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. The boundaries of Butte County are as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of Yuba, in the center line of
the Feather River, opposite the mouth of Honcut Creek; thence
northeasterly up the Honcut Creek and the South Honcut Creek,
following their various meanders and along the boundary line as
surveyed in the year 1901 by B. L. McCoy, County Surveyor of Butte
County, and Jason R. Meek, County Surveyor of Yuba County, to its
intersection with the south line of Sec. 31, T. 19 N., R. 6 E., M. D.
B. & M., and running thence east to the southwest corner of the SE.
1/4 of the SE. 1/4 of Sec. 31, said township and range; thence north
three-quarters of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile; thence
north one-quarter of a mile, to the corner common to Secs. 29, 30,
31, and 32, said township and range; thence east one-half mile to the
one-quarter section corner between Secs. 29 and 32, said township
and range; thence north one-half mile to the center of Sec. 29;
thence east one-half mile to the one-quarter section corner between
Secs. 28 and 29, said township and range; thence north three-quarters
of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile; thence north
three-quarters of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile to the
one-quarter section corner between Secs. 16 and 21, said township and
range; thence north one and one-half miles to the center of Sec. 9,
said township and range; thence east one and one-half miles to the
one-quarter section corner between Secs. 10 and 11, said township and
range; thence south one-half mile to the corner common to Secs. 10,
11, 14, and 15, said township and range; thence east two miles to the
corner common to Secs. 12 and 13, T. 19 N., R. 6 E., and Secs. 7 and
18, T. 19 N., R. 7 E., M. D. B. & M.;
Thence north one mile to the corner common to Secs. 1 and 12, T.
19 N., R. 6 E. , and Secs. 6 and 7, T. 19 N., R. 7 E., M. D. B. & M.;
thence east three miles to the corner common to Secs. 3, 4, 9, and
10, T. 19 N., R. 7 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence south one-half mile to
the one-quarter section corner between Secs. 9 and 10, said township
and range; thence east one and one-half miles to the center of Sec.
11, said township and range; thence north one-half mile to the
one-quarter section corner between Secs. 2 and 11, said township and
range; thence east one-half mile to the corner common to Secs. 1, 2,
11, and 12, said township and range; thence north two miles to the
corner common to Secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36, T. 20 N., R. 7 E., M. D.
B. & M.; thence east one-half mile to the one-quarter section corner
between Secs. 25 and 36, said township and range; thence north
one-half mile to the center of Sec. 25, said township and range;
thence east one and one-half miles to the one-quarter section corner
between Secs. 29 and 30, T. 20 N., R. 8 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence
north one-quarter of a mile; thence east one-half of a mile; thence
north one and one-quarter miles to the one-quarter section corner
between Secs. 17 and 20, said township and range; thence east one and
one-half miles to the corner common to Secs. 15, 16, 21, and 22,
said township and range; thence northerly to the common corner of
Plumas, Butte and Yuba; thence northerly to the northeast corner of
the SE. 1/4 of the SE. 1/4 of Sec. 9, T. 20. N., R. 8 E.;
Thence west one-half mile; thence north three-quarters of a mile
to the quarter section corner between Secs. 4 and 9, said township
and range; thence west to the corner common to Secs. 4, 5, 8 and 9,
said township and range; thence north one-half mile to the quarter
section corner between said Secs. 4 and 5; thence west one mile to
the quarter section corner between Secs. 5 and 6, said township and
range; thence north one-half mile, more or less, to the north corner
of Secs. 5 and 6, said township and range; thence west on township
line one and a quarter miles, more or less, to the southwest corner
of Sec. 31, T. 21 N., R. 8 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence north on
township line, two miles to the east corner of Secs. 24 and 25, T. 21
N., R. 7 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence west one mile to the corner
common to Secs. 23, 24, 25, and 26, said township and range; thence
north one-half mile to the quarter section corner between Secs. 23
and 24, said township and range; thence west one-half mile to the
center of said Sec. 23; thence north one-half mile to the quarter
section corner between Secs. 14 and 23, said township and range;
thence west one-half mile to the corner common to Secs. 14, 15, 22
and 23, said township and range; thence north one mile to the corner
common to Secs. 10, 11, 14 and 15, said township and range; thence
west one mile; thence north one mile; thence west one mile; thence
north two miles; thence west one mile; thence north one mile; thence
west one mile, to the east corner of Secs. 24 and 25, T. 22 N., R. 6
E., M. D. B. & M.;
Thence north, on the township line, one mile to the east corner of
Secs. 13 and 24, said township and range; thence west one mile to
the corner common to Secs. 13, 14, 23, and 24, said township and
range; thence north one mile to the corner common to Secs. 11, 12, 13
and 14, said township and range; thence west one mile to the corner
common to Secs. 10, 11, 14 and 15, said township and range; thence
north one mile to the corner common to Secs. 2, 3, 10 and 11; thence
west one-quarter mile; thence north one-quarter mile; thence west
one-quarter mile; thence north one-quarter mile to the center of Sec.
