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Show Lakes 232. The meanders of all lakes of the area of 25 acres and upwards, will be commenced at a meander corner and continued, as above directed for navigable streams; from said corner, the courses and distances of the entire margin of the same, and the intersections with all meander corners established thereon, will be noted. In the case of lakes which are found to be located entirely within the boundaries of a section, a quarter-section line, if one crosses the lake, will be run from one of the quarter-section corners, on a theoretical course to connect with the opposite quarter-section corner, to the margin of the lake, and the distance will be measured; then at the point thus determined a "special meander corner" will be established. Where one or both of the opposite quarter-section corners cannot be established, and in all cases where the distances across a lake exceed 40 chains or the physical crossing is difficult, a special meander corner will be established on the meander line on the center line of the section at midpoint in departure or at midpoint in latitude, or proportionally in a fractional section. The temporary point set when running the meander line will be corrected to the true center line position for monumentation. If a meanderable lake is found to be located entirely within a quarter section, an "auxiliary meander corner" will be established at some suitable point on its margin, and a connecting line will be run from said monument to a regular corner on the section boundary. A connecting traverse line will be recorded, if one is run, but it will also be reduced to the equivalent direct connecting course and distance, all of which will be stated in the field notes, and the course and length of the direct connecting line will be shown on the plat of the survey. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |