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KRS 1.200: Boundary with Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

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(1) The boundary with Indiana begins at the point on the Ohio River common to the

boundary lines for the States of Ohio, Indiana, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

thence southwesterly, along the boundary line common to the States of Indiana and

Kentucky, the boundary line being a series of straight lines between sequentially

numbered geodetic points, 1927 North American Datum, as fixed by the Supreme

Court of the United States in Kentucky v. Indiana, No. 81, Original, decided

November 4, 1985, thence to the po int on the Ohio River common to the boundary

lines for the States of Indiana, Illinois, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky as

described in the case cited above.

(2) The boundary with Ohio begins at the point on the Ohio River common to the

boundary lines for the States of Ohio, West Virginia, and the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, thence generally northwesterly, northerly, and westerly along the

boundary line common to the States of Ohio and Kentucky, the boundary line being

a series of straight lines between sequentially numbered geodetic points, 1927 North

American Datum, as fixed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Ohio v.

Kentucky, No. 27, Original, decided April 15, 1985, thence to the point on the Ohio

River common to the boundary lines for the State s of Ohio, Indiana, and the

Commonwealth of Kentucky as described in the case cited above.

(3) The boundary with Illinois is the low water mark on the northern side of the Ohio

River, beginning with the point on the Ohio River common to the boundary lines

for the States of Indiana, Illinois, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, thence due

west and downstream with the low water mark on the northern side of the Ohio

River, and into the Mississippi River, intersecting a line drawn through the center of

the Mississippi.

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