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Show 4678 Kirkpatrick- D 2692 Q Where there are no section lines surveyed you would still meander, would you? A No; we only meander when we subdivide the land adjoining the body of water. Q This pleading map which is dated 1926, compiled from official records of the General land Office, doesn't show any public land sections surveyed on the Colorado river south of Moab or on the San Juan river west of a point just east or Slick Horn Canyon. A That map is not up- to- date; we have townships of surveys that have been made in the field, but not yes approved. San Juan and on the Colorado river at the time you made these meanders? A The meander surveys were made in conjunction with the subdivisional surveys of public land. Q Both made at the same time? A Both made about the same time; a certain party works on the subdivisional work and another party on the meander line work. Q Those would show on later maps, then? A Those would show on later maps, yes sir. Q The parties that you were in charge of, then, -- I want meander parties, but parties making the regular government land |