Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Jesse Blin and Stephen Mack their associates, heirs[,] and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized to establish, maintain[,] and keep a ferry across Rock River and the mouth of the Pekatonika at their Junction in the County of Winnebago, for and during the term of ten years from the passage of this act; and during said term no other ferry shall be established or used on either of said rivers within one mile from the mouth of said Pekatonika upwards, and the right hereby granted shall extend down Rock River within twenty rods of the section line, west li[n]e of section twenty four T[Township] 46 N.[North] R[Range] 1 E[East].

Sec 2. The proprietors of said ferry shall be entitled to demand and receive from all persons crossing the same, the amounts and rates of ferriage established by an act “to authorize George W. Brinterhoof and others to establish a ferry across Rock river” approved March 2^nd 1839.

Sec. 3. In consideration of the heavy expenses in money and labour to which said proprietors will be subjected in putting said ferry in complete operation, and making and grading the roads leading to it, they are allowed the term of one year for that purpose; and in the mean time to keep and use the present ferries in lieu thereof with the privileges and upon the terms and conditions, granted by and contained in this act.

Sec. 4. Said Proprietors shall pay a tax to be assessed by the County Commissioners of said County. Provided the same shall not exceed the highest sum heretofore paid for a license for said ferry

Sec. [5] This act shall be in force and take effect from and after the date of its passa[ge]