The county of Colfax is bounded as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of township 20 north, range 2 east of the sixth principal meridian; thence easterly on the north line of township 20 north, ranges 2, 3, and 4 east to the northeast corner of said township 20 north, range 4 east; thence southerly on the east line of townships 20, 19, 18, and 17 north, range 4 east, to a point on the east line of section 12, township 17 north, range 4 east, said point being 3826.58 feet south of the northeast corner of said section 12; thence westerly along the approximate middle of the Platte River, as shown in a survey by Richard L. Ronkar and Marvin L. Svoboda, dated November 25, 2002, and described as follows, assuming the east line of said section 12 to have a bearing of N 02° 00? 09? W; thence S 87° 05? 20? W, 5303.84 feet; thence S 60° 42? 54? W, 3499.34 feet; thence S 51° 23? 46? W, 3119.84 feet; thence S 64° 51? 45? W, 3555.38 feet; thence S 89° 20? 58? W, 1647.52 feet; thence S 50° 34? 21? W, 6032.08 feet; thence S 41° 15? 33? W, 4659.91 feet; thence S 44° 39? 35? W, 4912.16 feet; thence S 86° 23? 58? W, 4230.37 feet; thence S 81° 25? 49? W, 2159.16 feet; thence S 87° 58? 51? W, 7158.93 feet; thence S 54° 23? 37? W, 9629.02 feet; thence S 44° 41? 16? W, 3006.31 feet; thence S 68° 04? 45? W, 2463.21 feet; thence S 55° 58? 42? W, 1719.30 feet; thence S 88° 24? 06? W, 3797.21 feet; thence S 70° 01? 06? W, 2615.16 feet; thence S 61° 41? 41? W, 2023.42 feet; thence S 75° 32? 12? W, 1889.81 feet; thence N 89° 21? 04? W, 2850.07 feet; thence S 69° 54? 10? W, 6774.29 feet; thence N 84° 47? 29? W, 1169.64 feet; thence N 55° 45? 56? W, 5076.04 feet; thence N 76° 22? 27? W, 1755.30 feet; thence S 74° 42? 27? W, 3647.51 feet; thence S 78° 13? 28? W, 3012.24 feet; thence N 88° 59? 00? W, 2383.36 feet; thence N 86° 01? 43? W, 5433.64 feet, to a point on the east line of section 1, township 16 north, range 1 east, said point being 3711.01 feet south of the northeast corner of said section 1; thence north, to the northeast corner of section 1, township 16 north, range 1 east; thence east, to the southwest corner of section 31, township 17 north, range 2 east; thence northerly on the west line of townships 17, 18, 19, and 20 north, range 2 east, to the place of beginning.