The semi-colon is of course correct usage
Whew! Thanks, I love commas, lots of commas !
The semi-colon is of course correct usage
> So.....I guess you don't write out the whole words.
What are you going on about? I swear it is extremely unimpressive what poor efforts pass for metes and bounds descriptions in PLSSia.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect some examples of what are thought to be really first-rate metes and bounds descriptions from you folks, examples of best practice to be copied.
Instead, we have you fretting about whether actually adding commas and semi-colons for clarity means you'll never have time to watch TV.
The semi-colon is of course correct usage
Thence N10°56'E, along the West line of the McMillan Tract, for 1056 feet, to a fence post as the SE corner of the Stahl tract being the same as the SW corner of the Schaut tract; Thence Due West, along the latitudinal Curve, being the South line of Williams Township, for 80 chains; Thence along the tape meander, around said Beer Leg, the following courses:
DDSM:beer:
FYI
Oh, I see. Wattles decided it was better to write his bearing and distance courses incorrectly by leaving out the commas because it was too much trouble to reach down and hit the comma key on his manual typewriter. Got it.
The semi-colon is of course correct usage
> Thence N10°56'E, along the West line of the McMillan Tract, for 1056 feet, to a fence post as the SE corner of the Stahl tract being the same as the SW corner of the Schaut tract; Thence Due West, along the latitudinal Curve, being the South line of Williams Township, for 80 chains; Thence along the tape meander, around said Beer Leg, the following courses:
Hmmm. I'm thinking it would be more like this:
>THENCE with the West line of the McMillan tract, N10°56'24"E, 1056.03 ft. to an old 1/2 in. dia. Iron Pipe found (12 in. Down) marking the original Southwest corner of Tract No. 1 as shown upon the plat of RANCHO AGUILERA previously mentioned, noting that from said Pipe, the center of the Base of a Steel Tee Post claimed to be the Southwest corner of Tract No. 1 by Richard L. Schaut in his Affidavit of Corrected Description recorded in Book 26 at Page 458 of the Miscealleous Records bears N45°20'30"W, 211.45 ft. and a pile of Commas understood to represent the same corner as presently claimed by J.B. Stahl, pending a Letter of Special Dispensation from the Chairman of the English Department at Oral Roberts University, bears Northwesterly about fifteen paces ;
The semi-colon is of course correct usage
LOL...
I stand corrected...
DDSM
The semi-colon is of course correct usage
>THENCE with the West line of the McMillan tract, N10°56'24"E, 1056.03 ft. to an old 1/2 in. dia. Iron Pipe found (12 in. Down) marking the original Southwest corner of Tract No. 1 as shown upon the plat of RANCHO AGUILERA previously mentioned, noting that from said Pipe, the center of the Base of a Steel Tee Post claimed to be the Southwest corner of Tract No. 1 by Richard L. Schaut in his Affidavit of Corrected Description recorded in Book 26 at Page 458 of the Miscealleous Records bears N45°20'30"W, 211.45 ft. and a pile of Commas understood to represent the same corner as presently claimed by J.B. Stahl, pending a Letter of Special Dispensation from the Chairman of the English Department at Oral Roberts University, bears Northwesterly about fifteen paces ;
lol...
Still got too many commas where they don't belong, Kent. You need to take those extra commas and use them to rehabilitate that comma pile I've been accumulating.
;o)
JBS
The semi-colon is of course correct usage
> > So.....I guess you don't write out the whole words.
>
> What are you going on about? I swear it is extremely unimpressive what poor efforts pass for metes and bounds descriptions in PLSSia.
>
> I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect some examples of what are thought to be really first-rate metes and bounds descriptions from you folks, examples of best practice to be copied.
>
> Instead, we have you fretting about whether actually adding commas and semi-colons for clarity means you'll never have time to watch TV.
"going on about"? I guess one of us is certainly going on.
Actually, I think you example is quite good and may use it as a model for the future....with the slight modification of a few miscealleous words here and there.
I do try to come up with adequate metes-and-bounds descriptions and have seen a number of quite horrible ones in the past by PLSSia scriveners. I hope I do better than those. I do make sure my calls are correct and the location is in the right general location and have adequate metes calls as well as correct calls to monuments and adjoiners. I try to get all of my punctuation correct and, frankly, don't worry about spelling out the "degrees, minutes, and seconds". You may believe what you will, but I was asking a question, not advocating a particular side. When retracing a description, I certainly don't have an issue with a previous scrivner who did spell out the symbol-words any more than the one who used symbols. I also think I can read the intent whether they had appropriately-place commas. I am more irritated with surveyors who can't come up with a closed geometric figure. Even though I place a higher weight on proper monument calls and the heirarchy of calls, it is irritating to see a land surveyor who can't get his math right, similar to how a writer or English professor might feel when he or she sees another professional who can't get their punctuation right.
But, that's just me.
I will admit I can't match you, Mr. McMillan in sarcastic wit. You are a true master there sir.
Tom
