{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-46.056","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.056","heading":"Bates.","body":"Beginning on the western boundary of the state, at the southwest corner of section nineteen of township thirty-eight, range thirty-three, west; thence east with the subdivisional lines to the middle of the main channel of the Marais des Cygnes River; thence down said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the middle of the main channel of the Osage River; thence down the Osage River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to where the line between ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine intersects the same; thence north with said range line between ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine to the middle of the main channel of Grand River; thence up Grand River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the township line between townships forty-two and forty-three; thence west with the township line between townships forty-two and forty-three to the western boundary line of the state; thence south with the western boundary line of the state to the place of beginning.","path":["Title VI - COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT","Chapter 46 - Establishment and Boundaries of Counties"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=46.056","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"c8eb8de5ca2663ae2892a3cf505c9027c9f8664234a76781d0382dbd0900fafb","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-46.055","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-46.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}