Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Vance W Davidson of the county of Jo Daviess, Jason Hopkins of the county of Whiteside, Robert Moore of the county of Putnam, and Peter Menard Jr of Peoria county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view mark and locate a state road
from Peoria to Galena on the shortest and best route having in view the eligibility of the ground with
a view to a permanent road.
Sec 2 The said commissioners or any two of them shall meet in the town of Peoria on the first Monday in April next or within ninety days thereafter, and after being
duly sworn before some justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the duties required
of them by this act, shall proceed to view[,] mark[,] survey[,] and locate said ^road^ from the publick square in the town of Peoria to Osseola in Putnam county, from thence to Galena
Said commissioners shall cause plain marks and blases to be made upon the trees where the same shall pass through timber and stakes to
be driven in the ground ^at suitable distances from each other^ when the same passes through the prairie
Sec 3 As soon as practicable after the said road shall have been located the said commissioners
shall cause to be made
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a map or plat of the survey of so much of said road as lies in each county through
which the same may pass, ^and forward the same^ to the clerks of the county commissioners courts of their respective counties, who
shall file the same in their offices a map or plat of the survey of so much of said road as lies in each county through
which the same may pass, and forward the same to the clerks of the county commissioners courts of the respective counties, who shall file the same in their offices
sec 4 If the said road can be made to intersect the State road ^leading^ from Galena to Knoxville at any point north of Rock River without materially changing its course, then in that case it shall ^not^ be necessary for the said commissioners ^to^ locate said road any further than the point where the two roads may intersect
sec 5 The said road when laid out when laid out as is provided for by this act, Shall be opened and kept in repair as other state
roads are required to be, and shall not be altered or changed from its course except
by an act of the Legislature
sec 6 The said commissions[,] surveyor[,] and such ^other^ persons as may be necessary
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to aid in laying out said road shall receive a reasonable compensation to be paid
out of the county treasuries of the several counties through which the same may pass,
to be paid in proportion to the distance of said road in each
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 399, SB 141, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives [Springfield, IL] ,