International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 121
the surveyors. Boundary lines described indeeds and shown in maps as straight are found to be crookedon the ground; tracts contain less or more land thancalled for in descriptions. Records of adjoining tracts makeone to overlap another or leave an unclaimed gore betweenthem. These discrepancies and… … Fig. 313. factory adjustments of contending claims. In general, oldboundaries, such as line trees, stone monuments, and fencesare accepted as holding ; but, before retracing lines thesurveyor should, if possible, secure the consent of adjacentowners to abide by such monuments and boundaries,…
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