Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Sec[Section]. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That James Robertson of Gallatin county, Randolph Casey of Franklin county, and Timothy Anderson of Union county and William McMahan of Johnson county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, mark and locate a State road from said James Robertsons in Gallatin county to Sarahsville in Franklin county via the house of said Caseys; thence to Jonesborough in Union county. Said commissioners to meet at the house of John P. Davis.

Sec. 2. The road from Fairfield in Wayne county to Maysville in Clay county via Treats mills on Elem River is hereby declared a State road.

Sec. 3. The public road now laid out from Mount Carmell by way of Danforth’s corner on Barneys prairie Wabash county, William Clarks, Millers & in Lawrence county to Lawrenceville be and the same is hereby declared a State Road.

Sec. 4. That James Terald and George Evans of Union county and Irwin Morris and Nathaniel

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Thacker of Johnson county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State Road from Parker’s ferry on the Ohio river, the nearest and best way by Vienna and Elvira, to intersect the State road leading from Jonesboro to Brownsville at or near James Heralds . commissioners to meet at said Heralds.

Sec. 5. That the ferries heretofore established by the county commissioners court of Johnson county on the Ohio river at James H. G. Wilcox and William Parkers, where the State road from Frankfort to Padduca crosses said Ohio river, are hereby established and confirmed. (add)

Sec. 6. That all that part of the State road leading from Pinckneyville to Kaskaskia lying and being within Perry county be and the same is hereby vacated, and that Alexander Clark Jr., William Brown and Isaac Eaton be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to relocate said road commencing about one hundred east of Gulomb creek, thence south west crossing said creek about one hundred rods above the

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present ford, thence south west nearly parallel with the present road across the six mile prairie thence westwardly until it intersects the present road near the county line.

Sec. 7. That George W. Waters, John Whiteside and George Abbotts of Pope county and William Sampson and Hiram Job of Johnson county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and re locate the State road leading from Golconda in Pope county to Pinckneyville in Perry county, commencing at Golconda, thence on the nearest and most eligible ground for a permanent road to where said Waters now resides.

Sec. 8. It is hereby made the duty of the county commissioners court of Clinton county to appoint a supervisor or supervisors as the case may be, who shall cause to be opened within the next six months from the passage of this act so much of the road located under the act of March 1. 1833. entitled “An act to lay out a certain State road, as lies in the

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county of Clinton: said road to be opened as originally located and kept in repair as other State roads.

Sec. 9. That John Boles, Reodrick Reed and Joel Norris of Franklin county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and re-locate so much of the State road formerly established from Frankfort to Wilcox’s ferry, as lies in Franklin county, commencing at Frankfort, thence running on the most direct and eligible route by way of Bainbridge so as to intersect the State road, as at present opened, in Johnson county to the county line. commissioners to meet at Frankfort; and

Sec. 10. That Benjamin Hood William Steerman and Theophilus Cook be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from McLeansboro in Hamilton county to Mount Vernon in Jefferson county, to locate the same on the nearest and best route for a permanent road and to intersect the road leading from Equality to Mount Vernon at such point between James Osburns and Martin Atchisons as said commissioners may think most conducive to public good. commissioners to meet at McLeansboro.

Sec. 11. That so much of the State road

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from Mount Vernon Carmell to Maysville, as lies between Mount Carmel and Centerville in Wabash county laid out under the authority of an act entitled “An act to locate a State road between Mount Carmel in Wabash county to Maysville in Clay county” approved January 9. 1836. be and the same is hereby vacated and that the road from Mount Carmel to Centerville by the way of the farm of Daniel Greathouse, heretofore, laid out as a county road, be, and the same is hereby declared to be a State road, to be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are four rods wide.

Sec. 12. That Thomas Jeffers, Isaac Odell and Alfred Balch of Coles county are hereby appointed commissioners to view and re locate a part of the State road from Palestine to Shelbyville, viz, through the land owned by Mark Campbell in Coles county; said commissioners shall re-view and re-locate said road to the best advantage as well with regard to the public, as said individuals farm.

Sec. 13. That an act entitled “An act to locate a State road in the county of Edgar” approved January 19. 1837. be so amended as to extend the time for viewing

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and locating said road until the first day of September A.D. 1839.

Sec. 14. That Samuel Connelly, Brown Wilson and Walter Newton be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate the road named above in the 13^th section of this act, and that they meet at such time and place in the county within six months from the passage of this act and proceed as pointed out in the act referred to.

Sec. 15. That Thomas Smith, Joseph Brown, and John Tate be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and re-locate a State road in the town of Grand view in Edgar county, commencing on the west side of said town and running with Augusta street to Front street and with Front street to Main street and with Main street to North second street and east with said last mentioned street to where the same intersects the State road; said commissioners to meet at Grand view.

Sec. 16. That Emanuel Zink William Fitzgerald and Santford Nay be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark and re-locate a

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State road in Edgar county, leading from Henry G. Smith’s farm to Grand view, to make such change as may save individual property and comport with the public good.

