Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Mar[March] 2, 1839.

AN ACT for a State road from Shelbyville, in Shelby county, to Hillsboro, in Montgomery county.
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Com’rs[Commissioners] to locate road.

Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Tackett, of Shelby county, and Andrew Burk, of Montgomery county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a State road from Shelbyville, in Shelby county, by the way of Craddock’s mill, thence to Audibon, and thence to Hillsboro, in Montgomery county, on the nearest and best ground, so as not to interfere with cultivated lands more than can be possibly avoided for the public convenience.

Time & place of meeting.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to meet at Shelbyville, on or before the first Monday in December next, and, after having taken an oath before some justice of the peace faithfully and impartially to perform the duties required by this act, to proceed to mark and lay out said road above mentioned, and shall make due return thereof to the next county commissioners’ court of each county.

Compensation.

Sec. 3. The county commissioners of the counties of Shelby and Montgomery shall allow said commissioners, out of their respective treasuries, a reasonable compensation for their services. Said road, when thus laid out and established, shall be deemed a State road, and kept in repair as such.

Approved, March 2, 1839.

1On February 20, 1839, Peter Warren introduced SB 280 in the Senate. On February 23, following the insertion of an amendment by a select committee, the Senate passed the bill, and referred it to the House. On March 2, the House passed the bill without further amendment. On March 2, theCouncil of Revision approved the bill, and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives, at the First Session of the Eleventh General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1838), 493, 592; Journal of the Senate, at the First Session of the Eleventh General Assembly, of the State of Illinois (Vandalia, IL: William Waters, 1838), 369, 380, 392, 471-72, 502, 510, 512.