Editing Public Land Survey System (section)

===Education===
Under the 1785 act, section 16 of each township was set aside for school purposes and as such was often called the ''school section''.  Section 36 was also subsequently added as a school section in western states.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff |url=http://www.land.state.az.us/history.htm |title=State Land Department Historical Overview |work=ASLD History |publisher=Arizona State Land Department |access-date=June 16, 2012 |quote=Act of Congress, February 24, 1863, granted sections 16 and 36 of each township for the benefit of the common schools |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605110949/http://www.land.state.az.us/history.htm |archive-date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref> The various states and counties ignored, altered or amended this provision in their own ways, but the general (intended) effect was a guarantee that local schools would have an income and that the community schoolhouses would be centrally located for all children. An example of land allotments made specifically for higher education is Ohio's [[College Township]].