The county of Grant is bounded as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of township twenty-one, north of range thirty-six, west of the sixth principal meridian; thence north on said range line to the northeast corner of township twenty-four, north of range thirty-six, west; thence west along the south line of Cherry County to the east line of Sheridan County; thence south along the east line of Sheridan County to the southwest corner of township twenty-four, north, range forty, west; thence west along the south line of Sheridan County to the northwest corner of section three, range forty-one, west; thence south on section lines to the southwest corner of section thirty-four, township twenty-one, north, range forty-one, west, on the fifth standard parallel; thence east along said parallel to the place of beginning.