Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly, That, Joseph Classon, William Parks, and William Manning of Shelby County be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to view mark & locate a state Road as follows, viz Commencing at the town of Richmond in Coles County passing through Wabash point, at or near the town of Paradise, thence through shelby County, to the North West Corner of Effingham County where it will intersect the state Road from shebyville [...?] in Shelby County to Vandalia in Fayette County at or near the House of Joseph Classon, said road to be laid out on the nearest and best ground, having due regard to private property.

sec 2. Said Commissioners after viewing and marking out said road shall report the same, together with a description thereof, under their hands to the County Commissioners Court of shelby County or so much as may be situated in Shelby County and in like manner, report to the Commissioners Court of Coles County so much as may lie in Said County on or before the first term of Said

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courts respectively after Said view, and the number of days they are necessarily employed in each County, and they shall be paid by each County in proportion to the time employed said Commissioners may employ a sufficient number of hands to assist them in the location of said Road, who ^together with the Commissioners^ shall receive such Compensation as the County Commissioners may deem reasonable & just. The said road when viewed marked and reported, shall be deemed a state Road, and kept in repair as other state Roads are

Sec 3. The said Commissioners shall, on or before the 1^st Monday of April next or within three months thereafter, meet at the House of Joseph Classon, and thence proceed to lay out Said Road as is directed by this act and

sec 4. Any two of Said Commissioners after having been duly sworn by some justice of the peace may proceed to lay out Said road and make their returns accordingly