In force Jan.[January] 27, 1835.
Commissioners appointed to re-locate a part of said road.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That George Miller, William Pennington and James C. Brattle, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, survey and locate a road,
commencing at the town of Macomb in M’Donough county, and taking a due course east, for the distance of two miles; thence following the
ridge on the most suitable route, so as to intersect the present established road
at the Table Grove, on the east side of M’Donough county, doing as little damage to private property as the public good will permit.2
When and where to meet.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of Macomb on the first Monday of April next, or within twenty days thereafter, and after being
duly sworn by some justice of the peace, faithfully to view and locate said road,
without partiality, shall immediately thereafter proceed to discharge the duties required
by this act.
Shall make map of road.
Sec. 3. As soon as practicable after said road is located, said commissioners, or a majority
of them, shall make out a report, accompanied by a map of said road, noting the courses
and distances from point to point, with other such remarks as they may deem necessary
and proper, and transmit the same to the clerk of M’Donough county, which shall be filed and preserved in his office.
Road declared a State road.
Sec. 4. When said road shall be so located, it shall be a
<Page 2>
State road to all intents and purposes, and shall be opened and kept in repair as
other State roads.
Part of said road vacated.
Sec. 5. That so much of the State road as at present laid out from Macomb to Havana, as lies between said town of Macomb and said Table Grove, be, and the same is hereby vacated.
Compensation.
Sec. 6. The county commissioners of M’Donough county, shall allow said commissioners a reasonable
compensation for their services, to be paid out of the County Treasury.
Approved, Jan. 27, 1835.
1John T. Stuart from the Committee on Pensions, to which the House of Representatives referred a petition of sundry citizens of McDonough County, introduced HB 87 in the House on January 8, 1835. On January 13, the House amended the bill by adding
the word “William” before the word “Pennington” and passed the bill as amended. The
Senate concurred on January 22. On January 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the 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, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 250, 274, 288, 357, 389, 392, 400; 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, IL: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 253, 257, 271, 307, 335, 348.
2On January 13, 1835, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding the word “William” before the word “Pennington.” 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, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 288.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 124-25, GA Session: 9-1