Sec. [Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Shrader, William Waite and Abram Boyers, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to examine and review so much of the present State road2 leading from Paris, in Edgar county, to Clinton, in Indiana, 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 Hoops’ and G. W. Hunter’s farms.3 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 shall 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: Beginning at the northwest 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 the same range4; thence to intersect the present road the nearest and best way: 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 Shaw’s 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 thecounty, at the discretion of the county commissioners’ court.

This act to be in force from and after its passage.5

Approved, January 26, 1841.