Territorial Survey Department

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Territorial Survey Department

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

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.

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

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.

Mandates/sources of authority

Organic Act, Section 78, 1900

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Related entity

Land Acquisition Division (1947-1959)

Identifier of the related entity

Category of the relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

Land Acquisition Division

is the subordinate of

Territorial Survey Department

Dates of the relationship

1947-1959

Description of relationship

Related entity

Survey and Rights of Way Division (1933-1946)

Identifier of the related entity

Category of the relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

Survey and Rights of Way Division

is the subordinate of

Territorial Survey Department

Dates of the relationship

1933-1946

Description of relationship

Related entity

Survey Office (1870-1900)

Identifier of the related entity

Category of the relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Survey Office

is the predecessor of

Territorial Survey Department

Dates of the relationship

1900

Description of relationship

Related entity

Land Survey Division (1959)

Identifier of the related entity

Category of the relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Land Survey Division

is the successor of

Territorial Survey Department

Dates of the relationship

1959

Description of relationship

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Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

Maintained by

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2001-05, Created

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

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

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