Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, that John Witt of the County of pope Cudworth Harrison, and William Ryburn of the County of Franklin and Joseph Wells of the County of perry, Be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view Survey, and locate a road from Golconda in pope County to pynkneyville in perry County.

Sec. 2 The said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Golconda on the second monday in May next or within three months thereafter, who after being duly sworn before some Justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the duties enjoined on them by the provisions of this act, Shall proceed to view, Survey and locate said road taking into consideration the local situation of the county through which the same may pass, and establish the same on the most eligible and advantageous ground so as to make it a permanent and good road, And the said Commissioners

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Shall on or before the first Monday of September make or cause to be made true surveys and maps of said road signed by them respectively to be lodged by them in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commissioners Courts of the counties through which said road may pass or be located.

Sec. 3 The said road when laid out as aforesaid shall be deemed and considered a public State road, and the county commissioners Courts of the Counties through which said road may pass shall appoint supervisors over said road and cause the same to be opened four poles wide, and to be worked and kept in good repair.

Sec 4 The road leading from pynkneyville by Liveley’s Ferry and Bellville to st Louis is hereby declared to be a State road

Sec 5 The Commissioners appointed under the provisions of this Act shall receive a just and fair compensation out of the County Treasury of the County, in which they respectively reside

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to be allowed by the County Commissioners’ Courts of said counties.