| Show Public Lands Survey in Utah Nears Hears Completion Reports An year eight year program of surveying sur Aut- public lands tn to Utah Is nearing completion R R. D D. Kielson Kiel Kiel- son lion state director for tor the Bureau Dureau Dur Bur eau of Land Management anI Wednesday day A cadastral survey Aur sur v vey y plan was launched In 1954 1054 in an Ad effort to make It possible pos sible for lor Utah to a acquire title to land prescribed by the EnablIng Enabling ling Act When Utah became become a state It was provided that four sections of eve every township would be school land grants Receipts from sale of these lands or from lease leue of mineral rights of these lands contribute to the support of the States State's public school system However because of the rough topography and general low uti ull lity of the land some sections sections- particularly In the Colorado Colora o Pla ria- teas count country of southeastern Utah Utah had had not been surveyed Because of boundaries of town towns townships townshIps ships and nd sections must be Identified Iden titled through surveying before the four tour school sections of each township can be turned ov over r to the state title to many sections had not passed to Utah The TM US U.S. Bureau D of Land Lanel Management Management Manage Manages ment conceived and developed a plan of cadastral surveys to accelerate transferring the appropriate appropriate ap ap- sections to the state As explained by O. O P. P DeJulio chief of the engineering division In the Utah state office a survey plan was devised by which exterior boundarIes boundaries boun boun- daries darles and the south north-south cen cen- t ter n line e of ot each ach affected townshIp township town town- ship tog together ther with boundaries of the four school sections in each Mch township were surveyed As a result ot or the savings In time and money realized by the plan lan it became possible pos poss sible sibIl to survey approximately 52 million acres acre of public domain domain do do- main within Utah In addition helicopters were pres pressed d Into service to facilitate of or survey crews Into otherwise Inaccessible areas and to carl carry out a program of aerial mapping The plan lan and re related related related re- re helicopter operations have proved to be vey adequate in resolving the immediate problem rob rob- lem lcm and obtaining desired re re- re lulls according to Mr NIelson Of or townships included Inthe in inthe inthe the program have been surveyed and the remaining re re-o 33 are for completion before the end of June 1962 The year eight year program program pro pro- gram will identify 1406 1400 school sections or turn over to the state nearly acres acres Ink In Income come from which will augment the state school funds Of the school sections remainIng re remaining remaining re- re to be surveyed in 33 townships 52 arc In the southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern and 50 56 in the western parts of the state A few townships townships townships town town- ships scattered throughout Utah still will be Mr Nielson pointed out Under agreement with Utah officials these townships have n Q lower priority rating for surveying because because because be be- cause of or their poor utility value at present They will be surveyed survey survey- ed In som some future program |
