Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly. That Samuel Hillon and Sylvanus Mason be and they are hereby authorized to build a mill dam across big muddy River, at a place known as the shallow ford, on said River, the same being on the south east quarter ^of the South east quarter^ of Section N^o Twenty two, in Township N^o six, Range two east, of the third principal Meridian, provided the said Samuel Hillon and Sylvanus Mason own the land above described