according to its ancient metes and bounds the more ancient
tract in which part of the tract that you are required by the
warrant put into your hands to resurvey shall be said to be
included, and in your certificate you are to insert the name of
such more ancient tract, the name of the patentee thereof,
and the time when it was taken up; after which you are to
survey the tract for resurveying which the warrant shall have
been granted. This mode of proceeding will enable you to
discover certainly whether any, and what part, of the
younger tract is included and taken away by the elder survey, and
you are always by proper words to denote and distinguish the
same in your platt and in your certificate, after alledging that
you have surveyed the several tracts separately according to
their ancient metes and bounds, beginning with the most
ancient and that you have added acres of vacant
land (in case any vacancy be added) by virtue of the before
mentioned warrant of resurvey: you are then to describe or
give the lines of such resurvey, which you are by the warrant
directed to make, and for which, patent is to be issued; saying,
" Lastly beginning for the out lines of the resurvey by virtue
of the before mentioned warrant &c;" and at the bottom of
your certificate you are to give tables of courses, referring by
figures to the platt, viz. the courses of the more ancient tract
or tracts into which it is alledged that such younger survey to
be resurveyed does run; the courses of the former survey
now to be resurveyed; the courses of the vacancy or
vacancies added, and lastly, the courses of the resurvey, or land,
for which patent is now to issue; and when you rectify any
error in such former survey now to be resurveyed and
patented, you are in your certificate to note and mention what the
error was, to what it was owing, and how you have amended
the same; and where there shall be any surplusage, or
deficiency, discovered on a resurvey, you are to mention in your
certificate, what such surplusage or deficiency is, and how you
apprehend such surplusage or deficiency happened.
10th. You are when ordered to resurvey two or more
tracts into one, they being contiguous to each other, first to
resurvey them severally, according to their respective ancient
metes and bounds, and you are to insert in the platt, as well as
in your certificate, their original names, and quantity of acres
within their respective lines, and in your certificate say, " lastly
beginning for the out lines of the resurvey made by virtue of
the before mentioned warrant, &c." and give the courses
thereof.
11th. In resurveving any escheat land you are to lay it
down according to its ancient metes and bounds: If the
party be not satisfied therewith, the land must lie for any other
who will take it on those terms.
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