Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly; ^3^ That the sum of seven hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the building a bridge across
the Embarrass River, where the state Road from Charleston in Coles county to Marshall in Clarke County crosses the Same, or at the nearest eligible point to said crossing. Which sum shall
be paid out of the moneys which have accumulated from the sales of the Vermilion Saline lands not otherwise appropriated to be subject to the order of the county commissioners’ court of Coles county, and to be applied to the erection of said bridge in a strong and durable manner.
And said bridge shall thereafter be kept in repair by the said county of Coles, and shall be free from all tolls or charges for crossing the same.
^7^ Sec.[Section] 2. The sum of Five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to building a bridge across the Embarrass River, at Newton in Jasper county, which sum to be subject to the order of the county commissioners Court of Jasper ^county^ for the purposes herein mentioned
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J B Thomas Junr Secy[Secretary] of the Senate
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1These legislators formed a select committee in the Senate that considered the bill.
Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 461.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 474, SB 230, GA Session 10-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,