Sec 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly That William G. Flood of Adams County, DanielCaneof Hancock County and John Gipson of M^cDonough County, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to survey, mark and Locate a road from Quincy in Adams County ^through Fairfield^ the nearest and best route to M^cCombe in M^cDonough County doing as little injury to private property as the public good will permit.

Sec 2^nd. The said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Quincy on the first monday in June next or as soon thereafter as practicable; and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the peace, of said county of Adams, faithfully to view, and locate said road without partiality or affection, and faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by this act, the said commissioners shall place in the Prairies through which said road shall pass, stakes of a measurable size and durable timber, and marks in the trees in the timber.

Sec 3^rd. 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 or plat of said road giving the courses and distances from point to point, with such other marks of certainty as they may deem necessary, and shall transmit a copy of said plat or report to the county commissioners court of each county through which said road shall

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pass, which shall be filed in their respective offices, and each county shall bear her proportionable part of the expence, according to the distance said road may pass through the same; to be allowed by the county commissioners court of each county.

Sec 4^th. When said road is located, it shall be and is hereby declared a public state road and shall be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are in this state.