82a-527a. True and permanent boundary line; affirmation and ratification of survey; legal description. The legislature of the state of Kansas hereby affirms and ratifies the boundary survey describing and setting forth as the true and permanent boundary line between Kansas and Missouri the thalweg line (the deep water line) of the channel of the Missouri river abandoned by avulsion in April, 1952, which is more particularly described in the project maps, reports and documents submitted April 30, 1980, by Williamson Engineering & Surveying, St. Joseph, Missouri, consisting of sheets one to sixteen, inclusive, and filed of record in the office of the secretary of state for the state of Kansas, and is described and set forth in said survey as follows:

The true and permanent boundary line between the state of Missouri and the state of Kansas follows the thalweg line at the time of the April, 1952, avulsion and sudden change of the Missouri river channel and is more particularly described as beginning at the intersection of the present thalweg line of the Missouri river channel and the thalweg line of the Missouri river channel as it existed prior to the April, 1952, avulsion and having Kansas State Coordinate of 540240.22 feet north and 2878720.31 feet east of the Kansas North Zone; thence along the thalweg line as it existed prior to the April, 1952, avulsion the following courses and distances:

North 85°50′30″ West to an aluminum monument, 482.0 feet; South 67°13′0″ West, 814.0 feet to an aluminum monument; South 51°09′0″ West, 693.0 feet; South 78°58′0″ West, 601 feet to an aluminum monument; South 59°11′0″ West, 996 feet to an aluminum monument; South 20°57′30″ West, 1725.0 feet; South 51°36′0″ West, 658.0 feet; South 42°12′30″ West, 1596.0 feet; South 55°30′30″ West, 597.0 feet; South 60°26′30″ West, 1601.0 feet; South 64°34′30″ West, 1237.0 feet; South 87°02′30″ West, 368.0 feet; South 73°47′30″ West, 602.0 feet; South 85°54′0″ West, 1146.0 feet; North 75°38′30″ West, 565.0 feet; North 68°54′30″ West, 806.0 feet; North 61°58′0″ West, 787.0 feet; North 55°20′0″ West, 1793.0 feet; North 48°13′0″ West, 2897.0 feet; North 43°25′30″ West, 902.0 feet; North 28°04′30″ West, 1190.0 feet; North 22°01′30″ West, 1101.0 feet; North 10°19′30″ East, 825.0 feet; North 17°07′30″ West, 662.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 8°48′0″ East, 556.0 feet; North 4°33′30″ West, 692.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 29°27′0″ East, 1200.0 feet; North 44°15′0″ East, 1096.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 58°32′30″ East, 1112.0 feet; North 74°17′0″ East, 1181.0 feet; South 55°0′30″ East, 855.0 feet; South 89°49′30″ East, 1640.0 feet; South 78°07′30″ East, 996.0 feet; South 89°07′0″ East, 650.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 70°10′30″ East, 781.0 feet; South 81°27′30″ East, 1042.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 69°36′0″ East, 1707.0 feet; North 71°34′0″ East, 2498.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 55°57′0″ East, 1098.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 48°55′30″ East, 982.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 19°01′30″ East, 491.0 feet to an aluminum monument; North 51°47′0″ East, 503.0 feet; North 34°27′0″ East, 521.0 feet; North 40°06′0″ East, 373.0 feet to the point of intersection of the thalweg line of the current Missouri river channel and the thalweg line as it existed prior to the April, 1952, avulsion and having Kansas State Coordinate Values of 549195.06 feet North and 2876850.19 feet East of the Kansas North Zone, according to a survey executed by Williamson Engineering & Surveying dated April 30, 1980, and hereby made a part of the legal description.

History: L. 1980, ch. 330, § 1; July 1.