County, Township, and Municipality Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Databases

The County, Township, Municipality, and Township Bridge Program databases are self-extracting MS Access 97 files that when unzipped will initially occupy from 3 - 4 MB of drive space. These databases were developed in MS Access 97 to replace the old DataEase accounting databases. The MS Access databases will work in MS Access 2000, but must first be converted. Follow the instructions in MFT Access Readme.pdf to load the databases and, if necessary, convert them to MS Access 2000. To download a file to your hard drive, click the right mouse button and choose "Save Target As."

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The inserted special provision memos are in hidden text, to view or print hidden text use the following instructions:

• To view hidden text, use the following commands: Tool - Options - View - Click on "Hidden Text."
• To print the hidden text, use the following commands: Tool - Options - Print - Click on "Hidden Text."
• The Inserted Special Provisions file naming convention is: the first 2 characters are for special provisions: the following 6 characters are for the letting date, the file extension is for the file type.
• Once you have decompressed the file use MS Word or Word Viewer to view.

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