Sec 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly; That Elisha Smith Hiram Elmore and John Buchanon of Bond county be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a State Road from George Moors in Bond county to van burenburg in Montgomery county

Sec 2. Said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet at the residence of George Moore in Bond county on the first Monday of May next, or within twenty days thereafter, and after being duly qualified by some Justice of the peace, shall proceed to locate said Road, on the nearest and best route from George Moor’s to Vanburenburg by way of Mulberry Post Office

Sec 3. Said commissioners shall make the location of said ^road^ by blazing the trees through the timber, and seting up stakes in the prairie; when the road shall have been thus located the commissioners shall make out two statements in writing, showing the location thereof

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and return one of said copies to each of the county commissioners courts of Bond and Montgomery counties.

Sec 4 The county commissioners shall cause that part of said Road which may be located in their respective counties to be opened, and kept in repair as other State Roads are

There shall be allowed to said commissioners locating said Road a reasonable compensation, to be paid out of the county Treasuries of the counties of Bond and Montgomery, in proportion to the distance that the road runs through each county

Sec. 5 That Arthur Ledlie and James Graham of Macoupin County, and James ^John^ Johnson of Sangamon County, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view, mark and locate a State road from Carlinville in Macoupin County, to Berlin in Sangamon County,

Said Commissioners shall meet at Carlinville on the first Monday in April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after being duly sworn by some Justice of the Peace, for the faithful performance of the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to ^view,^ mark and locate said Road, having due regard to private property, as also to the nearest and best rout.

Sec 6 Said Commissioners shall within twenty days after having located said Road, make a report in writing to the County Commissioners Court of Macoupin and Sangamon Counties, said Report shall form a part of the records of said Courts; and said road thus laid out shall be considered a State road, and be opened and kept in repair as such. The Counties of Macoupin and Sangamon, shall allow said Commissioners a reasonable compensation for their services in proportion to the length of the road in each County,