Sec. 17. That John Wood Obadiah Lenere, and Hudson Martin be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State road from Danville in Vermilion county to the point on the State line, where the road from La Fayette Indiana, in the direction to Danville intersects the eastern line of Illinois, according as much as possible all injury to private property. said commissioners to meet at Danville.

Sec. 18. That all that part of the State road leading from Shelbyville in Shelby county to Danville in Vermilion county, that lies between the east end of George Barnett’s lane and the town of Chilicothe in said county of Vermilion shall run with and upon the county road now located between said points which said part of said county road is hereby declared to be a part of said State road, and that part of said State road lying as aforesaid, as located at present, to be vacated.

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Sec. 19. That John Deremiah of Marion county, Jarret Irvin of Clay county and Lewis Jordon of Jasper county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Newton in said county of Jasper, thence to Louisville in Clay county, thence to intersect the Vandalia and Maysville road at Deremiah’s in Marion County, to be located on the nearest and best ground for a permanent road and which when located shall be considered, as far as located, the State road from Palestine to Vandalia, any law or location to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 20. That James Hankins of Fayette county and William Aldridge and John Craig of Clay county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate, a State road from a suitable point on the road to Maysville on the four mile prairie, thence to the south line of section. 11. T. 4. R. 3. E. thence the nearest and best way to Louisville in Clay county. commissioners to meet at Vandalia.

Sec. 21. That Richard Session of Wayne county, James L. Wickersham and Benja-

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min W. Mosely of Clay County be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from (Mount Vernon in Jefferson county thence to) Samuel Slocumb’s mill on the Skillett fork in Marion county and thence to Maysville in Clay county. commissioners to meet at Mount Vernon.

Sec. 22. That James Levitt, Jesse Cooper and Joseph Maxwell be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and change a part of the State road from John Oranders to Nelsons, between James Levitts and Joseph Maxwells on said road in Clay county.

Sec. 23. That John Matthews, James M^cKenny and Jesse Williams of Clay county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Louisville to the Bridge on Little Muddy, thence to intersect the road to Mount Carmel at John Matthews. commissioners to meet at Louisville.

Sec. 24. The present county road from Salem in Marion county to Samuel Hensleys, thence to Crutchfield, thence to the line of Clay county in a direction to Louisville, is hereby declared a State

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road. And that John Sutton and William Lewis of Clay county and John Whetstone of Coles county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road from the point above stated in continuation to Louisville, thence to Charleston in Coles county. commissioners to meet at Louisville.

Sec. 25. That are hereby appointed commissioners to view and re-locate that part of the State road leading from Vandalia to Carlysle which lies between Henry Ledbetters and George Moores so that the same may run by Charles A. Moore’s mill, thence in a south westwardly direction to the line between the said Charles A. Moore and George Moore, thence west along said line to intersect the present road at George A. Moores.

Sec. 26. That an act to locate a State road from Carlinville in Macoupin county, to Greenville in Bond county approved March 1. 1837. is hereby revived and continued in force, and that Levi Ginniblen of Macoupin county Elijah Lindley of Montgomery county and James S. M^cCord of Bond county, be, and they are hereby

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appointed commissioners to locate said road, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. commissioners to meet at Carlinville.

Sec. 27. That Ephraim Hamsbarger, and John Eastbrook of Madison county and Joshua Barker of Bond county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Manning street in Upper Alton and running westward by with the road laid out by the county commissioners of Madison county to the North line of sec[section]. 16. T. 5. N. R. 6 W. of the third meridian; thence to the north west corner of sec[section]. 15. thence the nearest and best way to Greenville.

Sec. 28. That Purnell Dasswaters, Thomas Karr and John B. Jones are hereby appointed commissioners to review and re-locate so much of the State road now leading from Waynesville ^to Bloomington as lies between Waynesville^ and Drapers ford or Kickapoo creek. said commissioners shall meet at Waynesville, and ^proceed^ to locate said road passing through the timber land or the nearest and best route, and through the prairie as near as may be on the surveyed or division lines so as to intersect township twenty two in range two at the center of the

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south line of section number thirty three in said township, thence northwestwardly to the most suitable point to build a bridge across said Kickapoo creek.

Sec. 29. That Robert Gordon, John Taylor and Thomas M. Kilpatrick are hereby appointed commissioners to view and re-locate that part of the State road leading from Carlinville to Meacham’s ferry, which lies between the creek at William C. Fraziers and the Green county line, upon the nearest and lest route, varying so as not to injure private property. Sec. 30. That the road leading from Flour Husband in Sangamon county to Douglass in Macoupin county, as now located and travelled be and the same is hereby declared to be a State road; and it is hereby made the duty of the county commissioners court to cause the said road to be kept in good repair as other State and county roads.