3, said township and range; thence west three-quarters of a mile;
thence north one-half mile to the north boundary of Sec. 4, said
township and range; thence west on township line one-half mile;
thence north one mile; thence west three-quarters of a mile to the
quarter section corner between Secs. 29 and 32, T. 23 N., R. 6 E., M.
D. B. & B.; thence north one mile to the quarter section corner
between Secs. 20 and 29, said township and range; thence west one
mile to the quarter section corner between Secs. 19 and 30, said
township and range; thence north one mile to the quarter section
corner between Secs. 18 and 19, said township and range; thence west
one-half mile to the west corner of said Secs. 18 and 19; thence
north, on township line, one mile to the east corner of Secs. 12 and
13, T. 23 N., R. 5 E.; thence west one mile to the corner common to
Secs. 11, 12, 13 and 14, said township and range;
Thence north one-half mile to the quarter section corner between
said Secs. 11 and 12; thence west one mile to the quarter section
corner between Secs. 10 and 11, said township and range; thence north
one-half mile to the corner common to Secs. 2, 3, 10, and 11, said
township and range; thence west one mile to the corner common to
Secs. 3, 4, 9, and 10, said township and range; thence north one mile
to the north corner of said Secs. 3 and 4, two miles to the corner
common to Secs. 27, 28, 33, and 34, T. 24 N., R. 5 E., M. D. B. & M.;
thence west one mile to the corner common to Secs. 28, 29, 32, and
33, said township and range; thence north one mile to the corner
common to Secs. 20, 21, 28, and 29, said township and range; thence
east one mile to the corner common to Secs. 21, 22, 27, and 28, said
township and range; thence north one mile to the corner common to
Secs. 15, 16, 21, and 22, said township and range; thence west
one-half mile to the quarter section corner between said Secs. 16 and
21; thence north two miles to the quarter section between Secs. 4
and 9, said township and range; thence east one-half mile to the
corner common to Secs. 3, 4, 9, and 10, said township and range;
thence north one mile to the north corner of Secs. 3 and 4, said
township and range, two miles to the corner common to Secs. 27, 28,
33, and 34, T. 25 N., R. 5 E., M. D. B. & M.;
Thence west one-half mile to the quarter section corner between
said Secs. 28 and 33; thence north two miles to the quarter section
corner between Secs. 16 and 21, said township and range; thence east
one-half mile to the corner common to Secs. 15, 16, 21, and 22, said
township and range; thence north one mile to the corner common to
Secs. 9, 10, 15, and 16, said township and range; thence east
one-half mile to the quarter section corner between said Secs. 10 and
15; thence north one and one-half miles to the center of Sec. 3,
said township and range; thence east one mile to the center of Sec.
2, said township and range; thence north one-half mile, more or less,
to the quarter section corner on the north boundary of said Sec. 2;
thence east on the township line to the quarter section corner on the
south boundary of Sec. 35, T. 26 N., R. 5 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence
north one mile to the quarter section corner between Secs. 26 and 35,
said township and range; thence east one-half mile to the corner
common to Secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36, said township and range; thence
north one mile to the corner common to Secs. 23, 24, 25, and 26, said
township and range; thence west one-half mile to the quarter section
corner between said Secs. 23 and 26;
Thence north one and one-half miles to the center of Sec. 14, said
township and range; thence west one-half mile to the quarter section
corner between Secs. 14 and 15, said township and range; thence
north one-half mile to the corner common to Secs. 10, 11, 14, and 15,
said township and range; thence west one mile to the corner common
to Secs. 9, 10, 15, and 16, said township and range; thence north two
and one-half miles to the quarter section corner between Secs. 33
and 34, T. 27 N., R. 5 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence west one and
three-quarters miles, more or less, to the Chico and Humboldt road at
the corner common to Plumas, Butte, and Tehama; thence southwesterly
on the southeasterly line of Tehama to the southeast corner of
Tehama, at point of intersections of Rock Creek and the southern line
of T. 24 N., M. D. B.; thence west on said township line to the
Sacramento River; thence down said river to the southwest corner of
the Llano Seco grant; thence northeasterly and southeasterly along
the eastern boundary of Glenn to the northeastern corner of Colusa;
thence on the Colusa east line, down Butte Creek, to the northwest
corner of Sutter; thence east on the north line of Sutter to the
Feather River; thence down the Feather River to the place of
beginning.