Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the People of the state of Illinois Represented in the general assembly.

Sec That the Fund Commissioner is hereby authorised to take charge of all that part of the northern Cross Rail Road situate between Springfield and the Illinois River. Before any part of said Road shall be put under contract public notice shall be given in at least two public newspapers printed in this state of the time place & terms of letting out the contracts, & the same shall be given to the lowest responsible bidder.

sec[Section] 2 All the profits arising from said Road are hereby appropriated & set apart to pay the interest on the one hundred thousand dollars of state Bonds, authorised to be applied by the Fund Commissioner towards the Completion of so much of said Road as lies between Jacksonville & Springfield, and the remainder if any shall be appropriated, as may be directed by law.