Sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That Silas P. Rhodes of Shelby County, Silas Hart of Coles County, Lewis M. Jourdan of Jasper County, and John Adams of Lawrence County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view[,] mark[,] and locate a State road from Shelbyville to the great Wabash river in Lawrence County Opposite Vincennes in Indiana.

Sec 2^nd The said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet in the Town of Shelbyville on the first monday of may next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after being duly sworn before some Justice of the peace, proceed to view, mark, and locate said road, on the nearest and most eligible route,

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taking into view the present and future population.

Sec 3^rd The said Commissioners, shall during the month of may next, or as soon thereafter as possible, cause a true report of said road, with the number of days they were employed in locating the same, signed by them, to be lodged with each of the County Commissioners Courts, in the Counties respectively through which it may pass; which road, when laid out as aforesaid, shall be considered a public State Road: and the County Commissioner of the several Counties, through which said road may pass, shall appoint supervisors, and cause the same to be opened and kept in repair, as other State roads are; and said commissioners

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shall receive such compensation for their services, not exceeding one dollar and fifty Cents per day, out of the respective County Treasuries, in which they reside, as may be deemed reasonable.