Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That James M. Strode, his heirs and assigns, be, and he is hereby authorized to construct and build a mill-dam across Fox river at and on the east fraction of the north-west fractional quarter of section number three, in township number forty-two north, of range number eight east, of the third principal meridian, in the county of Kane,2 to the heighth of not exceeding five feet above low water mark: Provided, That said grant shall not be construed so as to prevent the State from improving said Fox river at that place, by dams, locks, or in any other mode, at any time hereafter, for the purpose of slack-water navigation or otherwise. This act to be in force and take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 17, 1841.