Effective - 28 Aug 2003
46.144. Ste. Genevieve boundaries. — 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 northwesterly along the line as surveyed by Henry Nations, county surveyor of Ste. Genevieve County, and Lovel Turley, county surveyor of St. Francois County, surveyed between October 26, 1925, and June 23, 1926, and recorded in the Ste. Genevieve county clerk's office in roller number 2, map number 29, dated July 23, 1926, to 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 southwesterly along the line as surveyed by Henry Nations, county surveyor of Ste. Genevieve County, and Lovel Turley, county surveyor of St. Francois County, surveyed between October 26, 1925, and June 23, 1926, and recorded in the Ste. Genevieve county clerk's office in roller number 2, map number 29, dated July 23, 1926, 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 northwesterly along the line as surveyed by Henry Nations, county surveyor of Ste. Genevieve County, and Lovel Turley, county surveyor of St. Francois County, surveyed between October 26, 1925, and June 23, 1926, and recorded in the Ste. Genevieve county clerk's office in roller number 2, map number 29, dated July 23, 1926, 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 45 degrees 57 minutes 31 seconds east, a distance of 54,243.81 feet along the line as shown on a survey examined and approved by the St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve County presiding commissioners on December 3, 1991, and filed as document number 750-26038 in the state land survey repository, to the corner described on certified land corner document number 600-47786 filed in the state land survey repository; thence in a direct line as shown on document number 750-26038 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13653, A.L. 2003 H.B. 326)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11994; 1919 § 9396; 1909 § 3613