Beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the St. Laurent Creek; thence in a direct line to the point of intersection of the principal forks of Saline Creek; thence in a direct line to the southwest corner of section one, township thirty-four, north, range eight, east, of the fifth principal meridian; thence in a direct line to a rock, around which several trees are notched and blazed, it being at the point of intersection with the line surveyed by J. M. Stevenson, M. Frissel and W. B. Wilkenson in pursuance of act entitled "An act to ascertain the line between St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties", approved February 15, 1841; thence south forty-five degrees and fifty-two minutes, west, on a direct line to a rock from which the corner of sections six and seven, on the line between ranges seven and eight, east, township thirty-four, north, bears north twenty-eight degrees, west eight chains and forty-eight links, and a black oak, nine inches in diameter, bears north eight degrees, east one hundred and seventeen links, and a post oak, twenty inches in diameter, bears north seventy-seven degrees, west eighty-nine links distant; thence north forty-four degrees and eight minutes, west, on a direct line to a rock, from which the corner of sections twenty-six and twenty-seven, thirty-four and thirty-five, township thirty-seven, north, range five, east, bears north twenty-five degrees, east fifteen chains and seventy-eight links, and a black oak sixteen inches in diameter marked S.T.G.C., bears south seventy-three degrees, east eighty-six links, and a post oak, seven inches in diameter, marked S.T.F.C., bears south twenty-eight degrees, west, forty-four links distant; thence north forty-five degrees and fifty-two minutes east, to a post with three rocks around it, on a line passing through the southeast corner of section twenty-three, township thirty-eight, north, range six, east, six chains and forty-three links, south fifty-one and a half degrees east of the southeast corner of said section, from said post and rocks, a sugar tree, twenty inches in diameter, marked S.T.G.C., bears south thirty degrees, west fifty links, and a white oak, thirty inches diameter, marked S.T.F.C., bears south eighty-one degrees, west one hundred and thirty-one links distant; thence in a direct line toward the southeast corner of township thirty-nine, north, of range five, east, so far as to intersect the Platten Creek; thence in a direct line to Skagg's Spring, on the Isle au Bois Creek, in section fourteen, township thirty-nine, north, of range six, east, and to said Isle au Bois Creek and to the middle of the main channel thereof; thence down the middle of the main channel of said Isle au Bois Creek to the slough bank; thence in a northeastern direction to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence down the middle of the main channel of said Mississippi River to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13653)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11994; 1919 § 9396; 1909 § 3613