That Samuel W. Anderson, of Washing^ton^ county, Isaac B. Walker of Perry county[,] and Alfred Ray of Marion county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey[,] and locate a State road, beginning at Salem in Marion county, running thence on the nearest and best ground to Pinckneyville in Perry county, so as to intersect the road leading from Pinckneyville to Chester

Sec. [Section]2. Said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at Pinckneyville aforesaid, on the first Monday in August next, or within six months thereafter, and after being first duly sworn by some justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the duties required by this act, shall proceed to view, survey[,] and locate said road according to the provisions of the preceeding section, making the best location for a permanent [road?].

Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall make a report to the county commissioners courts of the several counties through which said road shall ^pass^of the part lying and being in each county which shall be recorded, filed[,] and preserved.

Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable compensation to be paid out of the treasuries of the several counties in proportion to the distance said road may run in each county and the time engaged in the discharge of their duties.