The county of Colfax is bounded as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of township 20 north, range 2 east of the sixth principal meridian; thence easterly on the north line of township 20 north, ranges 2, 3, and 4 east to the northeast corner of said township 20 north, range 4 east; thence southerly on the east line of townships 20, 19, 18, and 17 north, range 4 east, to a point on the east line of section 12, township 17 north, range 4 east, said point being 3826.58 feet south of the northeast corner of said section 12; thence westerly along the approximate middle of the Platte River, as shown in a survey by Richard L. Ronkar and Marvin L. Svoboda, dated November 25, 2002, and described as follows, assuming the east line of said section 12 to have a bearing of N 02� 00′ 09″ W; thence S 87� 05′ 20″ W, 5303.84 feet; thence S 60� 42′ 54″ W, 3499.34 feet; thence S 51� 23′ 46″ W, 3119.84 feet; thence S 64� 51′ 45″ W, 3555.38 feet; thence S 89� 20′ 58″ W, 1647.52 feet; thence S 50� 34′ 21″ W, 6032.08 feet; thence S 41� 15′ 33″ W, 4659.91 feet; thence S 44� 39′ 35″ W, 4912.16 feet; thence S 86� 23′ 58″ W, 4230.37 feet; thence S 81� 25′ 49″ W, 2159.16 feet; thence S 87� 58′ 51″ W, 7158.93 feet; thence S 54� 23′ 37″ W, 9629.02 feet; thence S 44� 41′ 16″ W, 3006.31 feet; thence S 68� 04′ 45″ W, 2463.21 feet; thence S 55� 58′ 42″ W, 1719.30 feet; thence S 88� 24′ 06″ W, 3797.21 feet; thence S 70� 01′ 06″ W, 2615.16 feet; thence S 61� 41′ 41″ W, 2023.42 feet; thence S 75� 32′ 12″ W, 1889.81 feet; thence N 89� 21′ 04″ W, 2850.07 feet; thence S 69� 54′ 10″ W, 6774.29 feet; thence N 84� 47′ 29″ W, 1169.64 feet; thence N 55� 45′ 56″ W, 5076.04 feet; thence N 76� 22′ 27″ W, 1755.30 feet; thence S 74� 42′ 27″ W, 3647.51 feet; thence S 78� 13′ 28″ W, 3012.24 feet; thence N 88� 59′ 00″ W, 2383.36 feet; thence N 86� 01′ 43″ W, 5433.64 feet, to a point on the east line of section 1, township 16 north, range 1 east, said point being 3711.01 feet south of the northeast corner of said section 1; thence north, to the northeast corner of section 1, township 16 north, range 1 east; thence east, to the southwest corner of section 31, township 17 north, range 2 east; thence northerly on the west line of townships 17, 18, 19, and 20 north, range 2 east, to the place of beginning.