Sec.[Section] 1st. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That dudly Mabry, and William Paydon of Fayette County, are appointed Commissioners to review and relocate so much of the state road authorized by an act of the Legislature of 1838 & 1839 leading from Joseph Huey[]s in Clinton County to the North East corner of Fayette County as lies between the said dudley Mabry[]s, along on said road to near the Hazle Mound thence on the nearest and best ground to the house of Isaac Workman, and thence on the most eligible site to intersect the aforesaid state road in the Post oak plats south of Stuart[]s mills on1Big creek in the said county of Fayette.
Sec. 2. That said Commissioners or either of them, shall meet at the House of the said dudley Mabry whenever it shall be most convenient for them so to do within ninety days from the passage of this act, and after being
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duly qualified before some person authorized to administer oaths, immediately ^impartially^ to discharge the duties enjoyned by this act, shall proceed to relocate said road as provided for in the first section of this act.
Sec. 3. And it is made the duty of the County Commissioners Court of Fayette County to cause the reviewed and relocated part of said State road to be opend and kept in repair as other state roads are required to be, And shall also allow out of the County County Treasury a reasonable compensation per day to said Commissioners for the time actually spent in the performance of the duty required by this act.
Sec. 4. That John Shirley and Andrew J. Hickerson be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to relocate that part of the State road leading from Vandalia to Carlysle
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as lies between the said Town of Vandalia and William Miles’ on the said Carlyle road, commencing at Vandalia, thence through the Inlots in the Southwestern corner of said Town, to Jeremiah Evan’s old place, and thence to intersect the present ^said^ road leading to Carlyle near the said William Miles’. Said Commissioners shall meet at the House of Akins Evans on some day within ninety from the passage of this Act, That they may agree upon, and after being duly Sworn before some person authorised to administer oaths ^shall^ proceed to perform the duty herein required of them.
Sec. 5. The 3rd Section of this act shall in all respects be applicable to the road authorised to be relocated in
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the foregoing Section as well as to the compensation of the Commissioners appointed by said Section.
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Passed Jan. 13. 1840.
J. Calhoun. Clk.[Clerk] H. Reps

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A bill for “an act to relocate parts of a State road^s^ in Fayette County.
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Horton
Hankins
Fisk.
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[?] to be Enrolled
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Engrossed
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passed
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Handwritten Document, 6 page(s), Folder 86, HB 89, GA Session 11-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,