Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That William S. Mans[,] Squire W. D. Chase and John Shannon of Tazewell County be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to view, survey, mark, and locate a Road to commence at Wesley city running thence by Hancock to Mackinaw Town all in the County of Tazewell

Sec 2 Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Wesley city on the first Monday in June next or within two months thereafter who after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace of said County faithfully to observe the provisions of this act shall proceed to view Survey and locate said road taking into consideration the local situation of the County through which the said road shall pass, and establish the same on the most eligible and advantageous ground, so as to make it a permanent and durable road

Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall mark the said road where it runs through timbered land by cutting the Trees and when it passes through Prarie land by running a durable furrow with a plough

Sec 4. As Soon as the said Commissioners shall have viewed and located said road, they shall make out a correct map of the said route, and return the same to the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of the County of Tazewell, and the said Commissioners of said Court shall cause the same to be entered on their records

Sec. 5. The said road when so located shall be deemed a state road and shall be opened four

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poles wide and kept in repair as other Public road are

Sec 6. The Commissioners appointed by this act shall receive a fair compensation for their services, and such assistance as they shall necessarily employ in locating said road

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its Passage