A Brief History of Land Surveying in the State of Maine
- 1790-1820 Lot surveys Lot and ranges Grids and range roads Road layout.
- Roads were laid out 2,3, or 4 rods
- 1820-Civil War good quality- good economic times
- Post Civil War – 1945 poor quality Descriptions, poor economic environment.
- Many able body men who lived through the war left for better farm land The surveyors went to work for the rail roads and new land to survey out west.
- 1945 – today improved quality 1968 Licensing for land surveyors.
- Difference between lawyers, Engineers & land surveyors.
Definition of practice of Land Surveying in the State of Maine
Practice of land surveying. "Practice of land surveying" means any service or work involving the application of special knowledge of the rules of evidence and boundary laws, principles of mathematics and the related physical and applied sciences for measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds of bodies of water. This service or work shall be for the purposes of determining areas and volumes, for the monumenting of property boundaries and for the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions of land, including topography, alignment and grades of streets and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note records and property descriptions that represent these surveys.
A person shall be deemed to practice or offer to practice land surveying within the meaning and intent of this chapter if that person engages in land surveying or by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card or in any other way makes a representation that the person is a professional land surveyor or makes a representation that the person is able to perform or does perform any land surveying service or work or any other service designated by the practitioner that is recognized as land surveying.
A person shall be deemed to practice or offer to practice land surveying within the meaning and intent of this chapter if that person engages in land surveying or by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card or in any other way makes a representation that the person is a professional land surveyor or makes a representation that the person is able to perform or does perform any land surveying service or work or any other service designated by the practitioner that is recognized as land surveying.
A Brief History of Land Use in Maine
- 1st settlements along the harbors, coast, rivers, Railroads, Government seats.
- Conveyance of raw land to Revolutionary Soldiers and farmers.
- Agriculture clearing of land , Stump fence on lot lines evolution of stone walls
- Abandonment of settlements after the civil war, rail stations, and water privilege.
- Re-growth of forest.