nine months from the passage of this act, meet at Waverly and proceed to perform the duties required of them by this act.

in Jasper co.

§ 6. That l.evi M. Bonham and Benjamin Matheny, of Jasper Com'issioners county, and William D. Crouch, of Clark county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and mark out a state road commencing at Newton, in Jasper county; thence to the town of Granville; thence near the farm of William Seamon, in said county; thence to Johnson's mill; thence to Martinsville, in Clark county.

§ 7. That the proviso to the sixth section of the act entitled an Law of 1847 re"act to locate a state road and build a bridge, approved February 27, pealed. 1847," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. And that Thomas

Keys is hereby authorised to associate with him in the construction Thos. Keys and of said bridge, John Carter, Robert Alterm, George W. Brooks, others to build and Alfred Tucker, instead of the said Alexander Wyatt and Wil- bridge. liam McAdams; Provided, that the two latter

persons consent thereto. And said Keys and his associates are hereby allowed three years from the passage of this act within which time to commence the erection of said toll-bridge. And the rate of tolls to be charged upon said bridge may be agreed upon between said associates and the county court of Clinton county.

§ 8. That Thomas Jones, of Macon county, and A. G. Snyder com'issioners and McClure Wilson, of Moultrie county, are hereby appointed in Macon and commissioners to meet at Sullivan, in Moultrie county, and mark

out and locate a state road from thence to Decatur, in Macon

county.

Moultrie.

ton.

§ 9. That M. Cunningham, of Marion county, James Baldridge, Do. in Marion of Jefferson county, and Abner Jallifson, of Washington county, and Washingare hereby appointed commissioners to review and locate a state road commencing at Walnut Hill village; thence through Marion, Jefferson, and Washington counties, on the nearest and best route, to intersect the road from Nashville to Belleville at the Okaw Bottom.

§ 10. That James M. Robinson, of Menard county, and William Do. in Menard Lynn, of Cass county, and William H. Nelins, of Mason county, and Cass. and Hugh Lamaster, of Fulton county, are hereby appointed commisioners to view and locate a state road commencing at Petersburgh, in Menard county, via Sycamore ford, on the Sangamon river, and Bath, on the Illinois river, to Lewiston, in Fulton county.

son and Perry.

§ 11. That William Chinnoworth, Winfield T. Crane, and Michael Do. in WilliamSnyder, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road commencing at Marion, in Williamson county, to Pinckneyville, in Perry county.

§ 12. That Henry Porter, of Lee county, and Henry Childs, of Do. Lee co. Bureau county, and J. P. Thompson, of La Salle county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road commencing at Peru, in La Salle county; thence to Knox's Grove, in Lee county.

Warren.

§ 13. That A. B. Sheriff, of Mercer county, and Samuel Wood Do Mercer and and Erastus Rice, of Warren county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road commencing at Monmouth, in Warren county; thence to Keithsburgh, in Mercer county.

§ 14. That E. L. Mago, of De Kalb county, and Calvin Spencer Do. De Kalb,&c. and Franklin Sofford, of McHenry county, are hereby appointed

Com'issioners of Kane co.

Do. Bureau, La
Salle, &c.

County con'rs

of Lee co.

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ers legalised.

commissioners to view and locate a state road commencing at Sycamore, in De Kalb county; thence to Marengo, in McHenry county; thence north on the section line, or as near as practicable, to the Chicago and Roscoe state road; thence to the state line, where the road from Douglass crosses said state line.

§ 15. That Elijah Wilcox, Augustus Adams, and Luther Herrick, of Kane county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road commencing at a point on the state road between Elgin and Sycamore; thence to the village of Clinton; thence across Fox river to the state road between Elgin and the Des Plaines river.

§ 16. That John P. Thompson, of Peru, and Peter J. Dodge, of Bureau county, and Solomon Porter, of Lee county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road commencing at the point where the Chicago road crosses the Ottawa state road at Ovid A. Knox's Grove; thence along the Ottawa state road an easterly direction, from one to three miles; thence south through the Dutch settlement, west of the village of Homer; thence to the village of Peru.

