Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

In force, Feb. [February]27, 1841.

An ACT to locate a State road therein named.
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Com’rs [Commissioners] to locate road.

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 and 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 coun-

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ty, to the north-west corner of Effingham county, where it will intersect the State road from Shelbyville, 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.

Report of road.

Compensat’n of com’rs.[Compensation of Commissioners]

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 lie in said county, on or before the first term of said 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. The said commissioners may employ a sufficient number of hands to assist them in the location of said road, together with the commissioners shall receive such compensation as the county commissioners may deem reasonable and just. The said road, when viewed, marked and reported, shall be deemed a State road, and kept in repair as other State roads are.

Time & place of meeting.

Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall, on or before the first 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.

Majority may locate road.

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.

Streets abolished.

Sec. 5. The streets, in the out-lots, so called, of the town of Vandalia, be and the same are hereby abolished.

Approved, February 27, 1841.

1On February 23, 1841, Nelson W. Nunnally introduced SB 226 in the Senate, and the Senate passed the bill. On February 27, the House of Representatives amended and passed the bill. On February 27, the Senate concurred in the House’s amended version of the bill. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, Begun and Held in Springfield, November 23, 1840 (Springfield: William Walters, Public Printer, 1840), 487, 556; Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, Begun and Held in Springfield, November 23, 1840 (Springfield: William Walters, Public Printer, 1840), 377, 438, 442, 453, 454.