Beginning at the southeast corner of township one hundred fifty-three north, range sixty-one west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the thirteenth standard parallel; thence north along the line between ranges sixty and sixty-one west to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-four north, range sixty-one west; thence east along the line between townships one hundred fifty-four and one hundred fifty-five north to the southeast corner of township one hundred fifty-five north, range sixty west; thence north along the line between ranges fifty-nine and sixty west to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-six north, range sixty west, a point on the fourteenth standard parallel; thence west along the fourteenth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred fifty-seven north, range sixty west; thence continuing north along the line between ranges fifty-nine and sixty west to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-eight north, range sixty west; thence west along the line between townships one hundred fifty-eight and one hundred fifty-nine north to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-eight north, range sixty-four west; thence south along the line between ranges sixty-four and sixty-five west to the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-seven north, range sixty-four west, a point on the fourteenth standard parallel; thence west along the fourteenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-six north, range sixty-six west; thence south along the line between ranges sixty-six and sixty-seven west to a point where said line intersects the center of Mauvaise Coulee; thence southeasterly along the center of said Mauvaise Coulee to the intersection with the meander line of Devils Lake at the mouth of the Mauvaise Coulee; thence along the west meander line of Devils Lake, said line being generally in a southerly and easterly direction, to the line between townships one hundred fifty-three and one hundred fifty-four north; thence east along the line between townships one hundred fifty-three and one hundred fifty-four north to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-three north, range sixty-five west; thence south along the line between ranges sixty-five and sixty-six west to a point where said line intersects the thirteenth standard parallel; thence east on the thirteenth standard parallel to a point where the said thirteenth standard parallel intersects the meander line of Devils Lake as re-established by the United States department of the interior in surveys accepted in 1972; thence easterly along said meander line to the point on the southern extremity of East Devils Lake; thence northerly along the east meander line of said East Devils Lake to a point where said meander line intersects the south line of lot one, section eight, township one hundred fifty-one north, range sixty-two west; thence east along the quarter quarter line to the intersection of said line with the east boundary of the Devils Lake Indian Reservation; thence southeasterly to where said east boundary line intersects the south line of lot one, section ten, township one hundred fifty-one north, range sixty-two west; thence east along the quarter quarter line to the range line between ranges sixty-one and sixty-two west, being a point one thousand three hundred twenty feet, more or less, south of the northeast corner of section twelve, township one hundred fifty-one north, range sixty-two west; thence north along the line between ranges sixty-one and sixty-two west to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-two north, range sixty-two west, a point on the thirteenth standard parallel; thence east along the thirteenth standard parallel to the point of beginning.
N.D.C.C. § 11-01-37