Effective - 28 Aug 1939
46.010. Boundaries by watercourses. — Whenever a county is bounded by a watercourse, it shall be construed to be the middle of the main channel thereof; and range, township and sectional lines shall be construed as conforming to the established surveys.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13664)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12005; 1919 § 9407; 1909 § 3624
(1955) Where island, formed on Kansas side of Missouri River, as a result of a channel change during the flood of 1944, became attached to Holt County, Missouri, it became a part of Holt County under Laws 1949, p. 311, and corresponding Kansas and federal acts. Hall v. Hudgins (Mo.), 277 S.W.2d 637.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government
Chapter 46 - Establishment and Boundaries of Counties
Section 46.010 - Boundaries by watercourses.
Section 46.015 - Surveying of county lines.
Section 46.020 - Notice thereof to be given.
Section 46.025 - Returns from surveyors.
Section 46.030 - Fees — procedure when one surveyor is absent.
Section 46.040 - State divided into one hundred and fourteen counties and one city.
Section 46.065 - Cape Girardeau.
Section 46.143 - St. Francois.
Section 46.144 - Ste. Genevieve boundaries.