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 Philo Hale of Macon County, Thomas P Bond of Christian County and Mark Rutledge of Montgomery County are hereby appointed commissioners to view[,] mark[,] and lay out a state road2 from Decatur in Macon County to Alton in Maddison County passing through Stonington, Taylorsville and near to the residence of William Ricks, in Christian County 3 and through Hillsboro, in Montgomery County.

Sec. 2. The said commissioners or any two of them shall meet at Decatur at any time between the first of April and October next and proceed to view[,] mark[,] and lay out said road causing the same to be surveyed[,] marked[,] and measured and a plat of said survey and measurement of the course and distance through the Counties through which the same shall pass shall be made out and certified by such surveyor Said commissioners shall also make out a certificate in writing stating therein4 the time and manner of laying out the same which certificate, of survey and manner of marking and identifying said road shall be by said commissioners or one of them delivered to the Clerk of the County commissioners Court of such County and by the said clerk shall be recorded and the original certificates filed in his office, said original certificates or copies thereof shall be received in all cases as evidence of the facts therein contained and the said road when so laid out surveyed, and the certificates thereof recorded as herein required shall be deemed and considered and and is hereby declared to be a public highway of four rods in width and the same shall be opened and kept in repair by the people of the county through which the same may pass

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by order of the county commissioners court as other county roads are

Sec. 3. The commissioners aforesaid shall be allowed each two dollars per day, the surveyor two dollars per day[,] and the chain carriers one dollar each per day for all the time they may be employed in the services herein required of them by this act, which amount shall be made out by the said commissioners or any two of them and justly proportioned between the Counties through which such road shall pass, and seperate amounts therefor shall be made out and handed to the Clerks of the several county commissioners courts, and on the reception thereof the said Clerks respectively shall make an order on the Treasurer of the County for the amount thereof to the person entitled to the same and the Treasurer of such county shall pay the same out of any monies in the County Treasury.

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Calhoun, John

Passed House of Reps
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Clk John Calhoun
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A Bill for an act to locate a state Road from Decatur to Alton.

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Com Roads[Committee on State Roads]

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Indf[Indefinitley] postponed

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Engrossed

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passed

1On January 14, 1841, Martin White in the House of Representatives presented the petition of citizens of Christian and Macon Counties, which the House referred to a select committee. In response to this petition, White of the aforesaid select committee introduced HB 165 in the House on February 3. The House passed the bill on February 10. On February 19, the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on State Roads. The Committee on State Roads reported back the bill on February 22, recommending its rejection. The Senate indefinitely postponed further consideration.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 222, 317, 348, 359, 473; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 291, 342, 357, 367.

2State roads were those public roads established or designated by the General Assembly and usually crossed county lines. Only the General Assembly could establish, alter, or abandon state roads, until 1840 and 1841, when the General Assembly gave counties the authority to alter or to abandon state roads upon petition by a majority of voters in the area of the change.
An Act concerning Public Roads, sec. 9; An Act Authorizing Commissioners’ Courts to Alter, Change, and Relocate State Roads; An Act concerning Public Roads.

3Ricks’s residence was on the headquarter of Bear Creek, southwest of Taylorville.

4“thereon” changed to “therein”