Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That Jonathan Haynes, John Dixon[,] and John Phelps be & they are hereby appointed commissioners to view layout, locate[,] & survey a State road from a point, on the county line of LaSalle county where a county Road from Ottawa passing through Troy Grove in said county Terminates (said county road from Ottawa to the county line is here by declared a State Road) in a North westerly direction to the Rockey Ford, thence the nearest & best route to Dixons Ferry on Rock River, thence to the Town of Elkhorn & from thence to Ownes at high point.

Sec 2. Said commissioners shall meet at Dixons Ferry on the first monday of may next, or as soon thereafter as convenient, & after being duly sworn by some Justice of the peace well & Truly to perform the duties above required, shall proceed to survey & locate said road as required by this act, having in view the convenience of the inhabitants & the permanency thereof

Sec 3. as soon as practicable after said Road is Located, said commissioners shall make a Map or plat of so much of said road as Lies within the respective counties and transmit it to the clerks of the county commissioners courts of the respective counties through which the same may pass, which shall be filed & preserved in the office of said courts; And the said road shall be opened & Kept in repair as other State roads are Required to1 be by Law.

Sec 4. The county commissioners courts of the respective counties through which said Road shall pass, shall allow to said commissioners & all others rendering service a reasonable compensation, to be paid out of the county Treasuries, in proportion to the distance said road shall be located in the Same.

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