Whereas, The record of the survey of that part of the state road leading from Springfield to Decatur (by the way of Dingman’s ferry, on the Sangamon river) as lies between Springfield and the east end of Burns’ lane (distance about ten miles) has been mislaid or lost; Therefore,

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That said road, as now travelled, be, and the same is hereby declared a public highway, and shall be worked and kept in repair as other state roads in said county.

Sec. 2. The county commissioners’ court of said county shall, at their next regular term, appoint three disinterested householders to review so much of said road as lies between the public square in the town of Springfield and Reed’s starch factory, on said road, and survey the remaining part as is now travelled, and make a complete survey and plot of said road and present the same to the clerk of the county commissioners court of Sangamon county, who shall make record of the same, and file the original in his office: said commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of the county treasury of said county.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, July 20, 1837.