In force Feb.[February] 27th, 1837
AN ACT to locate a State road in McDonough county.
1Commissioners appointed to locate said road
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Jessee Neace, John McChord, and Thomas R. Hays of the county of McDonough, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate permanently,
a state road2 in the county of McDonough, commencing at a bridge across Troublesome creek, at a point where the state road from Rushville to the Des Moines rapids crosses said creek, running thence to the nearest and most practicable route to Bacon’s mill,3 and from thence to intersect a proposed state road leading from McComb to Burlington, having in view the most advantageous location for said road, and doing as little
injury to private property as the public good will permit.
When and where to meet
sworn.
Shall make a map and survey of said road and file the same with clerk of commissioners court of McDonough county
Sec. 2. Said commissioners or a majority of them, so
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soon as the said proposed state road in the first section of this act mentioned shall
have been surveyed and located, or within thirty days thereafter, shall meet at the
said bridge, and being first duly sworn before some justice of the peace, faithfully to discharge
the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to view, survey, mark, and
locate said road and as soon as practicable thereafter, cause to be made, a map of the survey of said road certified by them, and deliver
a copy thereof to the clerk of McDonough county commissioners court, who shall file the same in his office, and the said road thus laid out, shall be
and is hereby declared a state road, and shall be opened and kept in repair as other
state roads are.
Compensation
Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall receive for their services a reasonable compensation to
be paid out of the county treasury of McDonough county.
Approved 27th Feb. 1837.
1William Edmonston introduced HB 208 in the House of Representatives on February 9, 1837. The House passed the bill on February 18. The Senate passed the bill on February 24. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 529, 639, 696, 716, 729, 739; Illinois Senate Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 463-64, 500, 510-11, 523, 528.
2State roads were those public roads established or designated by the General Assembly and usually crossed county lines. Only the General Assembly could establish, alter,
or abandon state roads, until 1840 and 1841, when the General Assembly gave counties
the authority to alter or to abandon state roads upon petition by a majority of voters
in the area of the change.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 208-09, GA Session: 10-1,