Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Reuben Haines and Sullivan L. Haines be, and they are hereby, authorized to raise and continue their mill-dam across the Mackinaw river, on section seven, in township number twenty-four north, of range two, west of the third principal meridian line, in the county of Tazewell, to the height of four feet: Provided, That the raising of said dam to the height of four feet from the low-water mark shall not interfere with or injure any mill-dam now in operation or erected on said river: Provided, further, That the said Reuben and Sullivan L. Haines shall improve and keep a road open, from the town plat of Mackinaw across the said Mackinaw river, immediately below the said mill-dam, and that they improve the river banks and build a good and sufficient bridge across their race, so as to admit of free and easy crossing of said race and river at all times: And provided, also, That the said Reuben and Sullivan L. Haines shall pay to each and every person all damages that he, she, or they, may sustain in consequence of the raising of the said dam.

Sec. 2. That Thomas F. Railsback, James Brawhill, and Samuel Flesher, be and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, and appraise, the damages, if any are sustained by any person or persons, by reason of the overflowing or backing up of water by raising the said dam. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 15, 1839