Sect[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly. That John Griffin and of Putnam County and Alfred Buel, and William Coleman Jun. of Henry County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, to view, mark[.] and locate a State road from Hennepin via Windsor, Providence[,] and French Grove in Putnam Coun[ty][,] Shabanys grove, and the town of La Grange in Henry county to some point on the Mississippi River, at or near the mouth of Rock River by the nearest and most eligible route having in view the highest and most suitable ground for the location thereof.

Sect 2^nd The said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Hennepin or the first day of May or within six months thereafter, and after being duly sworn by some justice of the peace faithfully to observe the provisions of this act; shall proceed to lay out said Road as is directed in the preceeding section: And the said Commissioners shall as soon as convenient, Cause to be filed with each of the clerks of the County Commissioners Courts of Putnam, Henry, and Rock Island counties, a report and map of said road which report and map shall be preserved, and shall form a part of the record of said court.

Sect 3 The said road when laid out as aforesaid, shall be deemed and considered a State road, and shall be opened not less than sixty

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feet wide, and marked out Kept in repair as other State roads are; and each county through which said road shall pass shall bear her proportional part of the expence, according to the time necessarily employed on said road through the same to be allowed by the County Commissioners Court of each county.

Sect 4 That Charles Oakley of Tazewell County T Baker of Henry county and Henry McNeil are in like manner hereby appointed Commissioners to view[,] mark[,] and locate a state road from Milan’s in Rock Island county, via Sugar Tree Point in said county and Morristown in Henry County thence in a Northeasterly direction till[until] it intersects the aforesaid road they shall meet in the town of Milan on the first day of July next or within three months thereafter, and after being duly sworn by some justice of the peace faithfully to perform the duties imposed upon them by this act, shall proceed to view[,] mark[,] and locate said road from point to point having in view the most suitable ground for the location thereof and doing as little injury to private property as practicable, and in all other respects be governed by the preceding sections of this act: and they shall receive the name rate of compensation as the first named Commissioners may be

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allowed by the County Commissioners Court of the counties through which said road shall pass; and said road when so laid out, and a report and map thereof in writing filed in said Courts, shall be deemed, in like manner, to be a public road; and shall be opened, and kept in repair as other State roads are.