Sec.[Section] 1st. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly.
That Richard M. Sweet, Frederick T Minor and Noah Stevens of Cook County, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view, mark, and locate, a state
Road from Napersville in Cook County, via Babcocks Grove, Meachums Grove, Elk Grove to Indian Creek, in Mc Henry County.
Sec. 2nd. The Commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them shall meet at Naperville on the first day of May or within three months thereafter; and having been sworn
by a Justice of the Peace, faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by
this act, shall proceed to ^view^, mark and locate said Road, keeping in view the shortness of the route ^and^ eligibility of the ground, so as to make the same a permanent road.
Sec. 3rd. The said Commissioners as soon as they have completed said work shall make out
a map of said road giving the course^s^ and distance^s^, to be lo^d^ged with the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court through which the said road may pass, which shall be recorded at length in the books
of said Court.
Sec. 4th. The County Commissioners Courts of said Counties, through which the said road may pass, shall allow the said Commissioners
a reasonable compensation for their services; in proportion to the length of said
road; in the several Counties through which said road may pass; and the said County
Commissioners shall cause said road to be opened and kept in repair in the same manner
as other state roads.
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A Bill for “An act to locate a State road from Napersville in Cook County to Indian Creek in McHenry County
A Bill for “An act to locate a State road from Napersville in Cook County to Indian Creek in McHenry County
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passed
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 144, HB 186, GA Session 11-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,