Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 22, 1839.

AN ACT to relocate a part of the State road from Calhoun county to Schuyler county.
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Com’rs[Commissioners] to review road.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Joel Meacham, Richard Price, and Isaac Davis, of Pike county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to review, mark, and relocate, so much of the State road from Calhoun county to Schuyler county, as lies between the residence of Joseph H. Gooding and the bridge north of Pittsfield, on Bay creek; and, also, so much of said road as passes through section twenty-eight, in township four south, range three west, in said county of Pike.

Time & place of meeting.

Sec. 2. The commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of Pittsfield, on the first Monday in April next, or within three months thereafter, and, after being duly sworn faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to review and locate said road, keeping in view the shortness of the route and eligibility of the ground, so as to make the same a permanent road.

Surveyor.

Map to be filed.

Sec. 3. The said commissioners are authorized to employ a surveyor; and when they have completed their work, they shall file a map or plat of said road, giving the courses and proper references, &c.[et cetera], and file the same in the office of the clerk of the commissioners’ court in said county.

Pay of com’rs.

Sec. 4. The commissioners’ court of said county shall allow the said commissioners and surveyor a reasonable compensation for their services, and shall cause said road to be opened and kept in repair as in other cases.

Approved, February 22, 1839.

1On January 22, 1839, Senator William Ross introduced SB 117 in the Senate. On February 1, the Senate passed the bill. On February 4, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On February 6, the select committee reported the bill with an amendment, and the House concurred in the amendment. On February 13, the House passed the bill as amended. On February 19, the Senate concurred in the House amendments. On February 22, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 325, 342, 355, 391, 453, 479;Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 204, 226, 260, 327, 354, 387.