Whereas it is enacted by the 15^th Clause of the 18^th Section of an act to establish and maintain a general system of internal improvement Approved Feby.[February] 27. 1837. that there shall be appropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars of the first monies that shall be obtained under the provisions of this act, to be drawn by the several Counties in a rateable proportion to the Census last made, through which no rail road or Canal is provided to be made at the expense of the State of Illinois which said money shall be expended in the improvements of roads[,] Constituting^ructing^ bridges[,] and other public works and whereas the County of Jefferson is one of those Counties through which no rail road or Canal passes except that the Central rail road as last surveyed and which rout is understood is the one that will be selected strikes the northern line of said County of Jefferson about One hundred yards from the north west corner of said County and running in said County about four hundred yards and there leaving said County on the west side, proof of which can be had by reference to the map of the survey of the Commissioner ^Engineer^ on the Centeral rail road thereby leaving Mount Vernon the seat of Justice of said County about sixteen miles therefore

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly

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That the provisions of the 15^th clause of the 18^th Section of the act aforesaid, shall be and the same is hereby construed to apply to the County of Jefferson the same as if is no rail road or canal touched said County

Sec 2. The fund Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to issue their warrant on the Bank of Illinois or any other place wherein said money may be deposited for whatever amount the said County of Jefferson may be entitled to upon the order of the County Commissioners of said County and their receipt or the receipt of any person whom they may authorize to receive said money shall be good and effectual as against the said County of Jefferson.

Sec. 3. If any act shall be passed at the present session of the General assembly, authoriseing the survey or location of the centeral rail road through the County of Jefferson ^Mount Vernon or its vicinity^, the act shall be void, provided that the share of said funds to which the said County of Jefferson would be entitled; shall be reserved by the fund Commissioners until the final decision of the board of public works as to the relocation of said road through said County

Sec 4 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage