Lauderdale County is bounded by beginning at the northwest corner of township eight, range fourteen, east; thence east on the said township line to the state boundary with the State of Alabama; thence southerly with the said boundary line to the line between townships four and five, north; thence west with said township line to the line between ranges thirteen and fourteen, east; thence north on said range line to the beginning. The county site is Meridian.Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 48; 1871, § 52; 1880, § 56; 1892, § 380; 1906, § 444; Hemingway's 1917, § 3864; 1930, § 3925; 1942, § 3060; Laws, 12/23/1823.
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