19-1409.   Method of subdividing sections into quarter sections.In the subdivision of sections of land, as surveyed by the United Statesurveyors into quarter sections, the following method shall be followed, towit: The surveyor shall proceed to connect the points of position of themonuments marked "one quarter S.," commonly known as quarter-section cornermonuments, which are upon opposite sides of the section, by tracing astraight line from one to the other; he shall then ascertain the point ofintersection of the two straight lines as above mentioned, and the saidpoint of intersection shall be the point of position of the corner commonto the four quarters of the section subdivided. The provisions of thisarticle shall not apply to center corners of sections already establishedaccording to law.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 161; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1409.