Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That A. M. Seymour of Henry County[,] Asa Crook of Whiteside County[,] Israel Mitchell of Joe Davies County, Russell Toncray of Schuyler County, and G. A. Charles of Knox County be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, to view, mark[,] and locate a state Road leading from Galena in the County of Joe Daviess via Wappalo on Apple River, Savanna at the mouth of Plumb River, Prophets Town on Rock River ^via Henderson^, Knoxville in Knox County, Rushville in Schuyler County to Beardstown on the Illinois River

Sec 2. Said Commissioners shall meet in1 Galena on or before the first Monday in June next and after being duly sworn before some Magistrate of said County to faithfully perform the duties enjoined on them by this act, after which they shall proceed to locate said road in the manner pointed out by the first section of this act, and shall as soon as convenient cause to be filed with the Clerk of the County Commissioners Courts of the several Counties through which said road may pass, a report and complete map of said road, which reports and maps shall be preserved, and shall form a part of record of said Court: and upon filing said report, the road so located, shall be worked upon, and be a public highway

Sec 3. The County Commissioners Courts of the Counties through which said road may pass, shall allow to said Commissioners, surveyor[,] and chain carriers a reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of the County Treasuries of the Counties through which said road may pass

Sec. 4. That Asa Langford of Fulton County Daniel Adams of Tazewell County and Matthew Rogers of Sangamon County be and they are hereby appointed and authorized to mark and lay out a State Road from Knoxville in Knox County via Lewistown in Fulton County and Havanna in Tazewell County, and Days Ferry on Salt Creek New Market, Greensburg, Athens, and the Horse Shoe, Lake ford to Springfield in Sangamon County

Sec 5. Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet in the Town of Knoxville in Knox County on or before the first Monday of June next or within two months thereafter, and after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace of Knox County to faithfully perform the duties enjoined on them by this act, said Commissioners shall proceed to view, mark, and locate on the best and most eligible ground in the manner pointed out in the 4th Section of this act

Sec 6. Said Commissioners within thirty days after having located said road shall make a report in writing to the County Commissioners Courts of the respective Counties through which said road shall pass, said report shall form a part of the records of said Courts, and said road thus laid out shall be a public highway of this state; and the County Commissioners Courts of each County through which, the said road may pass, shall cause the same to be opened, and kept in repair as other State roads are required to be by law. ^The 4^th, 5^th 6^th and 7^th Sections are Stricken out. Clk. H. R.^

Sec 7. The County commissioners Courts of the Counties through through which said roads shall pass; shall allow to said Commissioners a reasonable compensation Surveyor, and chain carriers a reasonable compensation for their services to be paid out of the County Treasuries of the Counties through which said roads may pass