PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 31

14-402. SCOPE OF SUBTITLE.
THIS SUBTITLE:

(1) DOES NOT APPLY TO BALTIMORE CITY; AND

(2) DOES NOT REFER TO AND IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE
COORDINATE SYSTEM USED BY THE BUREAU OF PLANS AND SURVEYS OF
BALTIMORE CITY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 91, § 25.

14-403. DESIGNATION THAT SURVEY BASED ON MARYLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM.

(A) WHEN REQUIRED.

IF A LAND DESCRIPTION USES THE MARYLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM, IT
SHALL BE DESIGNATED ON THE LAND DESCRIPTION.

(B) WHEN PROHIBITED.

A SURVEY OF LANDS MAY NOT HAVE ENDORSED ON THE SURVEY ANY
LEGEND OR OTHER STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THE SURVEY IS BASED ON THE
MARYLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM UNLESS THE SURVEY ACTUALLY IS BASED ON
THE MARYLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 91, § 23 and the second clause of § 19.

14-404. PLANE RECTANGULAR COORDINATES.

(A) COORDINATES CONSIST OF TWO DISTANCES.

THE PLANE RECTANGULAR COORDINATES OF A POINT ON THE EARTH'S
SURFACE, TO BE USED IN EXPRESSING THE POSITION OR LOCATION OF THE POINT
ON THE MARYLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM, CONSIST OF TWO DISTANCES,
EXPRESSED IN METERS AND DECIMALS OF METERS.

(B) "EASTINGS" AND "NORTHINGS".

(1) ONE OF THE DISTANCES, KNOWN AS THE "EASTINGS", SHALL GIVE
THE POSITION IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION.

(2) THE OTHER DISTANCE, KNOWN AS THE "NORTHINGS", SHALL GIVE
THE POSITION IN A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION.

(C) CONFORMANCE WITH NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.

THE PLANE RECTANGULAR COORDINATES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
MADE TO DEPEND ON AND CONFORM TO THE PLANE RECTANGULAR COORDINATES
OF THE TRIANGULATION AND TRAVERSE STATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GEODETIC
SURVEY WITHIN THE STATE, AS THOSE COORDINATES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY
THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.

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