LAWS AFFECTING LAND AND LABOR 



ning north and south is called a range, and 

 is numbered east or west of the principal 

 meridian: Thus, R. 2 E., means Range 2 

 east of the given meridian. 



The townships are then laid off into sec- 

 tions or square miles of 640 acres, "as near 

 as may be," and these are numbered, begin- 

 ning always at the northeast section, as 

 shown in the accompanying diagram. 



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Each quarter section is referred to as the 

 northeast or southwest quarter of the section, 

 and each forty acres as the northwest or 

 southeast quarter of a particular quarter. 

 For example, an eighty-acre field may be 

 referred to as the west half of the southwest 



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