Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That I C. Pugh and and William Anderson of Macon County and Campbell Wakefield of McLean County be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view, mark[,] and locate a state Road from Decatur in Macon County the nearest and best route by way of the public bridge on salt creek to Clinton in said County, thence the nearest and best route to intersect the County road near David Noble[’]s in McLean County; and the County road from said Noble[’]s to the Town of Bloomington is hereby declared a state [road]
Sec. 2. That said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Decatur between the first day of June and the first day of September next, and after being
duly 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, doing as little
injury to private property as the public good will permit
Sec 3. The said Commissioners shall cause the said road to be marked in the prarie by suitable stakes, well set in the ground; and through the timber by hacks on the
trees; and the said Commissioners, shall on or before the first Monday in December
next, make or cause to be made a true survey and map of said road signed by them respectively,
to be lodged with the Clerk’s of the County Commissioners Courts of Macon and McLean Counties.
Sec 4. The County Commissioners Courts of Macon and McLean Counties shall cause to be paid to each of the said Commissioners and surveyor the
sum of two dollars per day for each day necessarily employed by them in locating the
said road, and shall allow a reasonable compensation to such hands as the Commissioners
may find it necessary to employ in locating said road. And said road when so established
shall be opened [sixty] feet wide, and shall be kept in repair as other state [roads] are
Sec 5. The County Commissioners Courts of said Counties shall defray the expenses incurred in their respective Counties,
And so much of the present road as the said Commissioners, shall deem it expedient
to change is hereby vacated.
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 160, HB 170, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,