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CLASSIFICATION OP THE PUBLIC LANDS. 



involved are tabulated on the back of the card. The front of a typical 

 township card is shown in figure 8. 



In a ledger kept for withdrawals and restorations are noted, when 

 the order is prepared, the number and area of the withdrawal or 

 restoration and the date of the recommendation of the Geological 

 Survey. The date of approval is also noted in the ledger when the 

 copy of the approved order is received. 



T.RS.withdrawal No.77 

 P. S. reserve No.77 



vP.5.restoration No.25 



FiGDRE 8. — Typical township card lUuBtrating action taken by United States Geological 



Survey on power sites. 



The complete record of the Survey relating to a power-site with- 

 drawal consists of the following items : 



(a) Order of withdrawal, filed by withdrawal number and therefore chrono- 

 logically. 



(6) Minutes, filed by number of withdrawal and therefore chronologically. 



(c) Township plats showing status of lands as to ownership, filed in binders 

 by number of withdrawal and arranged by principal meridian, range, and 

 township. 