Sec. 31. That E. A. Whipple, Palmer Holmes and Samuel Maberry be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State road from

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near leading from Waynesville to Bloomington and lies between Waynesville and Drapers ford on Kickapoo Creek; said Commissioners shall meet at Waynesville and proceed to locate said road passing through the timber land on the nearest and best route and through the prairie as near as may be on the survey . . . or division lines so as to intersect township twenty two in range two at the center of the south line of section number thirty three in said township thence northwestwardly to the most suitable point to build a bridge . . .said Kickapoo creek.

Sec. 26. That Robert Goislan, John Taylor and Thomas M Kilpatrick are hereby appointed commissioners to view and relocate that part of the state road leading from Carlinville to Machand ferry which lies between the Creek of William C Fraziers and the Green County line upon the nearest and best route . . . so as not to injure private property.

Sec 27 That the road leading from Flour Husbands in Sangamon County ^to Douglass in Macoupin County^ as now located and travelled be and the same is hereby [declained?] to be a State road & it is hereby made the duty of the County Commissioners Court to Cause the said road to be kept in good repair as other state and county roads

Sec 28 That E A Whipple Palmer Holmes and Samuel Mahoney be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a state road from

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Tremont to Washington in Tazewell county to survey and locate said road one hundred feet wide, starting from the north end of James street and pursuing as near a straight line as practicable to the town of Washington

Sec. 29. That James Brawhill, John OBrien and Nathan Dillon be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from the south end of Broadway in the town of Tremont to the town of Dillon in Tazewell county. said commissioners to meet at Tremont. All other state roads heretofore laid out between the above mentioned towns are hereby vacated.

Sec. 30. That the road laid out and established by the county commissioners court of Macoupin county leaning the road from Carlinville to Carrolton near to the former place, and running from thence to the county line between Green county and Macoupin county is hereby declared to be a state road; and the third section of an act entitled “An act laying out certain state roads “approved March 2. 1837. shall be so construed as to require the road leading from Whitehall, Manly’s mills, Greenfield, and Fayette as to intersect the road just above mentioned at the point of its termination.

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Also the road leading from Alton by way of Ezra Gilmans fo Madison county, the head of Piasa at Simmons ford on said creek Delaware, Greenfield, Athensville and Williamsburgh to Jacksonville is hereby declared to be a state road.

Sec. 31. That Isaac Plaster, and Reddick Horn of Cass county and Alexander Beard of Morgan county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Lexington in Morgan county, thence to Virginia, thence to Matanzas on the Illinois river. Commissioners to meet at Virginia.

Sec. 32 That Pedro Eppersors of Knox county, James Manning of Mercer county and Jonathan Buffum of Rock Island county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from the termination of the State road at the bridge across Pope’s creek in Knox county to the bridge across Edwards river in Mercer county and thence to Stephenson in Rock Island county said commissioners to meet at the house of James Manning in Mercer county; and at the termination of each mile, on the right of the road they shall plant a [spot?] of durable timber

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with the miles marked thereon progressively.

Sec. 33. That John C. Pratt, John W. Stakes and Lyman I. Reynolds be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review, survey and re-locate so much of the State road leading from Galena to Prophets town, commencing at the mile board two miles north of Prophets town on Rock river marked sixty miles from Galena, thence south to intersect the State road again south of Prophets town said commissioners to meet at Prophets town.

Sec. 34. That Neely Withrow and Rufus Hubbard of Henry county and A. Slocomb of Whitesides county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road commencing at New Albany, from thence to Penny’s ferry on Rock river, near the west side of range three east of the fourth principal meridian, thence taking the county road to a bridge on Green river and from thence to intersect the State road leading from Galena to Beardstown at Genesees in Henry county; said commissioners to meet at Genesees.

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Sec. 35. That Mark Willitts, William P. Hull and Hopkins Boone be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from New Boston in Mercer county via Millersburgh to Richmond in Henry County; (and another road beginning at or near the south boundary of Mercer county on the road from Monmouth in Warren county to Stephenson in Rock Island county, thence by Millersburgh to Illinois City in Rock Island county). Said commissioners in the location of said road, shall have special regard to the public commerce, the localities of the ground and advantages of crossing water courses to plant firmly in the ground at the end of each mile a neat post of durable timber with the miles progressively marked thereon.

Sec. 36 That Reason Gerley of Will county, Benjamin Butterfield of Cook county and Abraham Holderman of LaSalle county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Juliett in Will county to Joseph Norman’s mill on Hickory creek; thence eastwardly to the north side of Skunk Grove; thence the nearest and best route eastwardly to the Indiana State line. said commissioners to meet at Juliett.

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Sec. 37. That Silas Richards of Knox county Jacob Mason Haskins of Fulton county and Norman Butler of Henry County be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State road from Farmington, thence to Rochester, La Fayette and Wethersfield to Richmond in Henry county; thence to intersect the road from Knoxville to Galena. commissioners to meet at Farmington.

