18-189.   Shawnee.The county of Shawnee shall be bounded as follows: Commencing at thesoutheast corner of section thirty-four, township thirteen, range seventeeneast; thence due north on section lines, being two miles west of east lineof range seventeen, to the Kansas or Kaw river; thence westward by andfollowing the channel of said river for a distance of five miles, asindicated by section lines, to the southwest corner of section twenty-five,township eleven, range sixteen; thence north, to the second standardparallel; thence east (but a few chains), to the southwest corner ofsection thirty-six, township ten, range sixteen; thence north on said line,being one mile west of east line of range sixteen, six miles, to the northline of township ten; thence west on said line, twenty-four miles, to thenorthwest corner of section one, township ten, range twelve; thence southto the channel of the Kansas or Kaw river; thence down the channel of saidriver, to a point two miles west of the east line of range thirteen, as bythe section lines; thence due south on said section lines, being two mileswest of east line of range thirteen, being the present west line of Shawneecounty, south of the Kansas river, to the southwest corner of sectionthirty-five, township thirteen, range thirteen east; thence easttwenty-four miles, to the place of beginning.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 24, § 70; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 18-189.