In force 21st July, 1837.
Commissioners appointed to view and locate state road
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Hugh Eagan, of the county of Marion, John Martin, of the county of Effingham, and Theron E. Balch, of the county of Coles, be, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road from
Salem, in Marion county, to Ewington, in Effingham county, thence to Charleston, in Coles county, on the nearest and best ground, so as not to interfere with farms, as much as possible.
Time & place of meeting
Return to be made to county commissioners’ court
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said commissioners, or a majority of them, to meet at Salem, on or before the first Monday in December next, and after having taken an oath or
affirmation, before some justice of the peace, faithfully and impartially to perform
the duties required by this act, to proceed to mark and lay out said road above mentioned,
and shall make due return thereof to the next county commissioners’ court of each county.
Compensation
Sec. 3. The county commissioners of the counties of Marion, Effingham, and Coles, may allow out of the county treasuries respectively, a reasonable compensation for
their services; and the said county commissioners shall order the same to be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are.
Sec. 4. This act to be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, 21st July, 1837.
1Newton Cloud introduced HB 45 in the House of Representatives on July 15, 1837. The House passed the bill on July 20. The Senate concurred 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), 78, 109, 139, 153, 156, 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), 118, 123, 136.
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), 73, GA Session: 10-S