§ 11-01-04 — Benson County

North Dakota § 11-01-04

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 11: Counties
• Ch. 11-01: Names and Boundaries of Counties

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Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-one north, range
seventy-one west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships
one hundred fifty and one hundred fifty-one north to the southeast corner of township one
hundred fifty-one north, range sixty-two west; thence north along the line between ranges
sixty-one and sixty-two to a point one thousand three hundred twenty feet, more or less, south
of the northeast corner of section twelve, township one hundred fifty-one north, range sixty-two
west, the same being the quarter quarter line; thence due west along said quarter quarter line to
point where said quarter quarter line intersects the east boundary of the Devils Lake Indian
Reservation; thence northerly along said boundary line to the southeast corner of lot five,
section ten, township one hundred fifty-one, range sixty-two; thence due west along the south
line of said lot five and thence due west on the quarter quarter line to a point where said quarter
quarter line intersects the meander line of East Devils Lake; thence southerly along said
meander line to the southern extremity of said meander line on said East Devils Lake as

re-established by the United States department of the interior in surveys accepted in 1972;
thence in a northwesterly direction along said south meander line of East Devils Lake and
Devils Lake to the point of intersection of the thirteenth standard parallel with the meander line
of Devils Lake in section thirty-one, township one hundred fifty-three north, range sixty-five west;
thence west along said thirteenth standard parallel to the intersection of the range line between
ranges sixty-five and sixty-six west; thence north along said range line to the northeast corner of
township one hundred fifty-three north, range sixty-six west; thence west along the line between
townships one hundred fifty-three and one hundred fifty-four north to a point on the west
meander line of Devils Lake as re-established by the United States department of the interior in
surveys accepted in 1972; thence in a northwesterly direction along said meander line to a point
where said meander line intersects the center of Mauvaise Coulee; thence in a northwesterly
direction along the center of Mauvaise Coulee to a point where said centerline intersects the
range line between ranges sixty-six and sixty-seven west; thence north along said range line to
the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-six north, range sixty-seven west, a point on
the fourteenth standard parallel; thence west along the fourteenth standard parallel to the
northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-six north, range seventy-one west; thence south
along the line between ranges seventy-one and seventy-two west to the southwest corner of
township one hundred fifty-three north, range seventy-one west, a point on the thirteenth
standard parallel; thence east along the thirteenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of
township one hundred fifty-two north, range seventy-one west; thence continuing south along
the line between ranges seventy-one and seventy-two west to the point of beginning.