In force 21st July, 1837
AN ACT changing a certain State Road in Pike county.
1Commissioners appointed to alter road.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Richard Kerr, Eli Hubbard, (and) William Sapp, of Pike county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, alter, and relocate so much
of the state road between Carrollton and Atlas as lies between Bay Creek Bridge, and the house of Richard Kerr, making the town of Fairfield a point through which said road shall pass.2
Time and place of meeting.
Returns shall be filed.
Sec. 2. Said commissioners shall meet at the town of Fairfield, in said county, at any time after the passage of this act, and before the twentieth
of December next, and after being duly sworn by some justice of the peace, to discharge
their duties impartially, shall proceed to locate and change so much of said road
as they may deem conducive to the public good, making Fairfield a point as aforesaid; and shall mark the same by blazing the trees in the timber,
and by driving stakes in the prairie; and further, to make a complete return in writing, under their hands, and cause the same to be
filed in the office of the clerk of the county commissioners’ court within twenty days thereafter; and all that part of the old road which may be changed
and altered by the provisions of this act, shall be discontinued.
Compensation.
Sec. 3. The commissioners appointed by this act shall receive a reasonable compensation per
day for their services, to be paid out of the county treasury, by order of the county commissioners of Pike county.3
Approved, 21st July, 1837.
1On July 11, 1837, Alpheus Wheeler in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Pike County, requesting alternation of a state road running through the county. The House referred
the petition to a select committee. In response to this petition, Wheeler from the
aforesaid select committee introduced HB 25 in the House on July 14. The House passed the bill on July 17. On July 19, the
Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the
bill on July 20 with amendments, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed
the bill as amended, amending the title by adding “in Pike County.” The House concurred
with the Senate amendments and amended title on July 21. 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), 8, 55, 97, 131, 158-59, 182; 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, 88-89, 99, 109-10, 142-43.
2On July 20, the Senate amended the bill by striking out “James W. Whitney of Adams County” and adding “William Sapp ofPike county.” It also changed the location points.
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), 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), 82, GA Session: 10-S