A Bill for an Act to locate a State Road from Salem to Chester
Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, that Israel Jennings of Marion County[,] Samuel Y. Henry of Washington County[,] and John Parks of Randolph County, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, to view, mark[,] and locate a state road to commence at Salem in Marion County, thence to New Nashville in Washington County, and thence through Columbus to Chester in Randolph County
Sec. 2. That said Commissioners or a majority of them, shall meet at Salem on the first day of June next, or within one month thereafter, and after being sworn by 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 from point to point as directed in the first section of this act, upon the nearest and best route, avoiding as much as practicable, any injury to farm improvements, and private property on said route and make out and return to the County Commissioners Courts of the several Counties through which it passes a certified report of said road, describing as nearly as practible, the route and distance of said road, which shall be filed with the several Clerks of the County Commissioners Courts through which said road passes, within one month, after said road is located: and said road when so located, shall be deemed a public state road and kept in repair as other state roads are
Sec 3. The said commissioners shall receive such compensation for their services, as the County Commissioners’ Courts of the Counties, through which said road shall
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pass, may deem just and reasonable, to be paid out of the several County Treasuries through which the said road passes
Sec. 4. The County Commissioners courts of Marion, Washington, and Randolph Counties, may at any time they shall agree upon, have said road surveyed, and plats thereof filed in the several Clerks offices of the County Commissioners Courts, through which said road my pass
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Passed the Senate
Decr 23d 1836
J B Thomas Jr
Sec’y[Secretary] Senate

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A Bill entitled An act to locate a State Road from Salem to Chester
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To be enrolled as amd.[amended]
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 279, SB 16, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,