Retracement in a public domain state.

The author focuses on the court cases related to surveying, which enables the people to understand what happened from a land surveying view and how it is associated with the law. He cites the case from surveyor Steensland which testifies that retracing the original government survey of the section is the standard operating procedure. He notes that evethough the section has been subdivided, there is an inevitable urge on the side of the modern-day surveyor to the task.