In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.
Com’rs[Commissioners] to locate road.
Course of road.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, ThatJosiah Fulton , John Armstrong, and Edward Dickinson, of the county of Peoria, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, mark, and locate a State road from the State road
leading from Peoria to Galena, via Osceola, commencing at some point on said road on section number thirty-three, town nine
north, of range eight, east of the fourth principal meridian, running westward to intersect the Peoria and Knoxville county road at some point on said road on section twenty-nine, town nine north, of
range eight, east of the fourth principal meridian.
Time and place of meeting.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners, or any two of them, shall meet at the court-house, in the
town of Peoria, on the first Monday in April next, or some day thereafter; and, before entering
on their duties assigned them by this act, shall take an oath, before some justice
of the peace of said county of Peoria, faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act, and shall proceed
to view, mark, and locate the said road on the nearest and most eligible ground.
Road from Peoria via Charleston a State road.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the county road leading from Peoria to Knoxville, via Charleston, in Knox county, be, and the same is hereby, declared a State road from the points where the aforesaid
commissioners shall locate the road hereinbefore provided for to Knoxville, in Knox county; which said road shall be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are.
Pay for services.
Sec. 4. Said commissioners shall receive for their services a reasonable compensation, not
exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day, to be paid out of the county treasury
of said county of Peoria.
County road from Charleston to Rochester.
Sec. 5. That the county road now leading from Charleston toRochester , in the county of Peoria, be, and the same is hereby, declared a State road, and shall be kept in repair as
other State roads.
Com’rs to locate road from Rochester to Stephenson.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That D. G. Garnsey and Isbamar Pittsbery, of Henry county, and C. W. Stanton, of Peoria county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and locate a State road from Rochester, in Peoria county, via Victoria, twelve north, of range four east, section seventeen, and Andover, fifteen north, two east, to Stephenson, in Rock Island county.
When and where to meet.
Sec. 7. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Rochester, on the first Monday in April next, or some day thereafter, and after 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, mark, and locate said road upon the nearest
and best route,
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doing as little injury to private property as the public good will permit.
Plat filed in clerk’s office.
Sec. 8. The said commissioners shall be required to return, to the clerk of the county commissioners’ court of the several counties through which the same shall pass, a correct plat of the
survey of said road in their respective counties; which plat shall be filed in the
office of said clerks.
Allowance to com’rs and persons employed by them.
How paid.
Sec. 9. The county commissioners’ courts of the several counties through which the said road shall pass shall allow the said
commissioners a reasonable compensation for their services in laying out said road,
together with a reasonable compensation to such other persons as shall be employed
by them in the discharge of the duties assigned them by this act, which shall be paid, by the several counties through which the said road shall pass,
in proportion to the distance in each.2
Approved, March 2, 1839.
1William Campher presented a petition from the citizens of Peoria and Knox counties to the House of Representatives on January 21, 1839, requesting the construction of a state road, and the House referred
it to a select committee. Campher introduced HB 208 on January 25. The House passed the bill on February 9. The Senate referred it to the Committee on Public Roads on February 13. The committee reported
back on February 16 and recommended an amendment, to which the Senate concurred. The
Senate passed the bill on February 19. The House passed the amended bill on February
27. The Council of Revision approved the bill on March 2 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 244-45, 279, 323, 372, 454, 548, 568, 574,
597; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 308, 326, 338, 353, 450, 466, 479.
2The Senate passed an amendment on February 16, 1839, adding sections 6 through 9.
Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 338.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 263-64, GA Session: 11-1,