Sec[Section]. 1^st

Be it enacted by the Poeple of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That, James Wilson of Tazewell county, Henry Thomas of Putnam county and Simon Reed of Peoria county be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to to view survey mark and locate a State Road leading from to commence ing at the Court House in the Town of Peoria in the County of Peoria, running thence by the most direct & eligible Route to Rock River to strike said River at a point on the first Rapids below Dixon’s ferry, and running thence by the most Direct and eligible Route to Galena, doing as little Damage to private property as possible, and having a due Regard to the public interest and convenience.

Sec. 2.

Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at the Town of Peoria, on the first Monday of June next or as soon thereafter as practicable, and first being duly sworn before some justice of the Peace faithfully to perform the duties required by this act shall proceed to view mark and locate said Road from point to point on the nearest and possible Route, taking into consideration as aforesaid

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the public convenience utility & economy so as to make the same a Permanent Road.

Sec. 3 Said Commissioners shall on or before the first day of December next make out a Report of [their?] Proceedings to the County Commissioners Courts of the several Counties through which the said Road may pass accompanied by a complete Map of said Road, which Report and Map shall be filed by the Clerks of the County Commissioners Courts of the Counties aforesaid, and shall form a part of the Records of said Courts, and said Road when laid out as aforesaid shall be considered a State Road and shall be opened and kept in Repair as other state Roads

Sec. 4. Said Commissioners shall receive for their services per Day the sum of two Dollars per day, while necessarily engaged in said work, which together with the necessary expenses for a surveyor and Chain carriers, shall be paid for, by William Kirkpatrick of Rock River it being hereby expressly enacted that no part of said expenses shall be chargeable or paid by the Counties though which said Road may pass or by the State.

Sec. 5

Bee it further enacted That the said William Kirkpatrick his heirs and assigns be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a Toll Bridge across the Winnebago swamp at the place where said Road crosses said swamp. At either end of said Bridge the said Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns are hereby authorized to place a Toll gate [where?] he or they may ask and demand of all & every person or persons passing the rates of Toll which from time to time may be fixed by the County Commissioners Court of the County in which said Bridge may be situated

Sec. 6.

The said Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns shall commence the building of said Bridge within One Year and have it so far completed within two years from the passage of this act as to admit the safe passage of persons waggons teams cattle &c[et cetera] over it.

Sec. 7

The said William Kirkpatrick, his heirs and assigns, shall at all times after the completion thereof, keep said Bridge in good repair and allow a speedy passage to all persons and their property over it upon the Receipt

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of the Tolls, in such cases as allowed as is hereinafter provided And if at any time the said Bridge be left out of Repair so that the same be impassable for the space of twelve months at any time the said Bridge shall accrue and belong to the County in which the same may be situate. Provided however, That the destruction of said Bridge by fire high water or other casualty, shall not work a forfeiture of the priviledges hereby granted But the said William Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns shall proceed immediately to repair the same.

Sec 8.

It shall be the duty of the said Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns in order to entitle himself to the provisions of this act; to construct and keep in good repair a causeway, over the whole of the Winnebago swamp to and from the Bridge aforesaid, free of any and all expense to the County or Counties in which the same may be situated.

Sec. 9.

No person shall within Fifteen Years thereafter build a Bridge or establish a ferry across said swamp within Three miles above or below said Bridge, Provided the said William Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns shall erect and keep up said Bridge for that space of time.

Sec. 10. Whenever the County Commissioners of the County in which said Bridge may be situate shall deem it expedient to purchase said Bridge they shall have the right so to do by paying the said William Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns, the original cost of said Bridge and for the purpose of enabling the County Commissioners to make said purchase it shall be the duty of the said Kirkpatrick his heirs or assigns to file with the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court such vouchers as shall be deemed sufficient by the Commissioners to ascertain the cost of said Bridge.

Sec. 11.

That the County of Commissioners of said County shall have full power to levy a tax on said Bridge as is provided in “An Act to provide for the establishment of ferries toll bridges and turnpike Roads approved February 12^th 1827.