Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the internal improvement fund of this State, for the improvement of the navigation of the Embarrass river, to be applied and expended under the authority and direction of the Board of Public Works.

Sec. 2. The Board of Public Works shall cause said improvements to be made as early as practicable, by removing all the trees, drifts, snags, and other obstructions in the bed of said river between Norfolk’s mill on said river and the mouth of the same, by excavating bars when necessary, cutting and clearing timber from the banks, and making cut-offs, or otherwise changing the channel of said river, when found necessary; which said improvements shall be commenced at Norfolk’s mill aforesaid, and continue thence downward to the mouth of said river.

Approved, February 28, 1839.