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The section numbered sixteen is in all cases reserved for the use of schools in the township.

At the corners of each section four trees are marked (one standing on each section) by the surveyor with the number of the township, range, and section. Thus:
There marks represent the corners at which sections 14, 15, 22, & 23 come together.

By means of these marks, aided by a "sectional map", a person can, at any place in the woods find his exact position, and relative situation, and the distance from other places.

The sections are divided into quarters of one hundred and sixty acres; and the quarters are divided, by a line running north and south, into two equal half quarters or eighty acre lots. They are designated as the east or west half of the quarter.

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[Sketch of plat sections]*Make this as large as the page will omit.

The section numbered sixteen is in all cases reserved for the use of schools in the township.

At the corners of each section four trees are marked (one standing on each section) by the surveyor with the number of the township, range, and section. Thus:
There marks represent the corners at which sections 14, 15, 22, & 23 come together.

By means of these marks, aided by a "sectional map", a person can, at any place in the woods find his exact position, and relative situation, and the distance from other places.

The sections are divided into quarters of one hundred and sixty acres; and the quarters are divided, by a line running north and south, into two equal half quarters or eighty acre lots. They are designated as the east or west half of the quarter.

[Township and ranges table]* Take the whole width of a page for this there columns-