§ 17. That the county commissioners' court of Lee county is hereby authorised to file and record upon the records of said court, the report of Duncan Ferguson, of Winnebago county, and P. B. Bennett, of Ogle county, and Charles H. Sutphin, of La Salle county, commissioners appointed to view and locate a state road provided for in the second section of "an act to locate, re-locate, and establish certain state roads," approved March 1, 1847, and that the said report be deemed and taken to be as good and lawful as if the same had been made and recorded within the time prescribed by the aforesaid act.

§18. That the acts of John W. M'Lemore and A. W. Worthington, Lemore & oth- in viewing, surveying, marking, and locating a state road, provided for in the eighth section of "an act to locate. re-locate, and establish certain state roads," approved March 1, 1847, be, and the same are hereby, decined to be as good and lawful as if all the commissioners named in said act, had joined and assisted in the duties assigned them by said act.

Duty of each

missioners.

§ 19. It shall be the duty of each and every board of commisboard of com- sioners appointed by this act, to meet at a suitable place, and as early as practicable proceed to view and ascertain the most eligible route, taking into view the shortest distance and the erection of bridges across water courses, and the permanency of the road; and in all cases they shall ascertain, as far as practicable, where damages are due, or will be claimed by individuals through whose lands any of the roads hereby authorised may run, and report the probable amount thereof, and the names of the owners of such lands and property, to the county commissioners' court of the county in which said lands may be situated at the time of making their report. § 20. That Joseph I. Swanwick, Anthony Steel, and James dolph & Perry. Steel, jr., of the counties of Randolph, Washington, and Perry, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road to commence at Nashville, in Washington county; thence to Joseph Swanwick's, in Perry county; thence to Georgetown, in Randolph county; and thence to the town of Chester, in Randolph county. § 21. And whereas the trustees of schools of section sixteen in township fifteen (15) north of range eight (8,) west of the third

Com'rs in Ran

Road vacated.

principal meridian, and the owners of said section desire the vacation of the road reservation therein; therefore,

mer owners.

Be it further enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, repre- And land resented in the general assembly, That the strip of land four (4) rods stored to forwide, running through the centre of said section from north to south, and which strip was laid off by said trustees in platting said section for sale for a road, and which strip, so laid off, was in the sale of said section reserved from sale for the purposes aforesaid, shall no longer be held and set apart for the purposes of a public highway; and that said strip of land, so reserved as aforesaid, shall be held and enjoyed by the owners of the lots on either side of the same, the owner of each lot holding and enjoying the same to the centre thereof.

§ 22.. Said commissioners shall return a plat with the courses Com'rs, make and distances, with such remarks in their report as they may deem plat. material in relation to the road, for the information of the court and the interest of the public, returning a plat to each commissioners' court of each county through which any road may pass, giving an entire view of the location of the whole road, which shall be filed and recorded.

§ 23. In all cases the compensation shall be as follows, viz: Compensation. To a commissioner, one dollar per day; to a surveyor, two dollars; to chainmen, and axemen, and other hands, seventy-five cents for each day necessarily employed, exclusive of incidental expenses for provisions, forage, and the hire of teams. They shall keep an accurate account of the time employed and the amount of expenses incurred, the person to whom due, and certify the same to the court or courts, as the case may require, the whole being added; each county shall allow and pay the amount due, in proportion to the distance or length of road in each county as contemplated, as certified by the road commissioners, a full exhibit being made to each court, which allowance shall be made by the respective

courts.

§ 24. It shall be the duty of each and every commissioners' Duty of com'rs' court through whose county any road herein authorised and estab- court. lished may pass, to cause the same to be opened, worked, and kept

in good repair, as far as the road labor of the hands of the county and the means of the county will justify.

§ 25. In all cases of road commissioners or reviewers appointed To be sworn by the state, or any county commissioners' court, it shall be lawful by justice of for them to be sworn in by a justice of the peace, or any clerk or other officer authorised by law to administer oaths.

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the peace.

viewers.

