In force, 4th March 1837.
AN ACT to repeal an act entitled “An act to re-locate so much of the Vincennes and Chicago road in Clark county, as lies north of the south line of the county to Darwin in said county of Clark,” passed the 14th January, 1836, and for other purposes.
1Commissioners appointed to view a state road
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Samuel Prevon, jr., James Smirk, and Robert Ferguson, of Clark county, are hereby appointed commissioners to re-view so much of the state road2 leading from Vincennes to Chicago as lies north of Darwin in said county of Clark, to the north line of said county where said state road crosses said county line, commencing at Darwin, from thence to Hogue’s mill on Big creek,3 thence to the town of Livingston, thence to where said state road crosses the north line of said county, doing as little injury to property as may be consistent with the public good.
Where and when to meet
To take oath
Road four poles wide
Commissioners to make a plat, and they to file it with clerk of county commis’rs’ court
Commissioners to make a plat, and they to file it with clerk of county commis’rs’ court
Proviso
Sec. 2. The said commissioners, or any two of them, shall meet at Darwin on the first Monday in March next, or within thirty days thereafter, and after taking and subscribing an oath before some justice of the peace to fully
and impartially discharge the duties enjoined on them by the provisions of this act,
shall proceed to survey, mark and re-locate said road on the best ground and nearest
way that can be had for a good road between the points above mentioned, which road shall be four poles wide: the said commissioners shall cause a plat of
the courses and distances of said road to be filed in the clerk’s office of the county commissioners’ court of said county within ten days after the completing said review: Provided, however, That if said reviewers shall locate said road as stated, the same shall not in any
manner annul or change any part of the state road from the forty-fourth mile stone
through Marshall to the north line of the county, as now established.
County commissioners to make allowances
Sec. 3. And said commissioners, surveyor, and the necessary help that may be by them required
to completely carry this act into effect, shall be allowed such compensation as the
commissioners’ court of Clark county may deem just and right.
Commissioners to view a road
To report to commissioners’ court
Sec. 4. Samuel Prevo, sr., Henry Harrison, sr., and Nathan Wells are hereby appointed commissioners to view the present location of the Vincennes and Chicago road from the south line of Clark county to Darwin, and after having carefully examined the same, if they or a majority of them shall
be of opinion that it will be better calculated to promote the public good, to change
a part or all of said road, lying between the points above named, they are hereby
authorized to make such change and report the same to the county commissioners’ court of said county, giving a plat with the courses and distances of said
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change, and such change shall be considered the permanent road, and a record of the
same shall be made.
Commissioners
When and where to meet
To take oath
When and where to meet
To take oath
County commissioners to allow compensation
Sec. 5. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of York on the first Monday in May next, or within one month thereafter, and after first
being duly sworn before some acting justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the
duty enjoined on them by this act, shall proceed to make the examination aforesaid.
Said commissioners shall be paid such reasonable compensation for their services
as the county commissioners’ court shall think just and equitable.4
Approved, 4th March, 1837.
1On January 11, 1837, William B. Marrs of a select committee, to which the House of Representatives had referred a petition from citizens of Clark County, introduced HB 110 in the House. On January 26, the House referred the bill to a select committee.
The select committee reported back the bill on February 20 with several amendments,
in which the House concurred. On February 24, the House passed the bill as amended.
On March 1, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill
on March 2 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the
bill as amended, amending the title by striking out the words “and for other purposes.”
That same day, the House concurred with the Senate amendments, but not the amended
title. On March 4, theCouncil of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 234, 398, 647, 697, 764, 804, 808, 837-38, 846; Illinois
Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 525-26, 568-69, 582-83, 595, 626.
2State roads were those public roads established or designated by the General Assembly and usually crossed county lines. Only the General Assembly could establish, alter,
or abandon state roads, until 1840 and 1841, when the General Assembly gave counties
the authority to alter or to abandon state roads upon petition by a majority of voters
in the area of the change.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly(Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 279-80, GA Session: 10-1