Scott County is bounded by beginning on the old Choctaw boundary line, where the same crosses Pearl River; thence up said river with its meanderings, to the line between ranges five and six east; thence south on said range line to the line between townships eight and nine, north; thence east on said township line to the line between ranges nine and ten, east; thence south on said range line to the line between townships four and five, north; thence west on said township line to the old Choctaw boundary; thence southerly on said Choctaw boundary to its intersection with the same township line running west; thence west to the line between ranges five and six, east; thence north on said range line to its intersection with the Choctaw boundary; thence north with said boundary line to the beginning. The county site is Forest.Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 59; 1871, § 75; 1880, § 79; 1892, § 404; 1906, § 468; Hemingway's 1917, § 3888; 1930, § 3949; 1942, § 3084; Laws, 12/23/1833.
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