Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Asembly, That Harden Porter and Eli Gholson, be, and they are hereby authorized to construct a mill dam across the north fork of the Saline, on section fifteen in township seven south range seven east of the third principal meridian: Provided, that the said Porter and Gholson shall own the lands on both sides of the stream where the said dam shall be constructed; and provided, further that should any individual sustain damages by the overflowing of the banks of said stream occasioned by the construction of said dam, the saidPorter and Gholson shall be liable for the same.

Sec 2 That the county Commissioners Court of Hamilton county is hereby authorized to Borrow of her part of the two hundred thousand dollars appropriated by the act to establish and maintain a general system of internal improvement to the counties through which no Railroad is constructed by the State, the sum of two thous-

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sand dollars for the purpose of building a Courthouse at the county seat of said county; to be refunded out of the county treasury when needed, and when so refunded in part or in whole, to be applied to the purposes for which it was intended by the act by which it was appropriated.