Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General assembly That Seth N. Montague of Shelby County[,] John Dickey of Macon County and [Alvin?] Barnett of M’Lean County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view, mark, and locate a state Road from ^East^ Nelson in Shelby County to Leroy in M^cLean County via Murfreesboro and Marion in Macon County

Sec. 2. Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at ^East^ Nelson on the first Monday in September next or as soon thereafter as convenient And after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace shall proceed forthwith to view, Mark, and locate said road on the nearest and most suitable route from point to point, taking into view its utility and permanency as a public road They shall mark said road by blazing the trees in the timber and setting suitable stakes in the prarie And they shall also cause a survey and map or plat of said road to be made, one copy of which Shall be filed in the Office of the County Clerk in each County through which said road passes

Sec 3. The County Courts of the respective Counties shall cause said road to be opened and kept in repair as other State Roads, and shall pay said Commissioners, together with such necessary hands as they may employ, a reasonable compensation for their services, each County paying its proportionate share

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according to the time and labor necessary to locate said road within their respective limits.