by making