Sec[Section] 1. Be it Enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General assembly: That John R. Atherton and Jalus A. Beebee of the County of Hancock and Robert Alexander of the County of McDonough be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view, mark and locate a state road from Edward Whites ferry in Hancock County, the nearest and best route, to intersect the state road leading from Beardstown to Commerce where said road crosses the drowning fork of Crooked path Creek in McDonough County having in view the permanency, and a due regard to the public convenience, doing as little private injury as possible.

Sec 2. The said Commissioners shall meet on the first Monday in September next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, at the town of Apanooce in Hancock County, and after being duly sworn, by some Justice of the peace of said county, faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to locate said road, designating the same by ploughing or staking in the Prairie, and marking the trees in the timber, and as soon as practicable thereafter, cause to be made out a report of the same, and return a Copy thereof to the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of each of said Counties which shall be by him filed in his office, and said road thus laid out, shall be, and is hereby declared a public state road, and shall be opened and kept in repair as other state Roads are

Sec 3 The said Commissioners or a majority of them, shall be authorised to proceed and lay out said road, as required by this act, and call to their assistance such other help as may be necessary, for the location of the same, and the County Commissioners Court of Each of said Counties, shall allow said Commissioners and such other hands as they may necessarily employ to assist them; a reasonable compensation for each day employed in locating said road, to be paid out of Each of said County treasuries, in proportion to the distance said road may pass through the same, where said Commissioners shall have filed a copy of said report as recited in this act, duly certified and attested by them.

Sec 4. That all that part of the state road leading from Beardstown to Commerce, as lies between the drowning fork of Crooked Creek in McDonough County and Commerce in Hancock County be, and the same is hereby disannulled and vacated.