All that part of Arapahoe county as is included within the following described boundaries shall be set apart and is hereby established as a county, to be called the county of Arapahoe, the boundaries are as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner of Arapahoe county; thence east to the intersection of the east boundary line of range fifty-seven west, with the south boundary line of Arapahoe county; thence north to the intersection of the east boundary line of range fifty-seven and south boundary line of township three in said range; thence west to the point of intersection of south boundary line of township three in range sixty-seven west and the east boundary line of the city of Denver as now constituted; thence following the eastern, southern and western boundary lines of the city of Denver as the same are constituted at the time this section goes into effect to a point where said boundary line of the city of Denver intersects the west boundary line of the county of Arapahoe; thence south to the southwest corner of Arapahoe, or place of beginning.
Source: L. 01: p. 138, § 1. L. 03: p. 164, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1084. C.L. § 8562. CSA: C. 44, § 4. CRS 53: § 34-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-4.
ANNOTATION
For the division of the former county of Arapahoe into the city and county of Denver, the county of Adams and the county of South Arapahoe, see City Council v. Bd. of Comm'rs, 33 Colo. 1, 77 P. 858 (1904).
And as to the right of South Arapahoe county to receive from the city and county of Denver a just proportion of the value of the property of old Arapahoe county, see City Council v. Bd. of Comm'rs, 33 Colo. 1, 77 P. 858 (1904).