Sec. 38 That the present county road from the bridge over Big creek, on the Vincennes and Chicago State road leading up said creek by John Lycans, Brown’s mill, Parkers, Newmans, Ohairs, Bunnells, thence intersecting the said Vincennes and Chicago State road at George Redmonds, is hereby declared a State road, to be worked and kept in repair four rods wide. And the commissioners courts of Edgar and Clark counties shall arrange the road districts on said line that those lining on the creek shall not be required to work on the main State Road.

Sec. 39. That Isaac Granthum and John Hainline of M^cDonough county and Michael Crane of Warren county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road

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from Macomb in M^cDonough county to the Mississippi river opposite the town of Burlington. commissioners to meet at Macomb.

Sec. 40. That James Willard of Adams county, Elisha Worrell and John Slater of Hancock county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Clayton in Adams county by the way of Houston in the same county, and Chili in Hancock county, to a point on section two, in township three north in range seven west of the fourth principal meridian where the State road from Ruchville to Warsaw crosses said section. commissioners to meet at Chili in Hancock county.

Sec. 41. That John Campbell of Pike county and John B. Robinson and William Allen of Adams county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and ^re^ locate so much of the State road from Quincy in Adams county to Phillip’s ferry in Pike county, as lies between Beverly in Adams county and Thomas Bates’ farm in Pike county commissioners to meet at said Bates. Sec. 42. That Turner Roundtree, Thomas

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Gilbert and Agrippa S Martin of the County of Knox be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to review survey and relocate that part of the state Road leading from Knoxville in Knox County to view Boston in Mercern County which lied in the said County of Knox so that the said Road as relocated . . . through the Town of Galesburgh in said County of Knox and strike the present State Road at Some point between Galesburgh ând^ Alfred Browns

Sec. 43. That John M King, Q A Cook and J. M. Bell be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review survey and relocate the part of the state road leading from Rushville in Schuyler County to Carthage in Hancock County, which lies between the Town of Plymouth and the south line of section number thirty one in Township four ^north & Range 4^ west of the fourth principal meridian, said Commissioners shall meet at Plymouth

Sec 44 That Conrad Leek David Hodgson and Charles B Harley be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and relocate that part of the State road leading from Enterprise in La Salle County as lies between the Town of La Fayette in Knox County and Charles B Harleys and said road commencing at the South End of Hodgson street in the Town of La Fayette, thence south to the South East corner

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of Peter Minars eighty acres, from thence the nearest and best way to the bridge on Fitches Creek, from thence to Seck,s mill on Walnut creek and from thence to Charles B Harleys on said road, said commissioners to meet at the Town of La Fayette.

Sec. 45. That Thomas Brackman of Brown County and John Wiggle and Abraham H. D. Butts are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a state road from Mount Sterling in Brown County to Liberty in Adams County.

Sec. 46. That Rufus Souls Luke Hall and Rausan Steele of M^cHenry County be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State Road from Chicaugo, thence to Half Day, thence by fort Hill to M^cHenry thence to the state line, to meet the Territorial road leading to Madison in Wisconsin commissioners to meet at Half day

Sec. 47. That Sylvester Talcot N H Fostar and Christopher Walkeep be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State Road from Chrystalville in M^cHenry County, thence to Christopher Walkup on the road leading from Chicago to Big Foot Lake, thence to Mississippi Cold Spring prairie thence to Raurd prairie, thence in a direction to Mineral Point in Wisconsin until

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Guilbert and Agrippa S. Martin of the county of Knox be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to re view, survey and re locate that part of the State road leading from Knoxville in Knox county to New Boston in Mercer county, which lies in the said county of Knox, so that the said road as re located may run through the town of Galesburg in said county of Knox and strike the present State road at some point between Galesburg and Alfred Browis.

Sec. 46. That John M. King, Q. A. Cook and J. W. Bell be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review, survey and re locate that part of the State road leading from Rushville in Schuyler county to Carthage in Hancock county, which lies between the town of Plymouth and the south line of section number thirty one in township four north, and range four west of the fourth principal meridian. said commissioners shall meet at Plymouth

Sec. 47. That Conrad Leek David Hodgson and Charles B. Harley be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and re-locate that part of the State road

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leading from Enterprise in La Salle county, as lies between the town of La Fayette in Knox county and Charles B. Harleys on said road, commencing at the south end of Hodgson street in the town of La Fayette, thence south to the south east corner of Peter Minor’s eighty acres, from thence the nearest and best way to the bridge on Fitches creek, from thence to Leek’s creek mill on Walnut creek, and from thence to Charles B. Harleys on said road. Said commissioners to meet at the town of La Fayette.

Sec. 48. That WILLIAM Allen and Jacob Staffer of Adams county and Isaac Askew of Pike county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and re-locate so much of the State road from Quincy in Adams county to Phillips ferry in Pike county, as lies between Beverly in the former county and McWilliams’ in Pike county.

