Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General assembly That John F. Richardson, Stephen D Handy[,] and William B. Archer are hereby appointed commissioners who under oath impartially to discharge the duties assigned them by this act shall make such alterations in the Vincennes and Chicago road between Darwin and the 44^th mile Stone and between said 44th Mile Stone and the south line of the county as they shall deem best for the public good doing as little damage to private property as possible and they shall make a full report of their proceedings under this Act to the County Commissioner’s Court of Clark County

Sec 2. That the road lately located and opened in Clark County from the point where the state road leading from Vincennes to Chicago crosses big creek passing through the Town of Marshall to the 44th Mile Stone on walnut Prairie is hereby declared a state road and shall be kept in repair as other state roads are.

Sec 3. From the point north of the National Road where said road makes a turn direct for the said Town of Marshall to the point where it turns below the National Road (nearly four miles) said new road shall be 80 feet wide and all other parts there of shall be four rods wide