{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-46.070","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.070","heading":"Chariton.","body":"Beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River, where the line between sections seventeen and twenty, in township fifty-one, range seventeen, west, intersects the same; thence in a straight line with the western boundary of Howard County to a point one and a half miles west of the northeast corner of township fifty-two, range seventeen, west; thence with the northern boundary line of Howard County to where the same is intersected by the sectional line dividing range sixteen into two equal parts; thence north with the subdivisional lines to the northeast corner of section four, township fifty-six, range sixteen, west; thence with the township line between townships fifty-six and fifty-seven, to where Locust Creek crosses the same; thence down the said creek to the middle of the main channel of Grand River; thence down Grand River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River; thence down the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River 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=46.070","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"738afc4cdc385ed574c1a4453acfc37f83ea6a2aae212c97bb580e6fed72e9e2","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-46.069","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-46.071"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}