In force, Feb.[February] 26, 1839.
AN ACT to change part of the Philips’ ferry road, in Morgan county.
1
Road changed.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the State road which leads from Philips’ ferry, and intersects the road leading from Jacksonville to Carrollton, two and a half miles south of Jacksonville, shall be, and is hereby, changed, and made to pass upon the following ground: Beginning at the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, in township number fifteen north, range number eleven, west of the third principal meridian; thence, north, on the west line of said quarter section, to the centre line of sections thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six; thence, due east, to the intersection of the present road.
Approved, February 26, 1839.
1On January 28, 1839, Senator William Weatherford, a member of the select committee that received a petition from citizens of Morgan County in favor of changing part of the Philips’ ferry road in that county, introduced SB 153 in the Senate. On February 2, the Senate passed the bill. On February 22, the House of Representatives passed the bill. On February 26, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 337, 343, 433, 483, 517; Illinois Senate Journal. 1838. 11th G. A., 1st sess., 242, 265, 386, 418, 436.

Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 156, GA Session: 11-1,