Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That J. G. Williams, Smith M^cGinnis and D Stricklin1 be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and locate a state road from Columbus to Houston in Adams county

Sec 2 Said commissioners or a majority of them, shall meet at Columbus on the first Monday of April next or as soon there after as practicable, and after being duly sworn to perform the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to lay out, said road between the points named in the first section of this act, and shall designate the route of said road by placing stakes in the Prairie and blazes on the trees in the timber. The said commissioners shall as soon as the road shall be laid out, make and file a report in the Clerks office of the County commissioners court of Adams County

Sec 3. Said road when so laid out shall be, and the same is hereby declared a State road, and shall be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are, and the commissioners appointed by this act shall be allowed a reasonable

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compensation for their services out of the County Treasury of Adams county.