In force Feb[February] 27, 1841.
An ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act to authorize the Trustees of Shawneetown to construct a MacAdamized Road.
1Road continued to Equality.
Proviso
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners' court of Gallatin county to continue the road mentioned in the act to which this is a supplement, on the most eligible route to the town of Equality, and may take and use such materials as may be necessary to make the same, and may
enter upon and pass over any highway if the public good shall require it, so as to
make a good common highway for the passage of horses, wagons and other vehicles, and
all passengers and travellers: Provided, That
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this act shall not be construed so as to appropriate the railroad way from Equality to Shawneetown, only until the State shall resume operations on said road for the completion of the same.
Trustees may adopt cross street
Powers and privileges.
Sec. 2. It shall be optional with the trustees of said town to adopt the main cross street of said town extending to the highlands back of said town, as the location of the MacAdamized road heretofore authorized to be constructed by an act entitled "An act to authorize the trustees of Shawneetown to construct a MacAdamized road;" and in case of the adoption of said street for the aforesaid purpose, the said trustees shall have the same powers, and enjoy the same privileges and no
more, heretofore granted to them by said act.2
Approved, February 27, 1841.
1On February 24, 1841, William J. Gatewood introduced the SB 233 in the Senate, and the Senate referred the bill to the Committee on Public Roads. On February 25,
the committee reported back the bill without amendment. The Senate rejected a proposed
amendment and passed the bill. On February 27, the House of Representatives referred the bill to a select committee. On February 27, the committee reported back
the bill with an amendment, in which the House concurred. The House passed the bill
as amended. On February 27, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 509, 556, 560; Illinois Senate Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 387-88, 400, 438, 442, 453, 454.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 355-56, GA Session 12-2,