Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly that Joshua P Crow Reddick Horn and Stephen Lee are hereby appointed Commissioners to review mark and relocate that part of the state
road leading from Springfield to Beardstown which lies between Archibald Jobs and William Babbs bridge Said Commissioners shall meet at a Jobs any time before the first of January next, and being first sworn by some Justice
of the Peace shall proceed to perform the duty herein imposed upon them Said Commissioners
Shall make a full report of the location of Said road to the County Commissioners Court of Cass County, and after the road so relocated by them shall be opened the former Survey of the
part of said road so relocated Shall be vacated The County Commissioners Court of the County of Cass Shall allow to said Commissioners a reasonable allowance for their services out of
the County Treasury
Sec 2. That Julius Elmore of Sangamon County Thomas Boyce and J. R. Burnett of Morgan County be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view mark and locate a State road,
commencing at a mile post South of Peter Cartrights in Sangamon County thence to William Crows in Morgan County running as near as practicable to the old road leading from one point to the other,
and there intersect the road, laid out by the County Commissioners Court of Morgan County, leading to Princeton And thence West with Said Survey as far as Stark Gilliams, thence through the setlement
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of Henry Keltners timber, thence to the head timber ^14^ of Walnut Grove, thence to New” Virginia, thence to intersect what is called Horns Survey at Joshua P. Crows thence with said
survey, with such alterations as may be advisable to the former location at Rays Creek
at the foot of the Bluffs.
Sec. 3. That said Commissioners or any two of them, shall meet at the House of Peter Cartrights in Sangamon County on the Second Monday in August next, or as soon as practicable thereafter, and before
entering on the discharge of their duties shall take an oath before some Justice of
the Peace of Sangamon County, faithfully and impartially to observe all the duties enjoined upon them by this
act, shall proceed to view mark, and locate said road beginning and touching the points
as named in section 2d
Sec 4. Said Commissioners shall cause a map or survey to be made of said road, to be
filed in the office of the Clerks of the County Commissioners Courts of Sangamon and Morgan And the County Commissioners Courts of each County through which the road shall pass, shall allow the said Commissioners
such compensation for their services as shall be just & reasonable in proportion to
the services rendered in each County
Sec. 5. Said road shall be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are, and shall
take effect and be in force from and after the passage of this act
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To be Enrolled
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Re Engrossed
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 4, HB 4, GA Session 10-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,