Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly that John Bradshaw[,] Peleg Sweet and Joseph Waters of the County of Morgan be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view, mark and change a part of the State Road leading from Vandalia to Jacksonville
Sec. 2. The said Commissioners or any two of them shall meet at the House of Matthew Sparks on the first Monday in October next or as soon thereafter as practicable, and proceed to locate and change that part of said road viz. beginning at the mouth of the lane which divides the lands of said Sparks and George Kirkman thence North 25 Rods thence a westerly direction until it intersects the old road near John Thorneys Bridge
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that it shall be the duty of the Commissioners aforesaid to repair to the House of Samuel Woods in Township fourteen North Range Nine west and there proceed to alter a part of the aforesaid road beginning and running as follows to wit. beginning at the mouth of the Lane between said Woods and Ralph McCormicks thence south 35. Rods thence an Eastwardly direction until it strikes the old Road.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that the Commissioners or a majority of them after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace faithfully to perform the duties assigned them by this act, shall file a copy of their proceedings with the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court. Said Commissioners shall be allowed One dollar and fifty cents pr[per] day for their services to be paid out of the County Treasury of Morgan CountyAnd it Shall be the duty of the Court to issue their order accordingly
This act to take effect from and after its passage

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Passed H R July 17th 1837

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A Bill for an act to change a part of the state road Running from Vandalia to Jacksonville
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3d Reading & Passed
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To be Engrossed
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passed
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To be Enrolled
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Engrossed

Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 23, HB 23, GA Session 10-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,