Chapter 3 of Title 41 of the Pohnpei State Code - Land Measurement System

CHAPTER 3 LAND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Section 3-101 Metric system authorized: conversion tables 3-102 Markers; payment 3-103 Markers; removal 41 PC 3-101. Metric system authorized; conversion tables. It shall be lawful throughout the state of Pohnpei to employ the metric system of measurement of lengths and areas, and no contract or dealing or pleading in any court shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the measures expressed or referred to therein are measures of the metric system. The tables in the following schedule shall be recognized in the construction of contracts and in all legal proceedings, and may lawfully be used for expressing measurements of length and area in the metric system: Measures of Length Metric denominations and values Equivalent in English System Kilometer ………..1,000 meters 0.62137 mile, or 3,280 feet and 10 inches Hectometer ………..100 meters 328 feet and 1 inch Dekameter ………….10 meters 393.7 inches Meter ……………….…1 meter 39.37 inches Decimeter ……..1/10 of a meter 3.937 inches Centimeter ……1/100 of a meter 0.3937 inch Millimeter ……1/1000 of a meter 0.0394 inch Measures of Area Metric denominations and values Equivalent in English System Hectare …10,000 square meters 2.471 acres Are ……….100 square meters 119.6 square yards Centare ………1 square meter 1.19 square yards or 1,550 square inches Source: TTC §1020 (1966); 57 TTC §11151 (1970); 57 TTC §251 (1980) 41 PC 3-102. Markers; payment. The Chief of the Division of Surveying and Mapping shall collect and deposit with the Director of the Department of Treasury and Administration the reasonable cost of land markers furnished by the Division of Surveying and Mapping. Source: TTC §1021 (1966); 57 TTC §11152 (1970); 57 TTC §252 (1980); S.L. No. 5L-14-00 §3-56, 10/1/00 41 PC 3-103. Markers; removal. (1) Any person who willfully and maliciously defaces, alters or removes any marker, monument or reference point which marks or determines the configuration or contour of any lot or tract of land, if erected by: (a) A licensed surveyor; (b) A private individual pursuant to 67 TTC§207 (1980); (c) Agreement between adjacent landowners; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this subsection shall apply only to persons who own no interest in any land to which such marker, monument, or reference point pertains; or (d) Any agency of the government; (2) Shall upon conviction be imprisoned for a period of not more than one year, or fined not more than $100, or both such fine and imprisonment. Source: TTC §1022 (1966); 57 TTC §11153 (1970); P.L. No. 5-29 §1; 57 TTC §253 (1980) Note: 67 TTC §207 relates to homesteading under the Trust Territory Administration.