Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly,
That Levi D Ellis, Abner Walker[,] and Jesse M^cGinnis be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to mark[,] view[,] and locate a State Road on the nearest and most eligible route from Ellisville in Fulton County to M^cComb in M^cDonough County.

Sec 2^d Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet in the Town of Ellisville, on the first Monday in June next, or within two Months thereafter and after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace to the faithful and impartial discharge of their duties, shall proceed to mark[,] view[,] and locate said Road in accordance with the provisions of the first Section of this Act and shall within twenty days after having discharged their duties as above provided, file or cause to be filed with the Clerk of the Commissioners Court of the respective Counties through which said Road may pass a complete map of said Road noteing the important points, and said map so filed shall be preserved as other records of said Court.

Sec 3. The County Commissioners Courts of the Respective Counties through which said Road may pass shall allow to said Commissioners[,] Surveyors[,] chain carriers &c[etc.] a reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of the County Treasuries of said Counties. Said Road when located shall be opened and worked in the same manner as other state Roads.

Sec 4. The Road from Lewiston in Fulton County passing by the town of Fulton in said

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County to M^c Comb in M^c Donough County is hereby declared a State Road and shall be opened and worked as other public Highways of this State are. This Act to be in force and take effect from and after its passage.