Sec. 49. That Thomas Brockman of Brown county, and John Wigle and Abraham H. D. Butts are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State

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the same intersects the state line, commissioners to meet at Chrystalville

Sec 48. That Benjamin T Lee of Winnebago County Ephraim Hull of De Kalb County and Isaac Marlett of Kane County be they hereby appointed Commissioners to view survey and locate a state road from where a certain road terminates at the Will County line to . . . Fox River thence by the County seat of De Kalb County, Rockford in Winnebago County Trasks Ferry on Pickatonica thence to the State line via direction towards Mineral Point, the said Commissioners shall lay out a State road from the Town of Winnebago in Winnebago County intersecting the State Road in the direction to the Will COUNTY line Commissioners to meet at Aurora

Sec. 49. That William Shad Dauphin Brown and Lemrick W Streeter be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a state road from Lasalle in Lasalle County, thence to Gray Grove, thence to rulet Grove, thence to Bloommingville on Rock river, thence to Freeport, thence to Brewsters ferry on Pickatonica and thence to the State line in a direction to mineral point commissioners to meet at Lasalle

Sec 50 That George W. Hilgard and James Scybold of Pike County and Samuel Cutler of Adams County be and they are hereby appointed

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road from Mount Sterling in Brown county to Liberty in Adams county.

Sec. 50. That Rufus Souls, Luke Hale and Ransom Steele of M^cHenry county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Chicago, thence to Half Day, thence by Fort Hill to M^cHenry, thence to the State line to meet the Territorial road leading to Madison in Wisconsin. commissioners to meet at Half Day.

Sec. 51. That Sylvester Talcott, N. H. Foster and Christopher Walkup be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Chrystalville in McHenry county, thence to Chrystopher Walkup’s on the road leading from Chicago to Big Foot Lake, thence to Nippersink Cold Spring prairie thence to Round prairie, thence in a direction to Mineral Point in Wisconsin until the same intersects the State line commissioners to meet at Chrystalville.

Sec. 52. That Benjamin T. Lee of

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Winebago county, Ephraim Hall of De Kalb county and Isaac Marlett of Kane county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from ^where &c^ Aurora on Fox river, thence by the county seat of De Kalb county, Rockford in Winebago county, Trasks ferry on Pekkatonica, thence to the State line in a direction towards Mineral Point — commissioners to meet at Aurora.

Sec. 53. That William Shed, Dauphin Brown and Samuel W. Streeter be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from La Salle in La Salle county; thence to Troy Grove, thence to Inlet Grove thence to Bloomingville on Rock river, thence to Freeport, thence to Brewster’s ferry on Pekatonica and thence to the State line in a direction to Mineral Point commissioners to meet at La Salle.

Sec. 54 That George W. Halyard and James Scybold of Pike county and Samuel Cutter of Adams county be and they are hereby appointed

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commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Beverly in Adams county in a direction to Naples to intersect the State road from Quincy to Naples at some point west of Perry in Pike county. commissioners to meet at Beverly

Sec. 51. That so much of the State road leading from Rock Island to Savanna, as lies within the town of Hampton in Rock Island county be and the same is hereby vacated.

Sec. 52. That the county road from Dixon’s ferry to the town of Linden on Rock River, and the road from Union Grove in Whiteside county to Fulton City be and the same are hereby declared State roads — and that D. B. Young, Henry Boyer and John Baker are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Union Grove to the, crossing of Elk Horn creek on the road to Dixons ferry.

Sec. 53 That the county road now established, opened and travelled from Carmi in White county by the way of the poll bridge and Caleb Cliffords, thence to Grayville on the Wabash river, is hereby declared a

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State road, to be worked and kept in repair four rods wide.

Sec. 54. That a part of the State road from Carlenville to Jacksonville shall be changed and vacated, viz, to commence at William Adams in Mcoupin county, thence on a direct line to the north east corner of John Burlesons farm, thence due north one quarter of a mile, thence westwardly one quarter of a mile, thence due north to the south east corner of the public square in the town of Newburg, thence northwestwardly with the county road to the township line, thence with said line to intersect the old road at George Sharps.

Sec. 55. That that part of the State road leading from Hilsboro to Alton, viz from the point where the same forks, or the road from Hilsboro to Edwardsville to the point where it connects with the old road leading from the Hilsboro and Edwardsville road to Staunton is hereby vacated, and from the point first above named the road shall be continued on the Hilsboro and Edwardsville road to a point about one mile

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from Kirklands Grove, thence on the old Road leading to Staunton until it connects with the aforesaid Alton Road.

Sec. 56. That Samuel Blackwell, Joseph M^cLeauand, Samuel Porter are hereby appointed commissioners to review and relocate a part of the road from Fords ferry to Jacksonville (viz) that the same may run on the half mile line of section eleven, then about half way through section two on the same line in T. y. N R. 4 W until the same intersects the old road again.

Sec. 54. That the state road leading from Beardstown to Mount Sterling in Brown County heretofore established be and the same is hereby vacated and made void.

Sec 58. That Henry Perringer John Sides and Henry Casteene of Brown County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view survey and relocate a part of the State road leading from Meredotia to Mount Sterling viz to change the same in Sec. 20. T. 2 S. R. 2 W and in that vicinity, in the neighborhood of B T Hills in Brown County.

