Beginning at the northeast corner of Mississippi County; thence southwestwardly with the northern boundary line of said county to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section twenty-six, in township twenty-six, north, range fourteen, east; thence westwardly with the northern boundary line of New Madrid County, as established in section 46.121, to White Water River; thence with the boundary as now established by law to the place of beginning.
§ 46.149, RSMo