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  2. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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    The primary grid pattern is of quarter sections (1⁄2 mi × 1⁄2 mi (800 m × 800 m)). In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid. [1]

  3. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of the ...

  4. Physiographic regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The physiographic regions of the contiguous United States comprise 8 divisions, 25 provinces, and 85 sections. [1] The system dates to Nevin Fenneman 's report Physiographic Divisions of the United States, published in 1916. [2] [3] The map was updated and republished by the Association of American Geographers in 1928. [4]

  5. 16 Divisions - Wikipedia

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    The 16 Divisions of construction, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)'s MasterFormat, is the most widely used standard for organizing specifications and other written information for commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada. In 2004, MasterFormat was updated and expanded to 50 Divisions. [1]

  6. 50 Divisions - Wikipedia

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    50 Divisions refers to the 50 divisions of construction information, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)'s MasterFormat beginning in 2004. [1][2][3][4] Before 2004, MasterFormat consisted of 16 Divisions. [5] MasterFormat has continued to be updated and revised since 2004, with new numbers, titles, and a new division ...

  7. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

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    Sections 1841 et seq. outline the creation and management of a comprehensive collection of government records on UFOs or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) at the National Archives (NARA), detailing the processes for assembling, preserving, and providing public access to these records, along with specific protocols for their review ...

  8. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    July 12, 1909 February 3, 1913 3 years, 206 days 17th: Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote. May 13, 1912 April 8, 1913 330 days 18th: Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (Repealed December 5, 1933, via the 21st Amendment) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 1 year, 29 days

  9. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...