Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That William Crow, Isaac R. Bennett[,] and John Semple, are hereby appointed Commissioners to view and locate a state Road from William Crow[]s in Morgan County to Jacksonville in said CountySaid Commissioners or any two of them, shall meet at the residence of William Crow, on the first Monday in April next or within one month thereafter, and after having been duly sworn, by some Justice of the peace of said County of Morgan, they shall proceed to locate a state Road beginning at the commencement of the state Road. Running from said William Crow[]s to Musick[]s bridge in Sangamon County, running on the most eligible route to Samuel Robertson[]s Mill on the North fork of Indian creek thence to J. J. Robertson[]s Mill on the South fork of Indian Creek, thence by John Sample[]s on the best route to Jacksonville having due regard to farms and improvements
Sec. 2. Said Commissioners, shall blaze the trees through the timber on said route, and shall set stakes at suitable distances through the Prarie, and shall make out a written report of the location of said road, showing in said report the courses, and distances of said road so located, which report shall be returned, by one of said Commissioners to the County Commissioners Court of said County, being signed by a majority of them

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Sec. 3. The County Commissioners of Morgan County shall allow said Commissioners a reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of the county Treasury
Sec 4. When said Road is located and a return made as aforesaid, the County Commissioners shall appoint supervisors, whose duty it shall be, to warn in such hands as may be assigned by the County Commissioners for that purpose and proceed to cut out said Road and keep the same in repair.
This act to be inforce from and after its passage.
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Passed H. R.Jan 6th 1837
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A Bill entitled an act to appoint Commissioners to locate a State Road from William Crow[]s to Jacksonville
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To be Enrolled
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1These legislators formed a select committee in the Senate that considered the bill.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 178.

Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 14, HB 14, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,