Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 21st July, 1837

AN ACT to change a part of the State Road running from Vandalia to Jacksonville.
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Commissioners

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 hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and change a part of the state road leading from Vandalia to Jacksonville.

Time and place of meeting

Location of road

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 Kirkmans, thence north twenty-five rods, thence a westerly direction until it intersects the old road near John Thorney’s bridge.

Time & place of further meeting

Sec. 3. 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 land between said Woods’ and Ralph McCormick’s, thence south thirty-five rods, thence an eastwardly direction until it strikes the old road.

Copy to be filed

Allowance to

Sec. 4. 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 per day for their services, to be paid out of the county trea-

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sury of Morgan county; and it shall be the duty of the court to issue their order accordingly.

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

Approved, 21st July, 1837.

1On July 11, 1837, John Wyatt in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Morgan County, requesting a change in a state road running through the county. The House referred the petition to the Committee on Petitions. On response to this petition, Wyatt from the Committee on Petitions introduced HB 23 in the House on July 14. The House passed the bill on July 17. The Senate concurred on July 18. On July 21, 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), 25, 51-52, 97, 115, 125, 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), 79, 89-90, 108-109.