Abstract :
When the meeting of the members of the Board of Surveys and Maps with representatives of outside organizations was over on March 9th, everyone who was in attendance agreed that a long step had been taken toward improvement of Governmental efficiency. This meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. O. C. Merrill, as a result primarily of the report of the Interdepartmental Conference on Topographic Mapping, dated September 30, 1919, and in accordance with an Executive Order dated December 31st, 1919, which created the Board of Surveys and Maps, and directed it to receive advice and counsel of outside agencies interested in the mapping work of the Government.
