Stone Perpetuation Program
The Land Ordinance of 1785 indicated the commencement of the United States Public Land System. The ordinance helps the dividing of federally-owned land for transfer of ownership to the public. After the United States granted title to a parcel of land, jurisdiction over that land passed to the state. Where the lands were in private ownership, it became a function of county or local Surveyors to restore lost corners and subdivide the sections.
Surveys of public record that have previously been perpetuated by a monument and which lie within the limits of a project will be recovered and those found will be perpetuated. This includes and is not limited to section corners, 1/4, 1/16, and meander corners with witness monuments, lot and block corners, and other monuments. The County Surveyor must keep and maintain a corner record book showing original government section corners. The Surveyor must check, locate, establish, and reference at least 5% of all original corners shown in the Section Corner Record Books each year.