Sect[Section]. 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That William Bullock and Harry Creel of Jefferson County and Joel Woodram of Washington County be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review and relocate so much of the State road leading from Mount Vernon and New Nashville, as lies between the bridge across the west fork of Muddy in Jefferson County and Joel Woodram’s in Washington County
Sect. 2. The said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet on the first monday in July next or within thirty days thereafter, and after being duly Sworn by some Justice of the Peace of Jefferson County faithfully to locate said road taking into consideration the nearest and most eligible rout [route]between the points specified in the first section of this act shall proceed to make said location, marking the trees through the timber, and putting up stakes at propers[proper] distances apart through the prairie, and said road when so located shall be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are.
Sect. 3. Said commissioners shall make out under their hands and seals a certificate of the number of days they were necessarily employed by them in making said relocation
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and shall deliver a copy thereof to the Clerks of each of the Counties of Jefferson and Washington, said commissioners shall each receive one dollar and fifty cents, per day for their services in making said relocation, to be paid out the County treasuries of Jefferson and Washington Counties in proportion to the distance said road shall pass in each County

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A. Bill for “an act to relocate a part of ^the^ state road from Mt. Vernon to New. Nashville
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 88, HB 107, GA Session 11-1, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,