Schedule showing the miles of surrey, together with the area of the several subdivisional surreys, in Wisconsin, from July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1866. No. Description. Miles of survey. Land area. 1 Township 34 north, range 1 east, 4th meridian....... Total.... ... $8, 300 00 $1,978 26 SALARY EXPENSE ACCOUNT FROM JULY 1, 1865, TO JUNE 30, 1866. 1,757 06 991 54 S, 300 00 INCIDENTAL EXPENSE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1866. Appropriation out of unexpended balances $2,000 00 $344 45 286 30 310 65 222 15 836 45 2,000 00 HENRY A WILTSE, Surveyor General. No. 11 B. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 27, 1866. SIR: In accordance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the progress of the public surveys in this district since the date of my last annual report, and the general amount of office work performed during the same period, together with the usual statements relating thereto, and marked from A to G, inclusive. The field work undertaken at the date of my last annual report was embraced in the contracts of Messrs. Wright & Walker, Messrs. Davis & Webb, Oscar E. Garrison, and David L. Curtice. Mr. Curtice was unable to complete any portion of his work, and his contract, with the consent of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, has been cancelled. Messrs. Wright & Walker were released from the survey of four townships embraced in their contract of April 12, 1865, in order to enable them to survey three townships in Gull Lake and Mille Lac reservation, which last townships were surveyed by them under instructions dated May 27, 1865. The balance of the surveys embraced in the above-mentioned contracts, have been completed, the notes examined and approved, the original plats constructed, the commissioner's and register's plats copied, and, with the transcripts of the fieldnotes, transmitted to the general and local land offices. In consequence of the very large emigration to this State at the present time, mostly seeking the rich agricultural lands in the western and southwestern portions of the State, I have deemed it right and necessary that a very large portion of the surveys for the present be made in those directions, and contracts for nearly the whole amount of the appropriation per act of April 7, 1866, have been made for surveys in the region above indicated. The deputies sent into the field this season, so far as heard from, are making good progress, and it is confidently believed they will be able to complete their surveys within the time fixed in their contracts. The care and preservation of the timber on the public lands has occupied, to a considerable extent, the time and attention of this office. Early last spring I caused a thorough examination of the pine regions, and find the depredations committed last winter were not very extensive, and many of the cases occurred through mistake or ignorance of the exact lines of the public surveys. There is reason to fear, however, that, in consequence of the high price of logs and lumber, extensive depredations will be committed in the future unless some further means are taken to prevent it. To that end I respectfully recommend that the stumpage for logs cut on the public lands be increased to four dollars ($4) per thousand feet. As the St. Croix river is the boundary for a long distance between this State and Wisconsin, and extensive logging operations are carried on on both sides, and the logs are all run into and down said river, I beg leave to recommend that the care of all the lumbering region on both sides of the St. Croix river, and tributary thereto, be put into the hands of the proper authorities of either Wisconsin or of this State. The logs from both sides come down together, and in case a seizure is necessary, much trouble is experienced in separating and securing those that properly can be seized. In addition to the several tabular statements accompanying this report the following summary of the office work performed since the last annual report is given : The original notes of one thousand seven hundred and seventy one (1.771) miles of subdivisional surveys, including the usual amount of meanders of lakes and rivers, have been carefully examined and platted and the contents of all the fractional lots calculated and placed on the maps and copies. The original notes of one hundred and two (102) miles of township lines have been critically examined and placed on file, diagrams of the same constructed and transmitted with transcript of field-notes. Thirty-one township plats have been constructed from the original notes, and copies made and transmitted to the general and local land offices. Four thousand (4,000) pages of transcripts for preservation at the department and for records for this office have been made, the same compared and indexed with full title-page to each township. Ninety-one (91) townships of descriptive notes exhibiting the establishment of exterior and inter or corner boundaries, with description of soil, timber, &c., have been prepared, compared with the originals, and transmitted to the local land offices or placed on the files of this office. The usual and regular amount of office work, such as preparing contracts, notes and diagrams for deputies, the correspondence and recording the same, making out deputies' and quarterly accounts, &c., has been performed. The several statements, estimates, and map accompanying this report are as follows: A.-Amount, character, locality, and present condition of the surveys in the field. B-Original commissioner's and register's plats made and copied, with date of transmission. C.-Estimate of appropriation for surveys for fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. D.-Estimate of appropriation for salaries for fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. E. Abstract account of the incidental expenses of the office from July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1866. F.-Sketch of public surveys. therein. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon J. M. EDMUNDS, L. NUTTING, Surveyor General. A.-Statement showing the amount, character, locality, and present condition of the surveys in Minnesota, uncompleted at, and undertaken since, the date of the last annual 140 north. ranges 29, 30, and 31 west; range lines between ranges Townships 115 and 116, range 36; townships 115 and 116, range 37; Township 127, range 37; townships 125, 126, and 127, range 39; May 26, 1866 Township lines and Township lines between townships 109 and 110, 110 and 111, 111 and SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, St. Paul, Minn., August 27, 1866. Township lines completed, and townships 137, Notes of townships 125 and 126, range 39, returned, approved, transcribed, platted, and transmitted. Township 125, range 40; townships 125 and 126, range 41, returned. Deputy in the field. No returns received. L. NUTTING, Surveyor General. Description. B.-Statement of original commissioner's and register's plats made and copied, with date of transmission to the General Land Office and the local land offices. C.-Estimate of appropriation required for continuing the public surveys in Minnesota for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. For the establishment of 380 miles of township lines in the southwestern part of the State... For the subdivision of 18 townships south of the Sioux Indian reservation. $2,660 6,840 6,000 4,500 For the incidental expenses of surveyor general's office, including office rent, messengers, fuel, stationery, &c.. 20,000 2,000 22,000 SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, St. Paul, August 27, 1866. L. NUTTING, Surveyor General. 91 |
