Sec.[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly that John Douglass and Eli Vickers their Heirs, and assigns are here by Authorized to build a mill dam Across Rector[’]s fork of the Saline In Gallatin County on there north East fourth of the north East quarter Of Section twenty Eight in township Seven South Range seven East Provided Said Land as above Discribed Shall belong to the said Douglass and vickers, Provided allso that if any person or Persons Shall Sustain any Loss or Damage by the water over flowing Any land or any other property Whatever occasioned by the Construction Of said mill dam then and in that Case the Said Douglass and vickers Shall be accountable and pay to All Such person or persons as may be Damaged there by which damage shall Be ascertained and assessed by a Jury of Six good and lawfull men Free holders of the district in which The Said damage may accrue

Sec. 2. The Jury Shall be Summonsed By the Sheriff or any Constable of Said County or they may be mutially Chosen by the partyes Concerned And sworn by Some Justice of the Peace of said County

Sec. 3 Said Jury may be Sworn by the Officer So Summonsing them and the Jury after being Sworn as Aforesaid Shall be governed in all Respects as to the assesment of The damage and there duties otherwise As Jurys are in the act Regulating Mills and Millers approved February the 9^th 1827

Sec. 4. The Sheriff or Constable and the Jury Shall Receive fees in the Same Manner as are allowed in Similar Cases this act to be in force from And after its pasage