Document: 471 U.S. 377 105 S.Ct. 2131 85 L.Ed.2d 400 State of ARKANSAS, plaintiff,v.State MISSISSIPPI No. 92 Supreme Court the United States April 29, 1985 1 On bill complaint. FINAL DECREE 2 The Report Special Master is received and ordered filed. parties have presented a stipulation for entry proposed agreed decree. adopted final decree entered accordingly. 3 It Is Ordered, Adjudged, Decreed as Follows: 4 1. common boundary between Arkansas Mississippi in River thalweg, which middle main navigable channel followed principal course downstream navigation. This judgment determines geographical location this reach River, more particularly described hereinafter, separating portions Lee County, Tunica vicinity Bordeaux Point Whiskey Island/Bordeaux Island. 5 2. Establishment Arkansas-Mississippi "old" Walnut Bend, looping Island, originated with Chute Cutoff, occurred or about 1874 was complete 1883. locus that portion state consisting approximately eastern one-half Bend has been subsequently established by long acquiescence private lines resulting from prior litigation agreements among owners lands adjacent thereto. these boundaries, also being interstate boundary, shown on map Mr. W.H. Guyer, true correct copy attached hereto Exhibit "A"* geodetic coordinates Segment B, Points PA through PL, composite description set forth hereinafter. remainder western lies along dead thalweg it existed when River's flow ceased abandoned bendway subsequent to, caused by, Cutoff. "B" Pm Pbb 6 3. southerly limit Hardin constructed Army Corps Engineers 1942. In 1947, to (Fox Island Bend), determined St. George Richardson, whose plat thereof accepted since time correctly depicting Point. A Richardson survey "C" D 7 Mississippi, upper end Mhoon Fox exclusive depicted "D" Segments C 8 4. Exhibits hereto, using follows: 9 a. 10 That line live points P1 P8 accompanying titled "Arkansas-Mississippi Boundary Vicinity Point," 11 Beginning at point said Mile 686.3, longitude 90x28'00" west latitude 34x43'36" north; 12 thence westerly, downriver, coincident (Arkansas right left) following approximate courses: 13 Commencing P1, 14 westerly P2 34x43'26" north, 90x28'30" west, 15 P3 34x43'20" 90x29'00" 16 P4 34x43'17" 90x29'30" 17 P5 34x43'18" 90x30'00" 18 P6 34x43'25" 90x30'30" P7 34x43'38" 90x31'00" 19 34x43'53" 90x31'27" 20 Said easternmost intersection fixed Old Channel resulted 21 b. B 22 surveyed marked October, 1974 November, 1975 recorded Plat Book 1, Page 183, land records; 2, 25, AND 1883 sector after avulsive Cutoff; L (the Guyer survey) line) Island" 23 bearing South 35x50' West southern terminus line; 24 North East 34x44'20" 90x31'03" west; 25 northerly A, 26 northeasterly 34x44'40" 90x30'46" 27 34x44'52" 90x30'35" 28 34x45'04" 90x30'17" 29 E 34x45'16" 90x29'57" 30 F 34x45'27" 90x29'39" 31 G 34x45'53" 90x29'33" 32 H 34x46'21" 90x29'34" 33 northwesterly I 34x47'00" 90x30'11" 34 J 34x47'16" 35 K 34x47'24" 90x30'41" 36 34x47'52" 90x30'40" continuing north 34x47'54" 37 38 Pm, 39 Pn 34x48'00" 90x30'50" 40 Po 34x48'03" 41 Pp 34x48'07" 90x31'16" 42 Pq 34x48'06" 90x31'35" 43 Pr 90x32'00" 44 southwesterly Ps 34x47'45" 90x32'27" 45 Pt 34x47'30" 90x32'39" 46 Pu 34x47'15" 90x32'46" 47 Pv 90x32'52" 48 southeasterly Pw 34x46'30" 90x32'47" 49 Px 34x46'15" 90x32'43" 50 Py 34x46'00" 90x32'37" 51 Pz 34x45'30" 90x32'26" 52 Paa 34x45'19" 90x32'22" 34x45'02"' 90x32'28" 53 extended P9 90x32'44"' west. 54 westernmost Channel. 55 c. 56 P18, 57 abandoned, truncated 681.5, 90x32'44" 58 59 P9, 60 P10 34x44'23" 90x33'00" 61 P11 34x44'21" 90x33'30" 62 P12 34x44'16" 90x33'49" 63 P13 34x44'06" 90x34'00" P14 34x44'00" 90x34'04" 64 P15 34x43'30" 90x34'07" 65 P16 66 P17 34x43'00" 90x34'15" 67 P18 34x42'46" 90x34'19" 68 82x41' line. 69 d. 70 principally, 1947 P32 71 line, 72 P19, 73 terminus, P20, 34x42'39" 90x33'34" 74 easterly 75 76 P21 34x42'30" 90x33'24" P22 34x42'14" 77 P23 34x42'00" 90x32'33" 78 P24 34x41'55" 79 P25 34x41'47" 80 P26 34x41'44" 90x31'42" 81 P27 82 P28 83 P29 34x42'15" 84 P30 34x42'19" 90x28'27" P31 34x42'08" 90x28'08" 86 87 5. All now lying side hereinabove are wholly within, part of, Arkansas. Mississippi. 88 6. Certified copies C, full size be filed upon Custodian Official Land Records, Tuncia representatives Attorneys General * Reporter's note: not practicable attach "A," "B," "C," "D," purposes publishing Reports. True file Office Clerk. See paragraph

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