In force, 16th Jan.[January] 1836
Commissioners appointed.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Andrew Scott, of Shelby county, Charles Easton, of Coles county, and James Parmer of Vermilion county be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out, and mark a road from Shelbyville, in Shelby county, on the nearest and most eligible route, to the town of Danville, in Vermilion county.
Where to meet and when.
To be sworn.
Oath.
Oath.
Their duty.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet in the town of Shelbyville, on the first Monday in the month of April next, or within twenty days thereafter;
who, after being duly sworn before some justice of the peace, in said county, faithfully to discharge the duties enjoined on them by the provisions of this act,
shall proceed to mark, lay out, and survey a road from the said town of Shelbyville to the town of Danville, on the nearest and most eligible route, having in view the situation of the country
and the advantages that would result to the population of the country through which
said road will pass.
To cause maps and surveys to be made and deposite a copy with their report in the
counties through which it passes
Sec. 3. The said commissioners, after the said road shall be located, shall cause true and
accurate maps and surveys to be made out, and deposite a copy of the same, together
with a report of their proceedings, in the clerk’s office of the county commissioners courts of the respective counties through which said road may pass, or be located.
Their power.
Sec. 4. The said commissioners shall have power to employ all necessary surveyors and chain
carriers, to ena-
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ble them to perform the duties enjoined on them by this act.
Shall be deemed a state road.
Duty of the co. com. courts.
Sec. 5. The said road when laid out as aforesaid, shall be deemed and considered a State
road, and it is hereby made the duty of the county commissioners courts of the respective counties through which the said road may pass, to cause the said
road to be opened and kept in repair.
Commissioners chain carriers, and surveyor, compensation & where paid.
Sec. 6. The said commissioners appointed under the provisions of this act, together with
the chain carriers and surveyors, shall receive out of the county treasuries of the
respective counties through which said road may pass, such reasonable compensation
for their services as may be deemed just and equitable, by the county commissioners courts.2
Approved, 16th January, 1837.
1Peter Warren introduced SB 4 in the Senate on December 15, 1836, and the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. On
December 19, the select committee reported back the bill with an amendment, which
the Senate approved. The Senate passed the bill as amended on December 20. The House of Representatives passed the bill on January 6, 1837. On January 16, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 86, 135, 164, 190, 252, 255; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 63-64, 76, 83, 169, 205, 211, 238.
2State roads were those public roads established or designated by the General Assembly
and usually crossed county lines. Only the General Assembly could establish, alter,
or abandon state roads, until 1840 and 1841, when the General Assembly gave counties
the authority to alter or to abandon state roads upon petition by a majority of voters
in the area of the change.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 218-19, GA Session: 10-1,