N.D. Cent. Code § 61-01-24
61-01-24. Mouse official name of river
61-01-24. Mouse official name of river
That body of water which enters the state in or adjacent to that township described as
township one hundred sixty-four, north, range eighty-seven, west, in the county of Renville, and
proceeds in a generally southerly course through the city of Minot, thence in a generally easterly
and northerly course through the cities of Velva and Towner to a point in or adjacent to that
township described as township one hundred sixty-four, north, range seventy-nine, west, in the
county of Bottineau, at which point it leaves the state of North Dakota, shall be known as the
Mouse River. Nothing herein shall be considered as invalidating any national or international
agreements designating the river as the Souris.