43 U.S.C. § 753 — Lines of division of half quarter sections; how run
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Quarter-section divisions generally run north-south, and divisions of half quarter-sections run east-west. The Secretary of the Interior sets rules for subdividing fractional sections into the relevant smaller units.
Whenever a quarter section is divided, its dividing line must run north and south. The corners and contents of half quarter-sections later sold must be determined in the way and using the principles prescribed by section 752 of this title. Fractional sections containing at least 160 acres must, as nearly as practicable, be divided into half quarter-sections under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Whenever a half quarter-section is divided, its dividing line must run east and west. The corners and contents of quarter quarter-sections later sold must be determined as nearly as possible in the way and using the principles prescribed by the preceding section. Fractional sections containing fewer or more than 160 acres must, as nearly as practicable, be divided into quarter quarter-sections under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
In every case of the division of a quarter section the line for the division thereof shall run north and south, and the corners and contents of half quarter sections which may thereafter be sold, shall be ascertained in the manner and on the principles directed and prescribed by section 752 of this title, and fractional sections containing one hundred and sixty acres or upwards shall in like manner as nearly as practicable be subdivided into half quarter sections under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in every case of a division of a half quarter section, the line for the division thereof shall run east and west, and the corners and contents of quarter quarter sections, which may thereafter be sold, shall be ascertained as nearly as may be, in the manner, and on the principles, directed and prescribed by the section preceding; and fractional sections containing fewer or more than one hundred and sixty acres shall in like manner, as nearly as may be practicable, be subdivided into quarter quarter sections, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Source credit: (R.S. § 2397.)
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