Editing Geographical mile (section)

==Use==
The unit is not used much in English-speaking countries but is cited in some [[United States]] laws. For example, Section 1301(a) of the Submerged Lands Act defines state seaward boundaries in terms of geographic miles.  While debating what became the [[Land Ordinance of 1785]], [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s committee wanted to divide the public lands in the west into "[[Hundred (county subdivision)|hundreds]] of ten geographical miles square, each mile containing 6,086 and 4-10ths of a foot" and "sub-divided into lots of one mile square each, or 850 and 4-10ths of an acre".<ref name=proposal>{{cite book |url=https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lljc&fileName=027/lljc027.db&recNum=83 |title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875 |section=Journal of Continental Congress, Vol. 27 |page=446 |date=May 28, 1784 |via=[[Library of congress]] |access-date=April 9, 2019 }}</ref>