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as proof unless it can be shown that they were the means 

 of locating the original corner. Fence lines that have been 

 accepted as correct are better proof than surveys after the 

 original corners have been destroyed. 



Meander lines are boundary lines lying between private 

 lands and navigable waters. 



Riparian rights are the rights of landowners across the 

 meander line. 



Land monuments should be carefully preserved. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 Hodgman, Frank Manual of Land Surveying. Kalamazoo, Mich. 



GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 



Desert Land Act. U. S. Land Office, Washington, D. C. 



Homestead Law. U. S. Land Office, Washington, D. C. 



Manual of Surveying Instruction for the Survey of the Public Lands of 

 the United States and Private Claims. Superintendent of Public 

 Documents, Washington, D. C. 



Mining Laws. U. S. Land Office, Washington, D. C. 



Restoration of Lost and Obliterated Corners. U. S. Land Office, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Timber and Stone Act. U. S. Land Office, Washington, D. C. 



Vacant Public Lands. U. S. Land Office, Washington, D. C. 



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