Standard atlas of Allen County, Indiana : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county ..patrons directory, reference business directory ... . ams; (2nd) byState boundaries not falling exactly onTownship Lines; (3rd) by the-convergenceof Meridians or curvature of the earthssurface; and (4th) by inaccurate surveys. Each Township, unless it is one of theexceptional cases referred to, is dividedinto 30 squares, which are called Sections are intended to be onemile, or 330 rods, square and contain 040acres of land. Sections are numberedconsecutively from
Standard atlas of Allen County, Indiana : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county ..patrons directory, reference business directory ... . ams; (2nd) byState boundaries not falling exactly onTownship Lines; (3rd) by the-convergenceof Meridians or curvature of the earthssurface; and (4th) by inaccurate surveys. Each Township, unless it is one of theexceptional cases referred to, is dividedinto 30 squares, which are called Sections are intended to be onemile, or 330 rods, square and contain 040acres of land. Sections are numberedconsecutively from 1 to 36, as shown onDiagram 4. Beginning with Section 1 inthe Northeast Corner, they run West toC, then East to 12, then West to 18, andso on, back and forth, until they end withSection 36 in the Southeast Corner. Diagram 4 shows a plat of a Townshipas it is divided and platted by the govern-ment surveyors. These Townships arecalled Goverument Townships or Congres-sional Townships, to distinguish them fromCivil Townships or organized Townships,as frequently the lines of organized Town-ships do not conform to the GovernmentTownship lines. SECTIONS OF LAND. DIAGRAM 4. IAGRAM 5 illustrates how a sectionmay be subdivided, although theDiagram only gives a few of themany subdivisions into which asection may be divided. All Sections(except fractional Sections) are supposed to be 320 rods, or one mile, square uud thereforecontain 640 acres—a number easily divisible. Sections are subdivided into fractional parts to suitthe convenience of the owners of the land. A half-section contains 320 acres; a quarter-sectioncontains 160 acres; half of a quarter contains 80 acres, and quarter of a quarter contains 40 acres,and so on. Each piece of laud is described according to the portion of the section which itembraces—as the Northeast quarter of Section 10; or the Southeast quarter of the Southeastquarter of Section 10. Diagram 5 shows how many of these subdivisions are platted, aud alsosnows
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