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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, Represented in the General Assembly, That A. B. Brown, Sebert Choate and John J. Smith, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review and relocate, so far as the public interest may require, that part of the state road from Frankfort in Franklin county to the city of Metropalias in Johnson county as lies between the said city of Metropalias and the crossway over the ponds, and said commissioners shall meet at the city of Metropalias immediately after being informed of their appointment and may call to their aid if necessary the county Surveyor, and upon being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace faithfully and impartially to perform the duties required by this act, shall proceed to review and relocate said road upon the most eligible and direct route, doing as little injury to private property as possible, and after making such relocation, they shall make a report thereof to the county commissioners Court for the approval of said Court, and upon the approval thereof, the road located shall be the State road; and the former road so far as changed be vacated; and the county Commissioners’ Court of Johnson county shall allow said Commissioners a reasonable compensation together with the surveyor if employed, for their services. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

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A Bill for an act to relocate part of a State road in Johnson county.
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1An unknown representative introduced HB 23 in the House of Representatives on an unrecorded date on or before December 20, 1839. The House passed the bill on December 23. On December 28, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Public Roads. The Committee on Public Roads reported back the bill on January 10, 1840, recommending its rejection, and the Senate tabled it.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 65, 80; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 53, 66, 98.

Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), Folder 22, HB 23, GA Session 11-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) , Â