Sec [Section]1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly that Henry Hand be and he is hereby authorised to establish and keep a ferry for ten years across rock river at a point in the vicinity of Cleveland in Henry County where the State Road from Knoxvill in Knox County to Port Byron in Rock Isleand County crosses said River

Sec 2. Said Hand shall cause said ferry to be furnish with a tight good boat, to sufficient for the speedy and safe transportation of all passengers, their teams, horses[,] cattle[,] and other animals, as well as their goods and effects; Said boat shall be furnished with men of suitable strength and skill to manage the same

Sec 3. Said Hand shall have the wright to land his boat or other ferry craft at any point within one mile above or below where said Road croses said River

Sec 4. Said Hand shall receive such rates for crossing at said ferry as may be alowed him by the County Commissioners court of Henry County, said Hand shall pay a tax or ferry lisence such as the County Commissioners court may requier him to pay; and in the management and regulation of said ferry the said Hand shall be governed by the

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requisitions of the act entitled an act to provide for the establishment of ferries[,] toll bridges, and turnpike roads; approved February 12^th 1827, this act to take effect from and after the date of its passage