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43 U.S. Code § 768, 769 - Repealed. Apr. 29, 1950, ch. 134, § 4, 64 Stat. 93
Section 768, R.S. § 2408, authorized Secretary of the Interior to vary lines of subdivisions from a rectangular form to suit the circumstances of the country in extending the surveys of public lands in Nevada. See section 770 of this title.
Section 769, R.S. § 2409, authorized Secretary of the Interior to continue geodetic method of survey in Oregon and California.