Once all digitized maps were joined into one coverage several "dissolve" processes were performed to look for any inconsistencies in attributing. Dissolves were performed on both TOWNSHIP and RANGE. Searches were also made on the coverage for unattributed slivers and for polygons less than 10 acres that might have been errors.
Projected to Geographic coordinates, NAD27 Datum
The spatial database was attached to a list of unique MTRS values from the LR2000 database and all polygons that had a record in the LR2000 database were selected. This selection was saved as the present shapefile.