Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Bullock and Harvey 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 Nashville as lies between the bridge across the West fork of Muddy, in Jefferson county, and Joel Woodram’s, in Washington county.

Sec. 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 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 proper distances apart through the prairies; and said road, when so relocated, shall be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are.

Sec. 3. Said commissioners shall make out, under their hands and seals, a certificate of the number of days neces-

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sarily employed by them in making said relocation, 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 of the treasuries of Jefferson and Washington counties, in proportion to the distance said road shall pass in each county.

Approved, February 27, 1839.