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trespass is greatest, or where adjacent land owners intend to 

 lumber in the immediate future and request a joint survey. A 

 consistent effort has been made to systematize the work as far as 

 possible and furthermore secure permanent results. It has been 

 the custom to arrange with adjacent land owners for a co-operative 

 survey, each party to pay one-half the expense, and when the work 

 is completed, checked, and lines definitely established, then an 

 agreement fixing the location is effected. 



Progress Map, 



In order to secure the best results and prepare permanent 

 records a progress map system has been instituted. An outline 

 map of the Adirondack region showing the boundaries of the 

 larger patents, purchases, tracts, etc., with the chief subdivisions, 

 has been started, and the entire region divided into small quad- 

 rangles. The former map is on ^a small scale while the latter is 

 made in sufficient detail to show the complete demarcation of all 

 lines, corners and other requisite information. This work will 

 lead to permanent results, and Ave believe make the information 

 most available. 



The field work is, as far as possible, done during the summer. 

 while the mapping is performed during the winter months. 



Old Records. 



The fact that large areas were patented by the State, and the 

 allotment subsequently made by surveyors in the employ of the 

 patentees, and furthermore that the maps and field notes made 

 by these surveyors are, in some cases, not a matter of record. 

 has been a great handicap. It has been necessary to reconstruct 

 maps and field notes by searching deeds and old conveyances, also 

 procuring fragmentary records from old surveyors and heirs of 

 former owners. Much progress has been made in this direction, 

 and we have the beginning of a valuable collection of this nature. 

 Many original maps and papers have been copied. The State 

 Engineer kindly placed at our disposal the field notes and other 

 data belonging to the " Office of State Land Survey." It will be 

 necessary to continue this work in order to secure the necessary 

 data for the preparation of the maps and information for the use 

 of our surveyors in locating lines of the State's property. 



