"That the original township, section, and quarter-section corners must stand as the true corners which they were intended to represent whether in the place shown by the field notes or not."
When did this verbiage first appear in print? Was it the 1883 GLO Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners Circular? Is it a law, or just a statement?
> "That the original township, section, and quarter-section corners must stand as the true corners which they were intended to represent whether in the place shown by the field notes or not."
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> When did this verbiage first appear in print? Was it the 1883 GLO Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners Circular? Is it a law, or just a statement?
Based on only 1 search, look in sections 1-16 thru 1-20 of the 73 Manual.
I can look more later tonite or tomorrow if you want.
Not sure about the exact verbiage origination, but my understanding is that the concept was borne from common law, but was codified in the Act of February 11, 1805 2 Stat 313.
In BLM/White's "A History of the Rectangular Survey System" it attributes the Act of 1805 for establishing in law; "...fixes the corners established by the Surveyor General in position regardless of any errors..."
> Not sure about the exact verbiage origination, but my understanding is that the concept was borne from common law, but was codified in the Act of February 11, 1805 2 Stat 313.
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> In BLM/White's "A History of the Rectangular Survey System" it attributes the Act of 1805 for establishing in law; "...fixes the corners established by the Surveyor General in position regardless of any errors..."
In a quick search, in Dorr's "The Surveyors Guide", page 8, It is stated: "As long as the point at which the government has established a corner can in any manner be identified, that point must remain the corner". (See Act of Congress, February 11, 1805, Sec. 2, Prin. 1.)
Not quite the same wording, but pretty much the same meaning as Jerry posted and is apparently the onset of this concept.