Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly
ThatJohn Shrader [,]William Waite[,] and Abram Boyers be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to examine and review so much of the present state road leading from Paris in Edgar County, to Clinton in Indianna, as lies east of the centre of section nineteen. Town fourteen north of Range ten west and the state line, and also a proposed road commencing at the same place. viz. centre of section Nineteen, thence due East to Blackman[]s branch of Cole creek at A. A. Martin[]s mill seat, thence from said creek^up^ the dug way to the top of the hill, to the corner of Martin[]s yard, thence due East to the line between twenty and twenty one of Town fourteen North of range ten west—thence on the best ground to the state line near the corners of William Hoop[]s and G. W. Hunter[]s—^farms^ and the commissioners aforesaid after having reviewed and examined the present and projected road, shall report to the commissioners Court next ensuing, their opinions of the relative claims of said roads. and the county commissioners Court shall make such order in the premises as to them shall seem just. Provided that if the commissioners first above named shall after the review be of the opinion that the public interest requires that both roads should be opened and kept in repair, the county commissioners court shall govern themselves accordingly
Sec 2 And be it further enacted ^That^ Gideon Minor and George Moke be appointed to review and relocate so much of the Springfield road as follows, viz:
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beginning at the North West ^corner^ of A Dill[]s farm, thence through the centre of section two, Town—Thirteen North of Range twelve west to some Suitable point on section three in same Range, thence to intersect the present road the nearest and best way:1 Also the said Minor and Moke are appointed to review and locate so much of the state roads leading from Paris to vincennes and from Paris to Terre Haute as lies between where south street crosses Market street, and the mouth of Shows lane running out straight with market street until an East line will strike the lane aforesaid, and the said commissioners after having reviewed the several roads named in this section, shall report to the county commissioners court next ensuing; and the said court shall judge of the propriety of said alterations from said report
Sec 3 And be it further enacted, that the several commissioners named in this act may proceed, on or at any time after the first Monday in February next, to review the several ^roads^ herein named, and shall be allowed a fair compensation for their services, out of the treasury of the county, at the discretion of the county commissioners court. This act to be in [full?] force from and after its passage
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Passed Jany 19, 1841
M. L. Covell
Sec.[Secretary] Senate

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No 24 House
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A Bill for an act, to provide for reviewing certain State Roads
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 27, HB 49, GA Session 12-2, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL)