Sec[Section]. 1st Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General assembly, That Robert H. McDow[,] William King[,] and Fielding Grimsley of Morgan County, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review mark and Locate a State
Road from the Illinis River at or near where the Line between Township 14 and 15 Strikes the Same to a point
at or near where the said Line would intersect the State Road Leading from Jacksonville in Said County, to Vandaia.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners or any two of them shall meet in the Town of Jacksonville on the first Monday in march next, or within Sixty days thereafter and after having
been duly Sworn before Some Justice of the Peace faithfully to perform the duties
required of them by this act Shall proceed to view mark and Locate said road from
point to point varying from Said Line whenever they may deem it expidiant so to do, and they Shall make a report in writing to the next county commissioners court thereafter which Said report Shall form a part of the records of Said court, and the Said road So Laid out Shall be deemed a State Road, and Shall be opened
not Less than Sixty feet wide, and Kept in repair as other State roads are.
Sec. 3. The county commissioner’s court of Morgan County Shall pay to Said commissioner out of the County Treasury a reasonable Compensation for their Services not exceeding
one dollar and fifty cents per day.
Sec. 4. That James Ethel[,] John Christman[,] and Temple Windle of Said County are in Like manner hereby appointed commissioners to view mark and Locate a State
Road from Bethel via, Lynnville to manchester in Said county. they Shall meet in the
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Town of Bethel on the Second Monday in March next or within Sixty days thereafter and after being
duly Sworn by some Justice of the Peace faithfully to perform the duties imposed upon
them by this act Shall proceed to view mark and Locate Said Road from point to point
on the nearest and best Rout doing as Little injury to prvate property as practicable, and in all all respects be Governed by the proceeding Sections of this act, and they Shall receive
the Same compensation as the first named commissioners may be allowed, and Said Road
when So Laid out, and a report thereof in writing filed in Said court, Shall be deemed in Like manner to be a public Road, and Shall be opened and kept
in repair as other State Roads are.
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 127, HB 139, GA Session: 9-2,
Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) , Â