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State boundary; Railroad district (12 total, county boundaries) County; In Texas, the highest level of land subdivision is the boundary of the state itself. Below this are the Texas railroad districts, of which there are 12. These are Spanish grants, surveyed on the "metes and bounds" system of measurement, and are of irregular shape and size.
Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists; ... Texas County and District Retirement System ... Texas Office ...
Domesday Book, England, 1086: Earliest historical record of 'county surveying' as an administrative function Table of Surveying, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, Volume 2. George Washington, freemason King Æthelstan and Saint Cuthbert John Smith 1624 map of Bermuda. A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States ...
This 1988 BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the Public Land Survey System.. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling.
Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Texas Commission on Fire Protection; Texas Commission on Jail Standards; Texas County & District Retirement System; Texas Department of Information Resources; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
The existence of section lines made property descriptions far more straightforward than the old metes and bounds system. The establishment of standard east-west and north-south lines ("township" and "range lines") meant that deeds could be written without regard to temporary terrain features such as trees, piles of rocks, fences, and the like, and be worded in the style such as "Lying and ...
The Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with the County and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same buildings. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration, the Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas (the Texas Bar).
Montague was elected surveyor of the Fannin Land District in 1854. He was also elected Cooke county commissioner in 1858 and 1862. [2] [3] During the Mexican–American War, Montague served in the 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, under the command of William C. Young. He moved to Cooke County by 1849.