In force, Feb.[February] 27, 1841.
An ACT changing part of the State road from Monmouth to Illinois city, and legalize the location of a State road from Weathersfield to Farmington.
1Com’rs[Commissioners] to relocate.
Location of road.
Sec. [Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Hambleton Brownlee, Lazarus H. Haskell and Charles H. Paine, of Warren county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark and relocate so much
of the State road, leading from Monmouth, Warren county, to Illinois city, in Rock Island county, as lies in Warren county, beginning about the centre of section number (26) twenty-six, township number twelve north, range three west,
or the bridge over Cedar creek, and running thence, on the original ground, with the
variation of a few poles, to the south-east corner of section fifteen, same range
and township; thence, due north one and three quarter miles, on the section line ;
thence, north-west, to Henderson bridge, on section three, township twelve north,
range three west, so that the angle may be made on the timber land.2
Time & place of meeting.
Pay of com’rs.
Sec. 2. The above named commissioners shall meet at the house of Arthur McFarland, Esq[Esquire].; and after being first duly sworn, shall proceed to review and relocate said road,
0n the route above described, as near as may be, and make return thereof, in writing,
to the county commissioners' court of Warren county, to be filed by the clerk of said court. They shall be allowed such reasonable compensation as the county commissioners may think proper and reasonable.
Road from Farmington to Richmond established.
Sec. 3. That a road, authorized by law to be located and established3, from Farmington, in Fulton county, via Rochester, Lafayette, Weathersfield, to Richmond, in Henry county, which road was located as far as Weathersfield, from Farmington to Weathersfield, is hereby fully established—as fully as if located the whole route.4
Approved, February 27, 1841.
1On January 30, 1841, Wyatt B. Stapp in the Senate presented the petition of citizens of Warren County, asking for a change in the state road leading from Monmouth to Illinois City. The Senate referred the petition to the Committee on Public Roads. On February
3, Nelson W. Nunnally from the committee introduced SB 147, originally entitled “A Bill Changing a Part
of the State Road Therein Named,” in the Senate. On February 4, the Senate passed
the bill. On February 13, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding an additional section. On February 16, the House passed
the bill as amended and amended the title. 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.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 331, 390, 410, 560; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 220, 232, 237, 329, 442, 451, 453.
4On February 13, the House of Representatives amended the bill by adding this section. On February 16, the House amended the title
by striking out the words “therein named,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words
“from Monmouth to Illinois City, and legalize the location of a State road from Weathersfield to Farmington.”
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 390, 410.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 255, GA Session 12-2,