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Class Synopsis
Legal Land Descriptions and Basic Math
Course Objective: To provide basic training essential to employment in the field of
Federal Indian Lands, as it relates to land descriptions, surveys, map-reading, boundaries
and basic math.
I. SURVEYS AND LAND DESCRIPTIONS
- A. Role and Importance
- 1. General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management
- 2. Bureau of Indian Affairs
- B. Definitions
- 1. Land Description
- 2. Legal Description
- 3. Sufficient Description
- C. Methods of Describing Land
- 1. Public/Rectangular Land Survey (Aliquot Part)
- 2. True Metes and Bounds
- 3. Quasi Metes and Bounds
- 4. Recorded Subdivision
- D. Rectangular Surveys
- 1. Brief History
- 2. Definition of Cadastral Surveys
- 3. Prime/Principal Meridian & Base Line
- 4. Townships and Ranges
- 5. Sections
- 6. Riparian Considerations
- E. True Metes and Bounds
- 1. Brief History
- 2. Using the Protractor and Scale
- F. Quasi Metes and Bounds
- 1. Strip Descriptions
- 2. "Of" Descriptions
- G. "More or Less"
- H. Recorded Subdivisions
- 1. Townsites
- 2. Housing Subdivisions
- 3. Industrial Parks
II. MAPS AND MAP-READING
- A. GLO/BLM Survey Plats
- B. Reservation Boundary Maps
- C. County Plat Books
- D. BIA Road Atlas Maps
- E. USGS Quads/Topographical Maps
- F. Aerial Photographs and Use of the Stereoscope
- G. Maps as Title Documents
- 1. Subdivision Plats
- 2. Rights of Way
- 3. Dedications
- H. Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- I. Computing/Measuring Acreage
- 1. Dot Grids
- 2. The Planimeter
III. BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDARY DISPUTES
- A. Conducting Research
- B. Identifying and Describing Problems
- C. Problem Resolution
- 1. Administrative
- 2. Legislative
- 3. Judicial
IV. THE IMPORTANCE OF FIELD WORK
- A. Using a Tape and Compass
- 1. Locating Property from Land Descriptions
- 2. Running a Basic Traverse
- B. Natural vs. Artificial Monuments
- C. Locating Corners and Property Lines
- D. Risks and Responsibilities
- 1. Conveyances and/or Partition by Deed
- 2. Wills
- 3. Leases
- 4. Land Assignments/Possessory Interest Holdings
V. BASIC MATH RELATING TO INDIAN LANDS
- A. Fractions
- B. Decimals
- C. Percents
- D. Conversion Methods
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