Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Board of Commissioners of Public Works cause to be surveyed,2 by such competent Engineers as can be spared from the Public Works, the Mississippi river, between Alton and Smeltzer’s ferry, for the purpose of a site for a bridge across said river, and that they report to the next General Assembly the practicability of the construction of said bridge, and, if practicable, the cost of the same; and, also, the cost of constructing a McAdamised road along the bank of the river from Alton to said site; and should the report be in favor of said bridge, it shall be the duty of said Board to publish said report and furnish a copy of the same to the Chief Engineer of the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.3