Sec.[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That Samuel Seaton and William Bond of Gallatin County[,] Henry Yost and Elijah Spiller of Franklin County[,] and Thomas Jenkins and George Butcher of Jackson County be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, to view, mark[,] and locate a road from Shawneetown in Gallatin County, to Gills Ferry on the Mississippi River, through Franklin and Jackson Counties, Said Commissioners or a majority of them, shall meet at Shawneetown in the month of September next, and after being sworn before some Justice of the Peace faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to view, mark[,] and locate said Road, taking into consideration the nearest and best route, and shall fix said Road on the most advantageous ground for a permanent Road

Sec 2. Said Commissioners shall on or before the first Monday in the month of December next make a report of their proceedings to the County Commissioners Court of the respective Counties through which said road may pass; and the said Road thus laid out shall be a public highway of this State, and the County Commissioners Courts of each and every County through which said Road may pass, shall cause the same to be opened and kept in repair as other public roads are, Said Commissioners shall receive for their services a just compensation out of the funds of the Counties respectively inwhich they reside, by order of the County Commissioners Courts.