Sec. 59. That Abraham Smith of Brown County O M Hagland and Allen Persiager of Schuyler County be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to change alter and relocate the state road heading from “Rushville to Quincy so much

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thereof as lies between Henleys mill on Crooked Creek and Rushville.

Sec. 60. That James Head and Nathan Ward of M^cDanaugh County and William Smith of Hancock County are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State Road from Appanoose to Sahart in Hancock COUNTY thence to intersect a State road to be located from

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from Kirklands Grove, thence or the old road leading to Staunton until it connects with the aforesaid Alton road.

Sec. 60. That Samuel Blackwell Joseph M^cLean and Smaul Porter are hereby appointed commissioners to review and re-locate a part of the road from Fords ferry to Jacksonville, viz, that the same may run on the half mile line of section eleven, there about half way throng section two on the same line, in T. 7. N. R. 4 W. until the same intersects the old road again.

Sec. 61. That the State road leading from Beardstown to Mount Sterling in Brown county heretofore established Brown county heretofore established be and the same is hereby vacated and made void.

Sec. 61. That Harvey Perringer John Sides and Henry Casteine of Brown county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and re locate a part of the State road leading from Mereadocia to Mount Sterling, viz, to change the same in sec. 20. T. 2. L. R. 2 W. and in that vicinity in the neighborhood of B. F. Hills in Brown county.

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Sec. 62. That J. B. Shaw of Lawrence county James H. Wilson and William Magil of Crawford county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and relocate a State road from (via Russelville) so much of the Vincennes and Chicago State road as lies between Gibson’s ferry at Vincennes, and John Foxes in Crawford county. So much of the present Vincennes and Chicago State road as lies between Vincennes and John Foxes in Crawford county is hereby declared a State road and the county commissioners of Lawrence and Crawford counties, are hereby required to cause the same to be kept open in repair as other State roads are.

Sec. 63. That Abraham Smith of Brown county O. M. Hogland and Allen Perringer of Schuyler county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to change, alter and re-locate the State road leading from Rushville to Quincy so much thereof as lies between Henley’s mill on Crooked creek and Rushville.

Sec. 64. That James Head and Nathan Ward of McDonough county and William Smith of Hancock county are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Apponoes to Laharp in Hancock county, thence in a direction to Macomb to intersect a state road to be located from

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Macomb in M^cDonough county to the Mississippi river opposite Burlington at the most suitable and convenient point in a direction to Macomb. Commissioners to meet at Apponoes within one month after the location of the above recited road.

Sec. 61. That Willard Graves of Columbus in Adams county, Jonathan Dearborn of Brown county, and Joseph S. King of Pike county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road commencing at Columbus aforesaid, thence eastwardly through Walkers neck to M^cKees creek between sections 20. and 21. T. 2. T. R. 3 W. thence to Chambersburg in Pike county. commissioners to meet at Columbus.

Sec. 62 That John H. Holton, William Oglesby and Charles K. M^cCoy are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Quincy in Adams county via the upper bridge on North Mill creek to Columbus, thence to intersect the State road leading from Rushville via Henley’s mill and Clayton to Quincy, at the nearest and most eligible point East of Columbus. commisioners to meet at Quincy.

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Sec. 63. That Walter Earll, ^Warner Earll^ Willard Clark and David Holt of Winebago county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Hishwaka in Winebago county, thence to intersect the State road from Bloomingville to Freeport in Stephenson county.

Sec. 64 That Carter T. Davidson of Warren county, Alexander Latimer of Knox county and Jacob Mason of Fulton county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Farmington in Fulton county via Hulls crossing on Spoon river, thence to Abingdor in Knox county entering said town at the east end of Jackson street running with said street to Main street, thence to the north end of said Main street, thence to Jonathan Latimers and from thence to Monmouth in Warren county. commissioners to meet at Farmington

Sec. 65. That Benjamin Tompkins, Kerner Brent and Matthew J. Cox of Warren county be and they are hereby appointed commission—

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ers to view, survey and relocate a part of the State road from Peoria to Burlington, beginning at the south east corner of the south west quarter of section seventeen T.9. N. R. 3. W. thence to the north east corner of said section, thence on or near the north line of said quarter to the center of section eighteen same township and range, thence, to continue on a direct line as the ground will permit until it intersects the old road first above named commissioners to meet at New Lancaster.

Sec. 66. That Hiram Chapin, Andrew Wallace and Thomas Fruit of the county of Macon be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark and re-locate so much of the State road running from Decatur to Bloomington, as lies between the north line of township eighteen and the town of Clinton in Macon county. commissioners to meet at Clinton.

Sec. 67. The commissioners named in this act to locate and re-locate the several roads and parts of roads, a majority of whom in any one case may act and discharge the duties required, and previous to

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to acting shall severally take an oath before some justice of the peace of the State faithfully and impartially to the best of their judgement discharge the duties required; and shall proceed, at any time aftr the passage of this act between this an a the first of July Âugust^ next and they shall meet by that day and shall with great care cause the routes to be viewed surveyed and located with a view to permanent roads four rods wide, in all cases, where the width is not otherwise herein directed and through prairie lands cause the same where they may judge it necessary to be staked and blazed through timbered lands.

