The county of Box Butte is bounded as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of township twenty-four, north, range forty-seven, west; thence north to the northeast corner of township twenty-eight, north, range forty-seven, west; thence west to the northwest corner of township twenty-eight, north, range fifty-two, west; thence south to the southwest corner of township twenty-four, north, range fifty-two, west; thence east to the place of beginning.