§ 753. — Lines of division of half quarter sections; how run.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC753]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 18--SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 753. Lines of division of half quarter sections; how run
In every case of the division of a quarter section the line for the
division thereof shall run north and south, and the corners and contents
of half quarter sections which may thereafter be sold, shall be
ascertained in the manner and on the principles directed and prescribed
by section 752 of this title, and fractional sections containing one
hundred and sixty acres or upwards shall in like manner as nearly as
practicable be subdivided into half quarter sections under such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior,
and in every case of a division of a half quarter section, the line for
the division thereof shall run east and west, and the corners and
contents of quarter quarter sections, which may thereafter be sold,
shall be ascertained as nearly as may be, in the manner, and on the
principles, directed and prescribed by the section preceding; and
fractional sections containing fewer or more than one hundred and sixty
acres shall in like manner, as nearly as may be practicable, be
subdivided into quarter quarter sections, under such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
(R.S. Sec. 2397.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2397 derived from acts Apr. 24, 1820, ch. 51, Sec. 1, 3
Stat. 566; Apr. 5, 1832, ch. 65, 4 Stat. 503.
