Section 1.

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the general assembly That John L. Smith, Enoch Conyers, and John G. Driskill all of the County of Adams be, and they are hereby appointed Com[missioners] to view, lay out and mark a state [road] from a point on the Mississippi river opposite the Town of Tully in the state of Missouri by the store of John M^cfadden’s store, to the nearest and most practicable point on the road leading from Quincy [to] M^cComb. said road to be viewed and laid on the most practicable ground from point to point. Said commissioners after viewing and marking out said road shall report the same together with a description thereof under their hands to the County Commissioners Court of adams County, on or before the first term of their court after said view, and the number of days they are necessarily employed. they may employ hands sufficient to assist them in said work. The said road when viewed marked and reported shall be deemed a state road and kept in repair as other state roads are

Section 2.

The said Commissioners shall, on or [before] the first monday of april next or within three months thereafter meet at the said point on the Mississippi and thence proceed to lay out said road as is directed in the preceeding section and the County Commissioners Court of said County shall allow them and the hands employed by them

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such compensation for their services, out of the County treasury as may seem just and reasonable for their services

Section 3

Any two of said Commissioners, after having been duly sworn and qualified [by some] justice may proceed to lay out said road and make their return