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change in direction of your line of jurisdiction at these Points. On a 
broken line of coast it is not easy, without such surveys, to select the 
extreme south point of the coast, where the lines, which are tangent in 
both directions, meet. 
THE GENERAL METHODS OF MAPPING THE GROUNDS. 
The titles of some lots admit of several constructions, but in nearly 
all of these cases adjoining owners cultivate side by side without friction 
or complaint. Much care was taken to secure the presence of adjoining 
owners when our surveys were made, and the fact of their presence is 
duly noted in the note books. 
In many of these cases the record title is capable of various construc- 
tions, and this imposes upon the Commissioners the duty of selection in 
the mapping of the grounds. Many of these ownerships can only be 
mapped by taking into consideration their environment. For example: 
there are irregular shaped ownerships situated from one to three miles 
off shore, whose record is simply a four-sided figure without scale or 
proportion, but said to contain a certain area (perhaps exclusive of 
rocky and muddy bottom) and the adjacent grounds marked by some 
person’s name or with the words ‘“ public domain.” If we turn to the 
records of persons owning the adjacent lots, we often find that they are 
described in much the same way: so that any attempt to make a tech- 
nical solution of these records involves assumptions which might work 
injustice to many, unless liberal concessions are made by all parties 
interested. 
These imperfect lay-outs have caused much trouble, for the reason that 
while the town committees could make them, they could not accurately 
buoy out the lots in accordance therewith. 
THE TOWN MAPS IN DETAIL—OLD SAYBROOK, WESTBROOK AND CLINTON. 
No designations had been made by town committees within the limits 
of your jurisdiction off the towns of Old Saybrook, Westbrook and Clin- 
ton. The applications received by you have been made regular in form 
and based on meridian lines, so that the maps of the lots off these towns 
are positive in all respects. 
MADISON. 
Off Madison only one designation had been made by the town com- 
mittee. It is susceptible of exact mapping, and this town has also a 
positive map. 
GUILFORD. 
Off Guilford about 2,500 acres had been designated by the town com- 
mittee. The layout was definite; the reference points obtainable and 
were readily connected with your triangulation system. The correct 
