Sec[Section] 1^st. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Benjamin McKay, Jonah H Case[,] and John W Spencer be and they are hereby authorised to make and lay off lots of convenient size corresponding with in the width of their fronts with the other lots on the Bank of the Mississippi River beginning at the point where Eagle Street in the Town of Stephenson in Rock Island County strikes said River, thence up and along the Bank of said River, as far as their land extends leaving corresponding width for the several streets already laid off to pass to the River, provided that the width of Water Street shall at no point be less than seventy five feet throughout their said addition, and the plat of the lots so laid shall be recorded as other Town plats.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.