Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That the Board of commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal be and they hereby are authorized to settle with James W Eagen, Joseph Otis Glover, and James W Roberts, for work done by them on sections number one hundred and sixty three (163) and one hundred and sixty four (164) of said Canal, and to pay to them, or their legal representatives, the full value of all work, including the per centage if any, retained by said Commissioners in pursuance of the laws of this state relating to the Construction of said Canal.

Sec 2. That James W Eagan, Joseph Otis Glover, and James W Roberts shall dismiss the suit commenced by them in the Lasalle Circuit Court against the board of Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and shall pay all costs by the State expended in said suit.

Sec 3. The commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal are hereby authorized to cause any obstructions to be removed from any of the Canal lands whether said obstructions be by dam or otherwise if in their opinion the interest of the st[ate]

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require the same to be done