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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01/13/1836
Passed H. R. Jan. 13th 1836.
D. Prickett clk.[clerk] H. R.

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H. Reps
A Bill Entitled [an?] act, to Lay out Certain State Roads in Morgan County
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[01]/[11]/[1836]
Engrossed
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[01]/[18]/[1836]
to be Enrolled
Clk. H. R

Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 127, HB 139, GA Session: 9-2, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) , Â