[Illustration: Figure 1]
To still further facilitate the sale and description of lands, the law
provides for exact methods of subdividing the township into sections,
one mile square, numbered as in Figure 2.
Each section is subdivided into rectangular tracts known as halves,
quarters, half-quarters, and quarter-quarters. The designations of these
divisions are by abbreviations and fractions. (See Figure 3.) The number
of acres in each tract is easily computed.
The rectangular system of survey has been a great aid in the subdivision
and location of farm lands; it greatly reduces the number of boundary
disputes, it determines very largely the location of country roads.
Moreover, the Congressional township has become, in a great many
instances, the area within which the political township or town has been
organized. This town, however, need not coincide with the Congressional
township; it may be greater or smaller in area.
[Illustration: Figure 2.--Six MILES SQUARE.
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| 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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|18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
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|19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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|30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
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|31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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]
[Illustration: Figure 3.
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