Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 46

Establishment and Boundaries of Counties

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Section 46.099.1

46.100→

August 28, 2015

Jefferson.

46.099. Beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the

Mississippi River, due east of the mouth of the Meramec; thence due west to

the middle of the main channel of the Meramec River, at the mouth thereof;

thence up the Meramec, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to where

the township line between townships forty-three and forty-four crosses the

same; thence west with said line to the Meramec River, where the said township

line again crosses the same; thence up the Meramec River, in the middle of

the main channel thereof, to a point where the range line between ranges two

and three, east, crosses the same; thence south with said range line to the

northwest corner of township forty-two, range three, east; thence direct to

the northeast corner of Washington County, being a point sixteen chains north

of the quarter-section corner on the line between sections fourteen and

fifteen, in township forty, north, range two, east; thence in a direct line

to the middle of the main channel of Big River, opposite the mouth of Mineral

Fork; thence up said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to

where the subdivisional line between sections eighteen and nineteen

intersects the same; thence east with the subdivision lines to the southeast

corner of section sixteen, township thirty-eight, range four, east; thence

direct to the southeast corner of township thirty-nine, north, range five,

east; thence in a direct line, and with the St. Francois County line, toward

the southeast corner of section twenty-three, township thirty-eight, north,

range six, east, to where said line intersects 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 up the middle of the main channel of said Mississippi River to

the place of beginning.



(RSMo 1939 § 13622)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 11963; 1919 § 9365; 1909 § 3582







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