19-1411.   Establishment of center corners and quarter-sectioncorners of sections closing on a parallel or base line.In establishing the center corner of all sections closing on a parallelor base line, the county surveyor or his deputy shall commence at thequarter-section corner on the south boundary of the section, and run aline north parallel to the east boundary of said section; and at fortychains from the quarter-section corner on the south boundary, or placeof commencement, said county surveyor or his deputy shall permanentlyestablish the center corner of the section; and at the point where thesaid north line produced intersects the parallel or base line, whichmust be just forty chains west of northeast corner of the section, saidcounty surveyor or his deputy must permanently establish thequarter-section corner on the north boundary of the section.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 163; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1411.