Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Spencer Field, and William Sandusky, of the County of Tazwell, and John Hoagland of the County of Morgan, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to view, mark, Survey, and locate a State Road from Jacksonvill in the county of Morgan, by Havana and Troy to Pekin in the County of Tazwell.

Sec 2 Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at the Town of Pekin in the County of Tazewell, on the first monday in June next, or within three months thereafter, and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the peace, faithfully to discharge the duties enjoined upon them by this act, and to observe its provisions, shall proceed to view, and locate said road, commencing at the Town of Pekin, thence running on the nearest and best route, by Troy and Havana in the County of Tazwell by Miller[‘]s Ferry and Princton to Jacksonville in the County of Morgan; observing the situation of Farms, and doing as little injury thereto as a due regard to the public convenience will admit.

Sec 3 Said Commissioners shall as soon as practicable after they shall have located said Road, make out a true and correct map of the route of the said road; noting thereon the most remarkable points on said route, and return the same to the Clerk of the County Commissioners Courts of the respective Counties through which said road shall pass, and it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to cause

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the said map to be entered on their Records.

Sec 4 When Said road Shall run through prairie lands, Said Commissioners shall cause a durable furrow to be ran with a plough; and when it runs through Timbered lands by marking upon the trees the route of the said road.

Sec 5 Said road when so laid out shall be a State road, be opened four poles wide, and kept in repair as other State Roads are; and shall not be turned out of its course or altered under any pretence whatsoever except by an act of the General Assembly.

Sec 6 The County Commissioners of the several Counties through which said Road shall run, shall pay the said Commissioners a reasonable compensation for their trouble, and also such hands as they may be necessarily compelled to employ; each County paying in proportion to the time necessarily employed in locating said road in such County.

Sec 7 Be it further enacted, that George Miller, and Mathew Rogers of the County of Sangamon, and Lewis W Ross of the County of Tazwell, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and locate a road from Athens, Greenburg, New Market, and Days Ferry in Sangamon County to Havana in the County of Tazwell, varying as little as

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practicable from a direct line, having in view the most eligible route, its permanency and a due regard to the public convenience.

Sec 8 The Said Commissioners or a majority of them Shall meet at Athens on the first monday in June next or within two months thereafter; and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the Peace; faithfully to observe the provisions of this act, and to observe the duties imposed of them, Shall proceed to view, mark, and locate said road, and as soon thereafter practicable make a map of said road and return the same to the Clerk of the county Commissioners courts of Sangamon and Tazwell, and it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to enter the same upon their records, and the road so laid out shall be a State road, be opened four poles wide, and kept in repair as other Public roads are in this State. This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage.