1. There shall be a county, to be known as Storey County, to include all that part of the State of Nevada within the boundaries described as follows: Beginning at the northwestern corner of Lyon County, and running thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Lyon County to the northeastern corner thereof; thence north, in a straight line, to the road leading from the lower crossing of the Truckee River to the Sink of the Humboldt; thence westerly, along the road, to the Truckee River; thence up the middle of the Truckee River to the eastern line of Washoe County; thence southerly along the line to the place of beginning.
2. The boundaries of Storey County shall be:
(a) Insofar as the Truckee River constitutes a common boundary between counties, the centerline of the Truckee River as such centerline existed on the effective date of section 6 of chapter XXIV, Laws of the Territory of Nevada 1861, and such boundary shall not change because of artificially created or natural changes made or which may be made in the course of the Truckee River; and
(b) As specifically described in part in NRS 243.340.
[6:24:1861; B § 4056; cited BH § 5013; cited C § 5101; RL § 1446; NCL § 1870] — (NRS A 1963, 269; 1973, 697)