Manual of Surveying Instructions: For the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States

The Manual of Surveying Instructions describes how cadastral surveys are made in conformance with statutory law and its judicial interpretation. This Manual is not intended to limit the survey authority or practices of any Federal agency other than the BLM. The information contained within this Manual of Surveying Instructions assures consistency with the Cadastral Data Content Standard developed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee’s Subcommittee on Cadastral Data in support of the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-16, revised, entitled Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities.