Congress created what are our lands and water bodies by several different survey statutes from 1785 to 1832. This creation is known as the Public Land Survey System. It determined…

43 USC 751, Eighth. These field books shall be returned to the Secretary of the Interior who shall also cause a fair plat to be made of the townships and…

Michigan Assessors Manual, Volume 3, Michigan Tax Commission, published February 2018, Pages 19-20, correctly maintains the following: “The General Land Office (G.L.O.) survey township maps continue to be the authority…