Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That all persons who shall become Stockholders pursuant to this act, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Whitehall and Albany Turnpike Road Company for the term of fifty years

Sec 2. The capital stock of said Company shall be thirty thousand Dollars, which shall be divided into Shares of one hundred dollars Dollars each and Rescarick Ayres[,] Dennis Hoagland[,] Sherman Goss[,] and Henry M Blanchard shall be commissioners to open Books and receive subscriptions for said stock

Sec 3. The said Corporation may construct a Turnpike Road and all necessary bridges on the most eligible route from the Town of White Hall in the County of Green to the Town of Albany on the Illinois River in said County

Sec. 4. Any Stockholder or Director of said Corporation may with the consent of the Directors become interested in any contract necessary for the construction and competion of said Turnpike road and the works connected therewith

Sec 5. When the said Turnpike road shall be completed the said Corporation shall be authorised to erect one full toll gate or two half toll gates for every ten miles, and to receive at such full toll gate or half toll gate, the following tolls to wit For every Chariot[,] coach[,] and Coachee1 Pheaton[,] or other pleasure Carriage drawn by two horses or other beasts Twenty five cents, and for each additional horse or other beast Six and a one fourth centsFor every Chair, Sulky, or other pleasure carriage drawn by one horse or other beast Eighteen and three fourth cents, and for every

---

additional horse or other beast Six and one fourth centsFor every Stage, Hack, Post coach[,] or Stage Waggon drawn by two horses or other beasts Eighteen and three fourth centsAnd for each additional horse or other beast, Six and one fourth cents. For every Sleigh or Sled drawn by two horses or other beasts, twelve and one half cents, and For every additional horse or beast six and one fourth centsFor every Sleigh or Sled drawn by one horse or other beast twelve and one half cents, and for every additional horse or other beastcentsFor every horse and rider twelve and one half centsFor every Score of cattle, horses, or mules Sixty cents, For every Score of sheep or hogs twenty cents, and so in proportion for a greater or less number of Cattle, horses, mules[,] Sheep[,] and hogsFor every waggon drawn by two oxen or horses,Twenty fivecents, And for every additional two oxen Six and one fourth cents. One half of the above amount of tolls to be collected at every half toll gate, and the full amount at every full toll gate

Sec 6. The said Commissioners shall at some suitable place in the said County of Green open books to receive Subscription to the Capital Stock of said Corporation, and said Commissioners shall give twenty days notice by posting up written or printed notices, in four of the most public places in the said County of Green, of the time and place of opening such Books of Subscription, and the said Commissioners shall require the Sum of ten dollars to be paid upon every one hundred dollars of the Capital Stock Subscribed for, at the time the said Subscription shall be made, and in case of neglect or refusal on the part of any

---

Subscriber or Subscribers to pay the Sum so required their Subscription shall be invalidAnd so soon as fifteen thousand dollars of the Capital Stock shall have been Subscribed the said Commissioners shall give notice in the same manner as is herein provided in case of opening the books of Subscriptions for a meeting of the Stockholders to choose five Directors and such election shall be made at the time and place appointed by such of the Stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either, in person or by lawfull proxy, each share of the Capital Stock entitling each Stockholder to one vote and the said Commissioners shall be the inspectors of the first election of Directors of the said CorporationAnd shall certify under their hands and seals the names of those duly elected, and deliver over the Subscription books and all Subscription monies, and the time of holding the first meeting of the Directors, shall be fixed by the said Commissioners

Sec 7. It shall be lawful for the said Directors to require payment of the sums subscribed to the Capital Stock at such times, and in such sums and on such conditions as they or a majority of them shall deem fit, under the penalty of the forfeiture of all previous payments thereon, and shall give notice of the payments thus required and of the place where, and the time when, the same are to be paid at least twenty days previous to the payment of the same, by posting up notices in writing to that effect in four of the most public places in said County of Green

Sec 8. That in case it should at any time happen that an election of Directors shall not be made at any time, when in pursuance of this act, ought to have been made, the said Corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but the said election may be held at any other time directed by the bye laws of said Corporation

Sec 9. That five directors of said Corporation shall form a board, and that a majority of three shall be competent to transact the business of the said Corporation, and they shall have full power to make and prescribe such bye-laws[,] rules[,] and regulations as to them shall appear necessary and proper touching the management and disposition of the Stock, property, Estate, and effects of said Corporation[,] the transfer of shares, and touching the duties, and conduct of their Officers, and Servants, and the electing of Directors, and all other matter, whatsoever, which may appertain to the concerns of said Corporation

Sec 10. That the said Corporation be, and they are hereby authorised by their Agents, Surveyors[,] and Engineers to cause such examination and Surveys to be made upon the route and site of said Turnpike RoadAnd it shall be lawfull for the said Corporation to enter upon and take possession of, and use all such lands and real Estate as may be indispensible, for the construction and maintenance of said Road, and the accommodations requisite and appertaining thereto. And may also hold and take all such voluntary grants and donations of land, and real Estate, as shall be made to the said Corporation, to aid in the construction[,] maintenance, and accomodation of their said RoadProvided that all lands or real

---

Estate thus entered upon and taken possession of and used by said Corporation, and which are not donations, shall be purchased of the owner or owners, of the same, at a price to be mutually agreed upon between them, and in case of a disagreement as to price, it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners Court of Green County to appoint Commissioners, disinterested freeholders of said County of Green to determine the damages which the owner or owners of the land so entered, upon by said Corporation has or have sustained by the occupation of the same, And upon the payment of such damages together with the costs and charges attending the appraisement by the said Corporation, then the said Corporation shall be deemed to be Seized and Possessed of the fee simple of all such lands or real Estate as shall have been appraised by the said Commissioners, And it shall be the duty of said Commissioners or a majority of them to deliver to said Corporation a written Statement of the appraisement by them made, with a description of the land appraised, to be Recorded in the Recorders Office of said County of Green

Se.[Section] 11. That if any person or persons shall wilfully do or cause to be done any act or acts whatsoever whereby any building or buildings, construction, or works of said Corporation shall be impaired, weakened, or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay to said Corporation, double the amount of damages sustained by means of such offence or injury, to be recovered in the name of such Corporation, with costs of suit, by action of debt, to be brought, in any court in the county where

---

such Offender lives or in the County where the injury was committed or done

Sec. 12. This act to take effect from and after its passage