Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That the third section of the act to which this is a supplement be and the same is hereby repealed And if the Corporation by that act created shall not within three years from the first day of January next commence the construction of the road provided for by said act and expend at least the sum of twenty five thousand dollars thoreon; and shall not within eight years from the last mentioned time construct, finish and put in operation the single or double rail road, then the said corporation shall thenceforth forever cease, and this act and the act to which this is a supplement be null and void.