Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec;[Section] 1^st Be it Enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That E. B. Baldwin[,] Jacob Swope[,] and James Moffit of the county of Hancock be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and Locate a State Road2 from the Town of Carthage in Hancock County to the Mississippi River in said County oposite Madison in Wisconsin Teritory.

Sec. 2^nd The Said commissioners or a majority of them Shall meet in the town of Carthage on the first monday in may next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after being duly Sworn to faithfully perform the duties required of them by this act shall proceede to view, mark, and Locate said Road on the nearest and best rout having in view its permanancy and a due regard to the public convenience, and private interest, and as Soon thereafter as prcticable cause to be made out a report of the Location of Said road designating the most noted points thereon and return a copy of the Same to the clerk of the county commissioners court of Said county, which shall be filed by him in his office and Said Road thus Laid out shall be, and is hereby declared a public state road, and shall be opened and Kept in repair as other State Roads are.

Sec 3, The county Commissioners of Said County shall allow said commissioners a reasonable compensation for their Services, and also for other charges which may accrue in Locating said Road.

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01/04/1836
Prickett, David (Pricket)

Passed the House of Representatives
Jany 4^th 1836
D Prickitt clk.[clerk] H. R

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H. R.
A Bill Entitled “an act to establish a State Road from Carthage in Hancock County to the Mississippi River oposite Madison in Wisconsin Teritory.

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1Thomas B. Trower introduced HB 129 in the House of Representatives on January 2, 1836. The House passed the bill on January 4. The House informed the Senate of the bill’s passage, but the Senate took no action.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 136, 214-15, 221; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 172.

2State roads were those public roads established or designated by the General Assembly and usually crossed county lines. Only the General Assembly could establish, alter, or abandon state roads, until 1840 and 1841, when the General Assembly gave counties the authority to alter or to abandon state roads upon petition by a majority of voters in the area of the change.
An Act concerning Public Roads, sec. 9; An Act Authorizing Commissioners’ Courts to Alter, Change, and Relocate State Roads; An Act concerning Public Roads.