Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840

AN ACT to alter a certain State road in Fayette county.
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Road changed

Alteration

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the State road leading from Greenville to Shelbyville, as lies in Fayette county, be, and the same is hereby, changed as follows: leaving the old road at Mathew Pope’s line, in section twenty-nine, running thence fifty-eight rods to said Pope’s corner; thence,

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north-east ninety-three rods, so as to intersect the old road at Jonathan Cooke’s line, in section twenty-one, township eight north, range one west of the third principal meridian; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Road may be relocated

Expenses how paid

Sec. 2. The county commissioners of Fayette county may, at their March term, make an order for the relocation of said road, as described in the first section of this act, and when so surveyed and located, shall be declared a State road, and kept in repair as other public roads in this State. Said court is hereby authorized to pay all reasonable expenses which may be incurred in the relocation of said road.

Approved, February 1, 1840.

1On January 10, 1840, Robert Blackwell introduced a petition in the Senate, and the Senate referred the petition to the Committee on Public Roads. On January 13, Joseph Borough, a member of the committee, introduced SB 86 in the Senate. On January 18, the Senate passed the bill. On January 25, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On January 30, the select committee reported the bill favorably without amendment, and the Senate passed the bill. On February 1, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
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), 207, 252, 293; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held in Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 104, 132, 219, 225, 240.