Allen

18-101. Allen. The county of Allen is bounded as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Anderson county; thence south with the west boundary of Bourbon county, to the township lines dividing townships twenty-six and twenty-seven; thence west twenty-four miles on said township line; thence north on section lines with the east boundary of Woodson county, to the southwest corner of Anderson county; thence east with the south line of Anderson county, to the place of beginning. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 24, § 2; L. 1870, ch. 39, § 1; March 24; R.S. 1923, 18-101. Source or Prior Law: Created, Terr. Stat. 1855, ch. 30, § 9; boundaries corrected, Terr. L. 1857, p. 39, § 9; as altered, see L. 1865, ch. 17, § 1. Attorney General's Opinions: County commissioner districts are to be as compact and equal in population as possible but need not be contiguous. 2002-12. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Rational state policy justified districts differing in population under state census from ideal; no proof of discrimination in taking census. Winter v. Docking, 373 F. Supp. 308.