Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there shall be established a State road leading from Beardstown, by the way of Arnez’s mill and Lynnville, to Manchester, on the nearest and best ground between the points aforesaid; and John Carter, living near Lynnville, Joel Sugg of Manchester, and Francis Arnez of Cass county, are hereby appointed commissioners to locate said road. Said commissioners shall meet at Beardstown, on some day to be agreed upon by them, before the first day of August next, and being sworn before some justice of the peace, faithfully to discharge the duties imposed upon them by this act, shall proceed to locate said road upon the best ground to be obtained, having regard to distance, public convenience, and to the probable cost of the right of way; and upon agreeing upon the line of the road, shall mark the same so as to enable supervisors to follow the line and open the road upon the line located, and make reports of their proceedings to the commissioners’ courts of the several counties through which the said road passes, and the same shall be entered on the records of said courts; and from the date of such entry the same shall be a State road. In locating the road, the commissioners shall follow the line and occupy the same ground at present occupied by the State or county roads, so far as the same can be done consistently with the public interest. The commissioners shall be paid two dollars per day each, by the several counties through which the road passes, in proportion to the length of time occupied in each county. Any two of the commissioners may act under the provisions of this act.

Approved, February 12, 1839.