Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That the ferry heretofore established by the county commissioners court of Gallatin county at their September ^term^ 1834 over the Ohio River on Section 16 Township 12 south Range 10 east where the road leading from S^t Louis to the southern part of Kentucky by Ford[’]s Ferry, on the Kentucky side of said river, crosses the same, be, and the same is hereby confirmed and fully established to and for Robert Ritchy and his assigns or heirs with all the rights and privileges belonging to the same and which may be necessary to the keeping up and enjoyment thereof.

Sec 2 That, that part of the road above mentioned leading from Equality to Ford[’]s ferry on1 the Ohio River as it now runs and on which the said ferry is established be and the same is hereby declared to be a state road.

Sec 3 That, Whereas the aforesaid road meets the Ohio River at a point included by Fractional section numbered Sixteen in township twelve south Range ten east in Gallatin, therefore, the county commissioners of said county of Gallatin be and they are hereby authorized and required to execute and deliver to said Ritchey a lease for any quantity of the land of the said section numbered Sixteen for any

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term not exceeding fifteen years; Provided the quantity of said land shall not exceed eighty acres. The said lease shall be made upon such terms and upon such conditions as the said County Commissioners shall deem conducive to the interest of the said inhabitants of the said Township: Provided the consent of threefourths of the legal voters of the township shall be obtained to the making of such lease.