CIVIL TOWNSHIP LAND AREAS


and divided into two and one-half acre tracts, and superimposed on the
questioned mapped section. This templet was found to be as accurate
as a planimeter. It was used in Chippewa, Green Lake, and Dodge
Counties.
  In Brown County the French lots were added to the government
townships. The town of Allouez demanded special attention because
the eastern boundary on the East or Devil River divided the private
claims. In that particular instance two methods of estimating the
acreage were used. The areas of the private claims were figured from
the dimensions given on a copy of a map showing the claims obtained
in the office of the Green Bay Register of Deeds. Then, for more of a
check, the acreage was estimated on the templet, and invariably the
results were within two and one-half acres.
  The resurvey plats were then checked, and the acreages found
therein were added to the proper counties. The results of each town-
ship and range, as well as the county totals were next checked with
similar figures compiled by Harry Clark in 1918. The differences were
usually the result of resurveys made since that time, especially the
lake surveys made in 1928-1929, but in some instances mistakes were
found in the General Land Office plat. Such errors were referred to,
and checked by Mr. Bakken of the Land Office before any change was
made.
  After the material had been grouped by counties, it was recorded
in summary form by towns. This was done by listing the towns
within the counties in alphabetical order, leaving several lines for each
town. Then the sheets, one for each township and range, were gone
through, and all the pages on which the first town was included were
segregated from the rest and recorded on the summary sheet-listing
the township and range numbers, and the total acreage included in
the particular town. The sheets were then checked and replaced in
the group. After all the towns were listed, the county was checked
to see if all the sheets, having been recorded, were marked. This
procedure was followed for each county. *After this step was finished,
the original county sheets were totaled, and the summary sheets sub-
totaled by towns and totaled for the county. If the totals were the
same, then the posting was complete and correct.
  After all the counties were completed, the original sheets were gone
over, and each township and range was systematically recorded on a
map divided into all the townships and ranges included within the
boundaries of the state, the boundaries being established through the
General Land Office plat books. The counties were arranged alpha-
betically by Crop Reporting districts as used by the Federal-State
Crop Reporting Service for Wisconsin.
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