Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 21st July, 1837.

AN ACT concerning a State Road in Edwards County.
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Commissioners appointed

Plat to be made

Compensation

How paid

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Archibald Spring, Daniel Ingraham, and Cad W. Jones, of Edwards county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, any two of whom may act, to lay out, survey and mark, a road commending at Albion, in Edwards county, and running thence to Henry I. Mills in Edwards county, and make a plat thereof and file the same with the clerk of the county commissioners’ court of Edwards county; and the county commissioners’ court of said county shall make a just and equitable allowance to each of said commissioners for all time and necessary expense in laying out, surveying and making, and filing a plat of said road, which shall be paid out of the Treasury of said county of Edwards.2

Sec. 2. The commissioners shall proceed to lay out, survey, and mark said road, the nearest way and best ground, having due regard to the interests of individuals through and near which said road may pass.

Damages how assessed

Sec. 3. When said road shall pass through improved lands of private individuals, said commissioners shall also proceed to assess such reasonable damages as each may suffer thereby, which shall be paid by the county commissioners of said county.

Time and place of meeting

Sec. 4. Said commissioners shall meet at the town of Albion on the first Monday in September next, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, and after having been sworn by some justice of the peace of Edwards county, faithfully to discharge the duties enjoined by this act, shall proceed to the discharge thereof.

Approved, July 21st, 1837.

1Thomas Hunt introduced HB 26 in the House of Representatives on July 14, 1837. The House passed the bill on July 17. On July 18, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. The select committee reported back the bill on July 19 with an amendment, in which the Senate concurred. The Senate passed the bill as amended. The House concurred with the Senate amendment 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), 55, 97, 126, 157, 181; 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, 90, 97-98, 137, 138.

2On July 19, 1837, the Senate amended the bill by striking out “Leonard C Bond,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Cad W. Jones. ”
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), 97-98.