G.S. 1868, Chapter 24, section 32, included by reference. [Section defined the boundaries of the county of Howard as follows: “Commencing at the southeast corner of Greenwood county; thence south with the west lines of Wilson and Montgomery counties, to the thirty-seventh degree of north latitude; thence west thirty-one miles, to the center of range eight east; thence north with the east line of Cowley county, to the southwest corner of Greenwood county; thence east with the south line of Greenwood county, to the place of beginning.”]