Section 1^st Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, that William Rittenhouse, John G. Short and Robert Higgins, of the County of St Clair, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, to review and relocate so much of the State Road leading from Belleville, to Thomas Pulliam’s ferry, as lies between Alexander Scott[’]s and said Pulliam’s, on the Kaskaskia River.

Sec[Section] 2^nd Said Commissioners shall meet at the Town of Belleville on the first Monday of March, or as soon thereafter as practicable and take an Oath before some Justice of the Peace of said County, to faithfully and impartially execute the duties enjoined on them by this Act; after taking said Oath said Commissioners shall proceed to review and relocate said Road, so as to do as little damage as practicable to farms and small tracts of land, through which the same may pass; they shall report their proceedings to the County Commissioners Clerk who shall file said Report, and the Road so relocated shall be opened and kept in repair, and the former Road after such relocation shall be vacated, and the County Commissioners Court, shall allow said Commissioners a reasonable compensation for their services, while engaged in the prosecution of their duties.