Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That Henry Davis and David Walker of Adams couny, and George Bartlett, of Pike county, be appointed Commissioners to locate a state road [from] [Cl]ayton, in Adams county, to Worcester, in Pike county.

Sec. 2. The said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Clayton on the first Monday of May, 1840, or within six months thereafter; and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the Peace faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to view, mark, survey and locate said road from Clayton to Carters and Walker’s mi[lls], thence to Beverly, thence to Worcester, and make out two plats of the same; on to be filed in the Clerks office of the county Commissioners’ Court of Adams County, and the other in the said Clerks office of the coun[ty] of Pike.

Sec. 3. The said Commissioners shall receive a reasonable compensation for their services, which, together with the expenses of surveying and ma^r^king said road, shall be paid by the counties of Adams and Pike, in proportion to the length of the road in each

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Calhoun, John

Passed Jany 13 1840
J Calhoun
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A Bill for an act to locate a State road from Clayton to Worcester ^Barry^2

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1On December 28, 1839, Archibald Williams in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Adams and Pike counties, requesting a change in a state road. The House referred the petition to a select committee. In response to this petition, Williams of the aforesaid select committee introduced HB 102, originally titled "A Bill to Locate a State Road from Clayton to Worcester, " in the House on January 3, 1840. On January 13, the House passed the bill, amending the title by striking out “Worcester” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “Barry.” The House reported the bill’s passage to the Senate, but the latter took no action.
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), 95, 123, 152, 161; 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), 109-10.

2On January 13, 1840, the House of Representatives struck out “Worcester” and inserted in lieu thereof the word “Barry.”
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), 161.