The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-06-09

Formerly the government had al
~ surveying done under contract IN
/ stead Of by it, own salaried MEN a,
now, and the result WAS that much O.
the surveying was poorly done, ant
the corners were marked in such {
careless manner that after few
years it was impossible to find man,
Of the corners and It became neces.
sary to- resurvey the land. Many have
the impression that when q resurvey II
made the old survey 10 wiped out and
the land 10 surveyed anew as II there
had never been . former survey, blu,
this 10 not the fact. A resurvey is
merely q retracement Of the former
survey for the purpose Of re-estab.
fishing lost and .obliterated corners
and all the existing corners of the
original survey must be accepted and
used az basis for the resurvey.
For this reason all the inaccuracies
OF the original survey are repeated in
the resurvey. but the field notes show
these inaccuracies fntsead of showing
the survey to be accurate. II the lines
de- not run east and west or north and
south the field notes show the exact
course they do run and IL the sections
contain more or less than $40 acres
the field notes show the actual acre.
age.
In cases where the original survey
Is very inaccurate the government
land is divided into lots when it is
resurveyed instead Of into regular
quarter-quarter sect 'ons Of forty acres
each. and the exact acreage of each
lot Is shown on the plots. But it u.s.
uaHy happens that some of the land
has been patented prior tc, the resur-
vey, and after the land has passed ont
of government ownership the govern.
ment has no right to change the sur.
vey or the description, 80 land which
mas been patented il still described
as IN the patent and IL not given lot
NUMBERS; neither is the acreage hang
ea' even If the resurvey shows that
the acreage Is different from that
shown in the patent.
So 1t frequently happens in town.
SHIPS which have been resuryeyed that
some OF the subd' visions in a section
are described as quarter-quarter sec.
tlons while other subdivisions in the
same section are described as lots
with varying acreages. In such cases
the SUBDIVISIONS which are plotted as
OTIS are numbered consecutively, be-
ginning with the northeastely LOT in
the section and proceeding back and
[orth from east to west and from west
TO east, skipping the land which has
oeen patented. In giving lot numbers
10 subdivisions in a section which
contained lots under the original sur.
Vey the numbers used in the orir,na,
survey are not again used, but instoad
the first lot takes the next higher
number. II there were four lots IN
Inc section under the original survey
then the first lot numbered under ~
'esurvey will be Lot s.
Fer these reasons there ia row,
great irregularity in the NUMBERING ~
me lots under resurvey. and ora
must refer to the plot to ascertain T.,
"hat part Of the section any certain
ot Is located. Lot s may be the swn
u the NWA, or 1t may be the NEn
II the NEA. or it NAV he anv o,hoa
in the section.
The correct legal description ~ an,
.ract OF land is that given it by the
'oser""ent survey. Land which has
-" surveyed into regular sections
'nu quarter sections and divided into
sections should ALWAYS
De described gu quarter secticn. hit
iand has been surveyed into lots
ina given lot numbers it should he
'escrioed by those lot numbers.
II the government issues patent IN
ne northwest quarter of Section IL
stating that it calls for 100 acres. ana
ater the township is resurveyed ana ~
FOUND that the northwest quarter ~
,ection 10 contains only 145 acres. no
'nange Is made in the records and this
ana Will always be described an "tha
northwest quarter Of Section Is. con.
tanning 100 acres more or less m.
,ording to the government survey
:nereod. In other words. a resurvev
Ices not affect land which has heen
patented prior to the execution OF the
'esurvey. Sometimes there are claims
pending at the time Of making a 70.
survey which cannot be surveyed into
'eeuiar subdivisions because they are
aot located on the lines of survey.
sucn claims are frequently surveved
~ cetes and bounds and are called
tracts In the plot Of resurvey. each
'uch tract bearing a number and its
SUBDIVISIONS bearing letters to dis.
them. Such land should nj.
ways be described by tract number