Sec 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That David Thompson, Elliot Kinney, George Webb, and John Taylor are hereby appointed Commissioners, to view, mark[,] and locate a road from French Creek bridge in White County, to a point on Bon Pas Creek, Near Grayson[‘]s Mill, where the road leading from Mt. Carmel in Wabash County to Grayville in White County stopsSaid Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at French Creek bridge, on the
first Monday in April next, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable or convenient
for them, And after being Sworn before some Justice of the Peace impartially and faithfully
to locate said Road, shall proceed to lay out the same on the most advantageous ground
for a permanent road, taking into consideration the situation of the Country, and
the public convenienceThe said Commissioners shall as soon as may be, make and cause true maps and surveys
of said Road, signed by themselves to be lodged in the County Commissioners Courts of the Counties through which said Road passes, and the said Courts shall cause the same to be opened at least four poles wide, and the said Road when
so laid out and opened, shall be deemed a stat[e] road, and shall be kept in repair as other state roads are
This act to be in force from and after its passage
This act to be in force from and after its passage
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 71, HB 74, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,