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The following instructions, including full and minute directions for the execution of surveys in the field, are issued under the authority given me by sections 453, 456, and 2398, United States Revised Stat utes, and must be strictly complied with by yourselves, your office assistants, and deputy surveyors. All directions in conflict with these instructions are hereby abrogated. In all official communications, this edition will be known and referred to as the Manual of 1894.
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