
Today, a great majority of land transactions in the 30 western-most states are described with this section, township, and range system. The PLSS surveys in Kansas were conducted between 18. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a legal reference system designed to ease the description, inventory and transfer of real property. The different Manuals of Instruction, such as the one published in 1855, were issued as improvements on Jefferson’s original idea. Kansas was originally surveyed using a system first developed by Thomas Jefferson called the Public Land Survey System. Original surveys of Kansas: The Public Land Survey System Plane Coordinates Elevations and Descriptions of Stations - 1933 to 1934.CWA & WPA Working Procedures, March 1936.CWA & WPA Survey Projects, September 1934.

1930’s Civil Works Authority-Local Control
