Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the Sta[te of] Illinois, represented in the General Assem[bly] That Levi Williams and William Crawford of Han[cock] county, and E. P. Wade, of Adams county be, and [they] are hereby appointed Commissioners to view[,] [mark] and locate a State road from Warsaw in Ha[ncock county] to the town of Lima, in Adams county [on the near]est and best route doing as little [injury to private] property as a due regard to the pub[lic good will] permit.

Sec 2 Said Commissioners ^or a majority of them,^ shall meet at Wars[aw] [on]the first Monday in May next, or within [three] months thereafter, and after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace faithfully to perform the duties required by this [act, shall] proceed to lay out said road as [provided in] the preceding section; and shall [designate the] route of said road by placing [stakes in the] prairie and blazes on the trees in the [timber. The] said Commissioners shall as soon as the road shall be laid out, make and file a report in the Clerk[s’ office] of the county Commissioners’ Courts of Hancock and Adams counties.

Sec 3 Said road when so laid out, and [the road] as now laid out from the town of Lim[a by order] of the county Commissioners’ Court [of Adams county,] by way of the bridge now being bui[lt on Bear] creek to Quincy in said county, be, [and the same] is hereby declared to be a State road, and shall be opened four poles wide and kept in repair as other state roads.

Sec 4 The Commissioners appointed by this act [shall] each receive a compensation for their services not exceeding two dollars for each day emplo[yed in loca-]

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ting said road to be paid out of [the treasuries of] Hancock and Adams counties in proportion [to the] length of the road laid out by them in each