Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Doathet, William Manning, and Jacob Elliott, of Shelby county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, survey and locate that part of the State Road leading from Maysville to Shelbyville, that lies within the county of Shelby.

Sec. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the house of John Doathet, on or before the 25th day of December next, or within one month thereafter, and after being first duly sworn before some justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the duties herein required, shall then proceed to discharge the duties enjoined on them by this act; and on or before the first Monday in March next, shall make a report of their proceedings to the county commissioners’ court of Shelby county, and said court shall cause said road to be opened and kept in repair as other state roads.

Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall have power to employ all necessary surveyors and chain carriers to enable them to perform the duties enjoined on them by this act.

Sec. 4. The said commissioners, appointed under the provisions of this act, together with the chain carriers and surveyors, shall receive out of the county treasury, such reasonable compensation for their services as may be deemed just and equitable by the county commissioners’ court; and so much of said road as said commissioners shall deem expedient to change, is hereby vacated.

Approved, 20th July, 1837.