The Public Land<span> Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the </span>United States<span> to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the </span>Land<span> Ordinance of 1785 to survey </span>land<span> ceded to the </span>United States<span> by the ...... The </span>U.S.<span> Public </span>Land<span> Survey System was utilized for </span>measurement<span>.</span>
