In force 20th July, 1837
Commissioners appointed
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That George Briscow, Solomon Pendowis, and David Atkins, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review and relocate that part
of the state road leading from Rushville, in Schuyler county, to Carthage, in Hancock county, which lies between Roll’s mill and the Hancock county line.
Time & place of meeting
Shall make report
Sec. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet on or before the first Monday
in October next; and being first duly sworn according to law, by some justice of the
peace, faithfully to discharge the duties herein required of them, shall proceed to
execute the same, and on or before the first Monday in December next, make a report of their proceedings to the county commissioners’ court of Schuyler county; and said court shall cause said road to be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are.
Compensation
Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall receive for their services a reasonable compensation, to
be paid out of the county treasury by order of said county court. So much of said road as said commissioners shall deem expedient to change is hereby
vacated.
Approved 20th July, 1837.
1On July 11, 1837, William A. Richardson in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Schuyler County, requesting alteration of the state road from Rushville to Carthage. The House referred the petition to a select committee. On response to this petition,
Richardson from the aforesaid select committee introduced HB 14 in the House on July 13. The House passed the bill on July 14. The Senate concurred on July 18. On July 20, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town
of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 9, 49, 64, 115, 124, 137; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a
Special Session, Begun and Held in Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 54, 77, 88, 108-109.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at their Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 60, GA Session: 10-S