Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force 20th July, 1837.

AN ACT to locate a State Road from the Indiana line, northwest to the state line in a direction for Madison.
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Commissioners appointed.

Line of road.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Smith of Will county, J. M. Warren of Cook county, and Z. Beardsby of McHenry county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State Road from the Indina line, where the old Indiana Sac trail crosses said line, to Lockport, thence to Napiersville, thence to Warrenville, thence to Dandee, thence to the county seat of McHenry county, thence to the state line in a direction for Madison.

Time & place of meeting.

Map of survey by them.

Sec. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Lockport, on the first Monday in October next, or as soon thereafter as convenient, and after being 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, on the best route, having a due regard to the public good, and as

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soon thereafter as practicable, cause to be made a map of the survey of said road, certified by them, and forward a copy thereof to the clerk of the county commissioners’ courts, of each of the counties through which said road shall pass, which shall be by him filed in his office; and the said road thus laid out, shall be, and is hereby declared a public state road, and shall be opened and kept in repair in the same manner as other public reads are.

Compensation.

Sec. 3. The county commissioners’ courts of the several counties through which said road shall pass, shall allow said commissioners such compensation as to them shall appear reasonable and just, together with a reasonable compensation for one surveyor, two chain carriers, and one marker; which several sums shall be paid by the counties through which said road shall pass, in proportion to the extent of said road in each county.

Approved, 20th July, 1837.

1Peter Pruyne introduced SB 24, originally titled “A Bill to Locate A State Road Therein Named,” in the Senate on July 14, 1837. The Senate passed the bill on July 15. The House of Representatives concurred on July 17. On July 20, 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), 75, 95, 124; 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), 52-53, 65, 79, 108-109, 114-15, 121.