Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General assembly; That James Gifford, Daniel S Haight and Josiah C Goodhue, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey[,] and locate a road from Meacham’s Grove in Cook County to Galena in Joe Davis County.

Sec 2. The said Commissioners, or majority of them shall, on the first Monday in May 1836, or as soon thereafter as may be, assemble at Meacham’s grove in said Cook County, and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the peace, faithfully to [observe] the provisions of this act, shall proceed to view and locate said road, making Elgin on Fox River in Cook county[,] Belvidere on square prarie in the county of La Salle, and midway at the ford on Rock River in the county of Joe Davis, points on the said road, and shall fix the said road on the most advantageous ground for a permanent road, having reference to said points, and the said commissioners shall on or before the first day of the month of November next make, or cause to be made, true surveys and maps of said road signed by them, or a majority of them, to be lodged with each of the County Commissioners Courts in the counties, respectively through which the said road passes, which road when laid out shall be deemed and considered a public State road: and the County Commissioners Courts of the counties through which the said road is located shall cause the same to be opened four poles wide, and to be worked and kept in repair as other public roads are

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Provided however that the commissioners appointed [by] the first section of this act shall not receive from the state Treasury, nor from the treasuries of the counties through which the said road passes, any compensation for their services rendered about the laying out and locating of the said road.

Sec 3. That Daniel H Whitney, Stephen Ma[ck][,] and John P Bradstreet be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road from Belvidere on Square prarie in LaSalle County to the mouth of the Pecatolica River so as to best accommodate the inhabitants between those points. The said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Belvidere aforesaid on the first Monday of May, or as soon there[after] as may be, and after having been duly ^sworn^ by some justice of the peace, shall proceed to locate, [said] road, and make return, as is provided by [the] second section of this act. Provided always that the said last named Commissioners shall not be entitled to any compensation, either from the State, or counties through which the said last mentioned road may pass, for the expense of locating the said road.