N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-50
Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-four north, range fifty-three west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships one hundred forty-three and one hundred forty-four north to the main channel of the Red River of the North; thence in a northerly direction along the main channel of the Red River of the North to the intersection of the main channel of the Red River of the North and the twelfth standard parallel; thence west along the twelfth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty-eight north, range fifty-three west; thence south along the line between ranges fifty-three and fifty-four west to the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-five north, range fifty-three west, a point on the eleventh standard parallel; thence east along the eleventh standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty-four north, range fifty-three west; thence continuing south along the line between ranges fifty-three and fifty-four west to the point of beginning.
N.D.C.C. § 11-01-50