Sec. 68. They shall cause the same to be surveyed, in all cases, and may employ a surveyor and the hands necessary and they shall make out reports and plats and return the same to each and every county commissioners court through which the road may pass, of the part lying in each and county respectively which shall be recorded and preserved. Sec. 69. The allowance to to commissioners

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Sec. 69 That William Tate and John C. Bane of Fulton county and Isaac Lane of Schuyler county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Springfield in Sangamon county to Millers ferry or Blue Springs on the Sangamon River crossing the Illinois river at Sparks landing in Schuyler county via Astoria post office and Vermot in Fulton county to Macomb in McDonough county. commissioners to meet at Springfield.

Sec. 70 That William Freborn, Seth Helton, and Joel Beadles of Fulton county be and they are hereby appointed commisioners to view, survey and re-locate that part of the State road from Warsaw to Canton situate between Marretta and Centervile in Fulton county, that the same may be located so as to cross Spoon river at the town of Bristol on section twenty four in township six north range one east.

Sec. 71 That William Rupell of Fayette county, William Thomas of Dane county and John L. Dryer of Sangamon county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road leading from Vandalia leaving the present Springfield road at the farm of Col. Berry; thence to

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William Russells, and John Dentons, along up the prairie between Huricane and Ramsey’s creek timber on the nearest and best route to Springfield. commissioners to meet at Vandalia.

Sec. 72 That Marcus B. Osborn and and George Tyler of Henry county and Miles Conway of Rock Island county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Andover in Henry county via Cleavland to the Mississippi River opposite Fort Byron in Rock Island County on the nearest and best ground from point to point. commissioners to meet at Rock Island.

Sec. 73 That

are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Aurora on Fox river in the county of Kane, by way of the county seat of De Kalb, Rockford and Frakes ferry in Winebago county to the State line in a direction to Mineral point, ending at some point near a place called Black Mores point. commissioners to meet at Aurora.

Sec. 74 That Basil Davis of Clay county, and William Gordon and William Stephens of Effingham county be and they are

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hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and re-locate a part of the State road leading from Maysville via Ewington to Shelbyville, viz, that part of said road from Heflins in Clay county to Brocketts mill in Effingham county. commissioners to meet at said Helfins.

Sec. 75 That Mark Tully of Marion county, Thomas I. Gillenwaters of Effingham county and Silas Hart of Coles county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a state road from Salem in Marion county via Ewington in Effingham county to Charleston in Coles county. commissioners to meet at Salem.

Sec. 76 That James Smith John Johnson ând Levi Thompson^ of Iroquois county and

of La Salle county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from a suitable and eligible point or the State road line betwen Illinois and Indiana, in a direction from Lafayette to Ottawa from said point of beginning to the town of Middle port in Iroquois county, thence down the Iroquois river to the town of Plato in said county, thence in the best direction to the town of Ottawa in La Salle county. commissioners to meet at Middleport.

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Sec. 77 That George Parks of Shelby county, William Jeremiah of Champaign and Jonathan Wright of Iroquois coun^ty^ are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Shelbyville in Shelby county to Urbana via Champaign county; thence to the Middle fork of the Vermilion river; thence to the head branch of Spring creek and down Springf creek to the town of Nightsville; thence to Plato in Iroquois county; thence down the Iroquois river to the Kankakee and from thence to fall into the State road leading from Danville to Chicago in the nearest and best way to Chicago. commissioners to meet at Shelbyville.

Sec. 78 That Thomas Edmunson, Robert Sand and George Richard of the county of Scott be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Naples in said county; thence to the bridge over the Moretiere thence to Bloomfield in said county; selecting throughout the best ground for a permanent road.

commissioners to meet at Naples.

Sec. 79 That D A. Richard of Stark county, Charles S. Boyd of Bureau county and Henry McClanahan of Knox county be and they are hereby

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appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from the ferry landing on the west side of the Illinois river opposite Hennepin in Putnam county; thence to Toulon, the seat of Justice of Stark county; thence to intersect a State road leading to Knoxville at or near the town of Victoria in Knox county commissioners to meet at Perkins in Bureau county.

Sec. 80 That Daniel Wooten of Stephenson county, John Platt of Winebago county and Preston of Carroll county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Rockford in Winebago county; thence to Savannah on the Mississippi river.

Sec. 81 That ll that part of the state road from Darwin via Auburn to New Richmond in Clark county which lies between Auburn and New Richmond is hereby vacated and wholly annulled. And the county road now established and improved from Auburn to New Richmond is hereby declared

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a State road four poles wide.

Sec. 82 That the road leading from Butler Sewards in Montgomery County intersecting the Jacksonville road at Baily Taylors in Macoupin county be and the same is hereby declared a State road.

