In force Feb. [February] 24th, 1837
Commissioners appointed to locate said road
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Downing Baugh of Jefferson county, Thomas Thompson of Franklin county, George W. Lee of Washington county, and George M’Crary of Gallatin county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, locate, and mark a state
road2 leading from Nashville in Washington county, via Portland in Franklin county, to intersect the road from Frankfort to Equality at Galatia, thence to Equality in Gallatin county.3
When and where to meet
To be sworn
Sec. 2. The said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Nashville on the first day of April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after being duly sworn shall proceed to view, mark, and locate said road on the
nearest route, and best ground, on a straight direction as nearly as the nature of
the country will admit.
Shall file report with clerks of county commissioners courts
Roads how opened & kept in repair
Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall, as soon as convenient after the location of said road,
cause to be filed with the clerks of the county commissioners courts of the coun-
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ties through which said road passes, a report and complete map of said road, which
report and map shall be preserved and shall form a part of the records of said court: said road when so established, shall be opened and kept in repair as other state
roads are.
Compensation
Sec. 4. The county commissioners of the counties through which said road passes, shall allow to said road commissioners
such compensation, not exceeding two dollars per day, as to them shall seem just and
reasonable, and said compensation to the above named commissioners shall be paid by
the respective counties, in proportion to the time said commissioners may necessarily
be employed in each county while locating said road, when the commissioners shall
have filed a copy of the report as is recited in this act, duly certified and attested
by them.4
Approved 24th February, 1837.
1On January 21, 1837, John D. Wood in the Senate introduced the petition of the citizens of Washington County, requesting a state road from Nashville to Equality. The Senate referred the petition to a select committee. In response to this petition,
Wood of the select committee introduced SB 110 in the Senate on January 23 . On January 25, the Senate passed the bill. On January
27, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill
on February 3 with several amendments, in which the House concurred. On February 8,
the House passed the bill as amended. On February 22, the Senate concurred in the
House amendments. On February 24, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 385, 412, 458, 523-24, 584, 679, 690; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 263, 273, 287, 294, 411, 488, 506, 512-513.
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 3, 1837, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding the name “George McCrary,” and by adding the specific points of contact.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 458.
4On February 3, 1837, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding all the clauses after the words “just and reasonable.”
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 458.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 211-12, GA Session: 10-1