In force, March 4, 1837.
AN ACT to locate a state road from Windsor to Bloomington.
1Commissioners appointed to locate road.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Reuben Canlock of McLean county, Jonathan Babb and Augustus Longworthy of Putnam county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, mark, lay out and
locate a road from the town of Windsor in Putnam county, to the town of Columbia in the same county, and from thence by the most feasible and direct route to the town of Versailles in McLean county, varying as little as practicable from a direct line from point to point, having
in view the most eligible route, its permanency, and due regard to the public convenience.
When and where to meet.
To be sworn.
Shall make map of road & forward a copy thereof to clerks
Survey shall be filed by clerks
Road how opened and kept in repaiar
Sec. 2. The said commissioners or a majority of them, shall meet on the first Monday of May
next, or within two months thereafter, at Windsor, and being first duly sworn before 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, and as soon as practicable thereafter, cause to be made a map of the survey of said road certified by them, and forward
a copy thereof to the clerk of the county commissioners (court) of each of the counties through which, or a part of which said road shall pass, which shall be filed by him in his office, and be deemed a part of the record of
said court; and the said road thus laid out, together with the present county road from the
town of Versailles by Bowling Green to Bloom-
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ington, shall be and is hereby declared a public state road,2 and shall be opened and kept in repair in the same manner as other public roads are.
Compensation to commissioners, chain carriers, and surveyor
Paid by counties
Provided they make an order therefor.
Sec. 3. The said commissioners and one surveyor, two chain carriers, and one marker, shall
respectively receive for their services a reasonable compensation, to be determined
by the commissioners’ courts, and paid out of the treasuries of the several counties through which said road shall
pass, in proportion to the time and labour actually expended in each, in and about the location of said road: Provided, The county commissioners’ courts of the several counties through said road shall pass, shall first cause to be entered upon their records an order for the payment of the
same.3
Approved 4th March, 1837.
1On January 7, 1837, John D. Whiteside introduced SB 55 in the Senate. On January 9, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee
reported back the bill on January 12 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred.
On January 13, the Senate passed the bill as amended. On January 30, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the
bill on February 25 with an amendment, in which the House concurred. The House passed
the bill as amended. On March 3, the Senate concurred with the House amendment, and
on March 4, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 256, 300, 396, 423, 713, 795, 842; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 168, 177, 199, 208, 537, 570, 571, 625-26, 639-40.
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.
3On February 25, 1837, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding the proviso.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 713.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 290-91, GA Session: 10-1