Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Charles Holmes, and James Meadows of Sangamon County, and William Woodrow of Tazwell County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to View, Survey, mark, and locate a State Road from Pekin in Tazwell County via Alkin’s ferry, Athens in Sangamon County to Springfield; varying as little as practicable from a direct line, from point to point having in view the most eligible route its permanency; and due regard to the public convenience; Provided that said road shall not exceed four poles wide.

Sec 2 That said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet on the first day of may or within two months thereafter at the Town of Pekin and being first 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, and as soon as practicable thereafter cause to be made a map of the Survey of said road certified by them and forward a copy thereof to the clerk of the County Commissioners Court of the Counties through which said road shall pass, which shall be by him filed in his office, and the said road thus laid out Shall be and is hereby declared a public State road, and shall be opened four poles wide, and kept

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in repair as other State roads are.

Sec 3 The commissioners appointed under the provisions of this act Shall receive a just compensation for the time they are necessarily employed in the several counties herein mentioned, each each county paying for the time necessarily employed therein.

Sec 4 Said Commissioners shall cause a furrow to ^be^ run through the prairies and the trees marked in the timber land, so as plainly to designate the route of the said road.