Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois , represented in the General Assembly, That Mill creek, in Clark county, from its mouth up to the mill lately erected by Lawrence Hallenbeck, be, and the same is hereby, declared a navigable stream; and that Big creek, from its confluence with the Wabash river up to the mill formerly built by Durell, is also declared a navigable stream. Said creeks, so far up as above stated, shall never be obstructed, to prevent free navigation, by the erection of mill-dams or otherwise.

Sec. 2. Whenever the commissioners’ court of said county shall deem it advisable, an agent shall be appointed to open said creeks; and shall appropriate any sum, not less than one hundred dollars, on each creek, to be disbursed by said agent or agents, with such sums as may be subscribed by individuals, in opening and improving, to the best advantage, the navigation of said streams.

Sec. 3. Said agent or agents may cut down and remove any timber in and bordering on said creeks, and to straighten the channel by cuts through lands, in making said improvements.

Approved, February 16, 1839.