The county of Stevens is bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the east line of range thirty-five west with the sixth standard parallel; thence south along said range line, to where it intersects the south boundary line of the state of Kansas; thence west along said boundary line, to where it intersects the section line, three miles west of the east line of range thirty-nine west; thence north along said section line, to where it intersects the sixth standard parallel; thence east, to the place of beginning.