In force, Feb.[February] 1, 1840.
Com’rs[Commissioners] to relocate road
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Henry Zorges, Elisha Querry and Joseph Spangler, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to view, mark, and relocate, so much of the State road, leading from Decatur to Danville, as lies between the Sangamon river and the section line north east of the residence of Guy Helm.
Time & place of meeting.
Sec. 2. That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the House of Guy Helm, on the first Monday of April, or within six months thereafter; and after being sworn
before some justice of the peace, shall proceed to view, mark, and relocate said road
on the most eligible ground.
Approved, Feb. 1, 1840.
1Jesse W. Gouge presented a petition of citizens of Macon County to the House of Representatives on December 19, 1839, requesting a change to a state road. Gouge introduced HB 51 on December 21. The House passed the bill on January 2, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on January 29. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 1 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 58-9, 72, 88, 117, 298, 309, 328; Journal of the Senate (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 84, 161, 208-09.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly, at their Special Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 85, GA Session: 11-S,