An act for the improvement of the Little Wabash River and for other purposes

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly, That the Commissioners of the board of public works shall cause the improvement of the navigation of the Little wabash River to be prosecuted as high up as the Cumberland road at Ewington in Effingham County ^Provided the Board of public Works shall deem it susceptible of advantageous improvement ^ and as much higher as in the opinion of the board the good of the State may require the said improvement to be commenced as early as practicable

Sec. 2. Bet[Be] it further enacted that Hugh M^cDaniels, Robert Toler and William Farmer of Clay County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view mark and locate a State road from Ezra Bakers mills on the little Wabash River in Edwards County on the nearest and best route to Maysville in Clay County.

Sec. 3. Said Commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Maysville on the first Monday in June next and after being duly sworn by some justice of the Peace of said County faithfully to discharge the duties herein required, shall proceed to perform the same and thereupon make a report of their proceedings to the Counties of Clay[,] Edwards and Wayne at the first meeting of their several Commissioners Courts thereafter and the Commissioners Courts

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of said Counties shall cause the said road to be forthwith opened and kept in repair as other State roads are.

Sec. 4.1 Said Commissioners shall receive a reasonable Compensation for their services which shall be paid by each of the before mentioned Counties in proportion to the distance of the road and the time employed in each County

Sec. 5.2 The County Commissioners of Clay County shall be authorized and required to build the following bridges in Clay Counties towit a bridge across the Little Wabash where the road leading from Maysville to Chicago crosses the same Also a bridge across Big Muddy on the road leading from Mount Carmel to Louisville in Clay County, Also a bridge across Fox River at or near John Mathews mills in Clay County and a bridge across Big Muddy on the State road leading from Elijah Nelsons by the way of Louisville to John Orenders in Clay County, provided in all cases that said Bridges shall be so Constructed as not in any way to intefere with the free navigation of either of the aforesaid streams or water courses

Sec. 63. Said Commissioners shall let out the building of said bridges to the lowest bidder by giving sufficient previous notice at what time and place such letting

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shall take place, and take from the Contractor a good and sufficient bond for the faithful Construction of the said bridges

Sec. 7.4 Said Commissioners shall pay the expenses of the Constructing said bridges out of any monies in the Treasury of said County not otherwise appropriated.