The county of Osage is bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the north line of township fourteen south with the section line between the second and third tiers of sections in range seventeen east; thence south with section lines and the west lines of Douglas and Franklin counties, to the northeast corner of section three, of township nineteen south, of range seventeen east; thence west with section lines, to the east line of Lyon county; thence north with the east lines of Lyon and Wabaunsee counties, to the north line of township fourteen south; thence east with said township line, to the place of beginning.