Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb.[February] 23, 1839.

AN ACT to change a part of the State road leading from Equality to Vienna.
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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 William Sampson, Hiram Job, and Ishmael Vietch, of Johnson county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to review and relocate that part of the State road leading from Equality to Vienna that lies between the Half-way branch and the town of Vienna, or so much thereof as they may deem to be conducive to public convenience, so as to locate the said road on the best and nearest route to pass by the Illinois springs.

Time and place of meeting.

Report to co. com’rs.

Sec. 2. The said commissioners shall meet at the town of Vienna, on the first Monday of July next, or within one month thereafter, and, after being sworn by some justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the duties required by this act, shall proceed to view, mark, and relocate said road as directed in the first section of this act, doing as little injury to private interest as possible. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall make report of their review, designating such points as may be necessary, to the county commissioners’ court at their next September term; and if such report be in favor of such change, then the said road shall be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are; and so much of the present road as may be changed by this act is hereby vacated.

Pay of com’rs.

Sec. 3. The county commissioners’ court of Johnson county shall allow the commissioners hereby appointed such compensation as they may deem right and reasonable for their services, to be paid out of the county treasury of said county. This act to be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 23, 1839.

1On January 19, 1839, Representative James Copeland of the select committee introduced the bill in the House of Representatives. On January 23, the House passed the bill. On February 5, the Senate referred the bill to a select committee. On February 14, the Senate passed the bill. On February 23, 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 First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 240, 266, 268, 402, 488, 495; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 217, 282, 333-334, 393.