Sec [Section]1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Ezra Baker Junr of Wabash County and Henry I. Mills of Edwards County, be, and they are hereby authorized to build and continue a Mill dam across the Little Wabash River, on the West half of the North west quarter, section Number seven, Township No one, South of Range No Ten, East in Edwards County, not exceeding eight feet high above the bed of the stream
Sec. 2. The said dam shall be constructed with a down stream sloap of two feet horizontal, to one foot perpendicular rise, well and sufficiently planked
over, for the purpose of allowing the safe passage of the descending trade of the
River ; and during the Continuance of the said dam, said slope shall be kept in good repair.
Sec. 3. The State of Illinois reserves the right of Constructing a lock, sluice[,] or other device, for the passage of the trade of the River, around or over the site of the said dam, whenever it may be deemed advisable so
to do, for the improvement of the navigation of the said River, free from charge, for the right of Way by the said Baker & Mills their successors or assigns
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 87, HB 106, GA Session 11-1, Illinois State Archives [Springfield, IL] ,