(add 12^th article to the 18^th section)

one hundred thousand dollars of the loans to be effected under the provisions of this act are hereby appropriated to taking stock in the Beardstown & Sangamon Canal Company, whenever the hundred thousand dollars shall be subscribed by responsible persons, and the said stock when taken by the state shall be under the control of the Board of Commissioners of Public Works, who shall in ^all^ respects superintend the interests of the State in said work, and vote for give the votes to which the state may be entitled under the provisions of the Charter of said Company.