Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force Feb.[February] 10, 1835.

AN ACT to establish a State Road from Crow’s in the County of Morgan, by the way of Athens in Sangamon County, to Musick’s bridge on Salt creek.
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Commissioners appointed to locate said road.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Abner Hall, Peter Cartwright and William Stotts of the county of Sangamon, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, survey and locate a road, commencing at or near the house of William Crow, on Indian creek, in the county of Morgan, on the road leading from Jacksonville to Sangamon town, and with said road as far as said commissioners may think advisable, so as to pass near the head of Richland Timber, thence on the most practicable route, doing as little damage as possible to private property, to Athens, and from thence to William Stotts’, in the Irish Grove2, and thence to Musick’s bridge on Salt creek, and

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from thence to the road leading from Springfield to Fort Clark.

When and where to meet.

Sec. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the house of Peter Cartwright in said county, on the first Monday in April next, or in one month thereafter, and after being first duly sworn before some justice of the peace faithfully to perform such duties as are required by this act, shall proceed to the place of beginning and commence said location, and as soon as practicable, shall make a true survey and map of said road, signed by them, and file the same in the office of the county commissioners’ court of Sangamon county.

Compensation.

Sec. 3. Said road, when laid out as aforesaid, shall be deemed a public highway. The county commissioners of said county, shall cause the same to be opened four poles wide, and be worked and kept in repair as other State roads are. The county commissioners of said county may allow a reasonable compensation for said services, to be paid out of the County Treasury.

Approved, Feb. 10, 1835.

1John Dawson from a select committee, to which the House of Representatives referred a petition of sundry citizens of Morgan County, introduced HB 75 in the House on January 5, 1835. On January 7, the House referred it to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 8 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill as amended on January 9. On January 14, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 16 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended on January 17. On January 19, the House referred the bill and Senate amendment to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 21 without amendment, recommending concurrence in the Senate amendment. The House referred the bill and Senate amendment to another select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on January 26 with an amendment to the Senate amendment, in which the House concurred. The House concurred with the Senate amendment as amended. On January 27, the Senate tabled the bill. On January 31, the Senate took up the bill and rejected the House amendment to the Senate amendment. On February 5, the House receded from their amendment to the Senate amendment. On February 10, the Council of Revision approved the bill and act became law. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 217, 246, 252, 257, 324, 328, 347-48, 381, 465, 513, 518, 519; Journal of the Senate, of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 211, 221-222, 259, 262, 274, 332, 347, 386-387, 443, 474-475, 483, 484;Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their Second Session, Begun and Held in Pursuance of the Proclamation of the Governor, in the Town of Vandalia, December 7, 1835 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 388.

2Irish Grove was a community in Menard County, roughly due north of Springfield.