18-122.   Doniphan.The county of Doniphan is bounded as follows: Commencing at a point onthe west boundary line of the state of Missouri, where it is intersected bythe extended base line or north boundary of the state of Kansas; thencewest with said base line, to the corner on said line between rangeseighteen (18) and nineteen (19) east; thence south with said range line, tothe southwest corner of township four (4) south, of range nineteen (19)east; thence east with the township lines between townships four (4) andfive (5) south, to the range line between ranges twenty (20) and twenty-one(21) east; thence south on said range line, to the middle of the mainchannel of Independence creek; thence down said creek in the middle of themain channel thereof, to the former Atchison-Doniphan county line; thenceeasterly on said former Atchison-Doniphan county line to the formerMissouri-Kansas boundary line; thence following said former Missouri-Kansasboundary line in a southerly direction to a point where said formerMissouri-Kansas boundary line intersects the township line betweentownships 56 and 55 north of the Missouri government survey; thence east onsaid township line between townships 56 and 55 north of the Missourigovernment survey to the west boundary of the state of Missouri; thencewith said western boundary line of the state of Missouri, to the place ofbeginning.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 24, § 21; R.S. 1923, 18-122; L. 1949, ch. 196, § 2; L.1951, ch. 218, § 1; March 30.