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Territorial Survey Department
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Dates of existence
1900-1959
History
The Survey Office was originally established in 1870 to prepare maps of the various islands, to determine the extent and location of land held by the government, and to prepare surveys and descriptions of government lands. The division also made harbor surveys, ran street lines, performed engineering jobs for the Minister of Interior and acted as the weather bureau of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Authorized by Organic Act, Section 78, 1900; the Surveyor became successor to the Surveyor-General.
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The surveyor's powers and duties include surveying, locating land boundaries, triangulation, mapping, subdividing, studying land titles and boundaries, preparing metes and bounds descriptions, marking land boundaries, and other work necessary for all lands owned, controlled, or in the possession of the Territory.
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Organic Act, Section 78, 1900
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2001-05, Created
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Official Publications of the Territory of Hawaii, 1900-1959, Hawaii State Archives, 1962, pp. 140-141.
Annual Report of the Territorial Department of Public Works, 1942, p. 31.
Department of Accounting and General Services Finding Aid.
Maintenance notes
2001-05, Created
2020-11-18, Joel Horowitz: Entered into AtoM