Sec. 83 That Henry Harrison Jr of Clark county ând Nathaniel Parker of Coles County^ be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and re-locate with a view of straightening and shortening the same the road commencing at the state road on Union prairie at the south west corner of section sixteen thence by Handy’s to the point where the road now turns at or near the corner of Bartletts land, on ^the^ south west quarter of sec. 14. T. 9. N. R. 12. W. thence on a direct line from said turn to Martinsville or the Cumberland road, if the same be practicable if not, as near a straight line as the ground will permit for a permanent road — from Martinsville they shall extend the line or the most eligible route and locate the road to Baker’s and Norfolk’s mill or the Embarrass river; thence to Charleston in Coles county.

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And the said Henry Harrison Jr and ^Nathaniel Parker^ shall alter and change as they may deem right for the public good the state road from York to Martinsville from sec. 35. in T. 9. N. R. 12 W. and through the Crow prairie and to extend the same to form a junction with the road first named in this section at a suitable point at or near the grove above Anglins and the other part of said road from anglins to Martinsville to be vacated.

Sec. 84 The present county road from the grand turn below Marshall via Waters’ mill to the county line of Crawford is hereby declared a State road four rods wide and may be straightened at Miners creek. Sec. 85 That Henry Ferguson, James Walker and Joseph H. Gooding of Pike county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and relocate the State road from Atlas via rockport to Pleasant-vale, so as to enter Main street os said Pleasant-vale at the south eastern extremity; thence to Kinderhook on the most direct and eligible ground to Adams county line doing as little damage as the public good will admit commissioners to meet at Atlas.

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Sec. 86 That so much of the road leading from Douglass to Carlinville in Macoupin county as lies between Caulkins be and and Archibald Coulter’s be and the same is hereby vacated, and that the road from Caulkins’ branch by John Brown’s to Archibald Coulters is hereby declared a State road and the same shall be kept in repair as other State roads.

Sec. 87 That the commissioners court of Peoria county be and they are hereby authorized to alter that part of the State road leading from Peoria to Knoxville that runs through township eight north in range eight east and also through township nine north range seven east.

Sec. 88 That an alteration and review of the State road from a Shelbyvile to Danville, so much thereof as lies within said counties of Shelby and Coles, and with that view the county commissioners court of Shelby county shall appoint without delay three commissioners to view, survey and relocate that part lying in said county of Shelby to the best advantage for a permanent road and said commissioners shall act in concert and agree with the com—

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missioners from Coles [county herein] after named where and at what point the road shall cross the line of Shelby and Coles counties. And Jesse Fuller, Isaac Gruel and William Barnett of Coles county are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and re locate said road in Coles county said commissioners shall report to the counties respectively, and each county to pay the expences so incurred severally.

Sec. 88 That so much of the State road from Charleston in Coles county to Springfield via Essex in Shelby county, as lies between Charleston and Essex is hereby vacated and annulled. And Elisha Linder and Noyes are hereby appointed commissioners to view survey and locate a State road from some suitable point near Wabash point on the State road from Charleston to Shelbyville, to Essex in Shelby county.

Sec. 89 That Benjamin Davis of Clay county, William Gordon and William Stevens of Effingham, county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to change that part of the state road leading from Maysville via

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Ewington to Shelbyville which lies between

Sec. 90 That John Onstott, Jacob Colglazer and Edward Golden be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from Louisville to intersect the Western mail route at some convenient point between John Davenports and John Onstotts.

Sec. 91 That John W. Sullivan and George Greene shall have the extension of one year from the passage of this fact to finish the bridge across the Little Wabash river at or near Louisville in Clay county where the road leading from Vandalia to Lawrenceville across and that the act authorizing Robert Tolar and William Farmer and Hugh M^cDaniel to build a bridge across the Little Wabash river, approved March 4. 1837. be extended or constructed so as to give them longer time to build said bridge, to wit, one year from the passage of this act

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Sec 92. The allowance to commissioners shall be one Dollar and fifty cents per day for each and every day necessarily employed in the discharge of the duties required, to survey at $ two dollars and fifty cents, and to hands one dollar, to be paid by the several counties interested in proportion to the length and distance of road in the county and equitable and fair proportion of the whole expense and the same shall be paid by the counties

Sec. 93 It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners Court of the several Counties through which any road or improvement authorized by this act shall be established shall cause the same without delay to be opened worked and kept in repair so far as the Labor and means of the Counties respectively will enable and with due interest to the County admit

Sec. 94 The County Commissioners Court of Jackson County are hereby authorized to appoint Commissioners to locate a state road from Gills Ferry to Shawneetown to carry out the provisions of a bill to establish a state road between said points passed at the December session fo 1836

This act to be considered in force from and after its passage

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David Prickett

Passed H. R.[House of Representatives] Feby 26 1839
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Nô 243 H.R[House Resolution]

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A Bill for an act to locate & establish, and alter, change & relocate state roads

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3 ammended

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to be Enrolled as amended.

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