§ 26. Any two commissioners appointed by this act shall con- Board of restitute a board of reviewers, and they may view and locate the nosed roads, and the concurrent acts of any two of them shall be held to be in full compliance with this act.

§ 27. That part of the state road leading from Franklin to Jack Road from onvile that passes through the town of Liberty, in Morgan Franklin to county, is hereby changed, as follows, viz: The said road, when Jacksonville. it strikes lot number nine running from [Franklin to] Jacksonville, shall run north to the line between lots eight and nine; thence west on the line between lots number eight and nine, to the north-west corner of lot nine; thence north on the line between lots number seven and eight to the south-east corner of lot number two; thence west on the line between lots two and seven, to the south

east corner of lot number three, to intersect the present road at that place. It shall be the duty of the supervisor to work the said road as hereby changed.

APPROVED February 12, 1849.

In force April 13, 1849. Com'rs in Jackson and Randolph.

To meet on first of July.

To make two plats.

Plats to be evidence.

AN ACT to locate a state road therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That James Barrow and William Bradley, of Jackson county, together with John Gillespie, of Randolph county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road which shall commence at or near the house of William Bradley, in Jackson county, and run a westerly direction, as nearly as the nature of the ground will permit, until it intersects the Murphysboro and Chester road, in Gillespie's prairie, in Randolph county-having due regard to private property.

§ 2. That said commissioners shall meet on or before the first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, or as soon thereafter as possible, at the house of William Bradley, and take an oath before some justice of the peace of Jackson county, to perform the duties required of them by this law.

§ 3. When said commissioners shall have viewed the said ground, and shall have established the said road, it shall be their duty to make two plats of the same-one for the county of Jackson, and one for the county of Randolph, and proceed to lay said plats before the commissioners of said counties, or their respective county courts, as the case may be, as soon as practicable after the completion of said plats.

§ 4. That said plats shall be evidence hereafter in all courts of record in this state; and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners, or county courts, as the case may be, to record the said plats in the books of their respective offices.

APPROVED January 25, 1849.

In force April 13, 1849.

AN ACT giving certain commissioners further time to make their report.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That Eli Barnes, John Easterbrooks, and Jesse Kellogg, commissioners appointed to view, survey, and locate a road from Ottawa, in La Salle county, to Madison, the seat of government of Wisconsin territory, be allowed until the first of November, A. D. 1849, to make their report.

APPROVED January 25, 1849.

AN ACT to establish a state road from Mulkytown, in Franklin county, to

Chester, in Randolph county.

In force

April 13, 1849.

dolph.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, Com'rs in Perrepresented in the general assembly, That Ephraim G. Reese and ry and RanJonathan G. Clark, of Perry county, and Isaac Brown, of Randolph county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road which shall commence at Mulkytown, in Franklin county, and run to Duquoin, in Perry county; thence to Beaucoup creek, at or near Cox's old ford; thence to Plum creek, where the Pinckneyville and Liberty road crosses said creek; thence to Georgetown, in Randolph county; and thence to Chester, in Randolph county aforesaid.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to proceed to Duty of com'rs. Duquoin, in the county of Perry, upon the first of August after the passage of this act, or as soon thereafter as they may find convenient, and after having been sworn by some acting justice of the peace of said county, to view, mark, and locate a road as above designated-having due regard to private property.

§ 3. When the said commissioners shall have laid out and estab- To make plat. lished the said road as aforesaid, they shall make out and deliver to the clerks of the counties through which said road passes, a copy or plat of said road; which plat, when so received by said clerks, shall be entered of record in their several offices, and the said entries, when so made, shall be evidence in all courts of this state of the existence of said road.

§ 4. The county commissioners, or county judges, as the case may be, of the several counties through which said road passes, shall allow to the said commissioners, and to the said clerks, a reasonable compensation for their services rendered as aforesaid, in proportion to the amount of labor performed in each county. APPROVED February 2, 1849.

AN ACT to re-locate a part of the Wabash and Shelbyville state road.

In force

Feb. 9, 1849.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, State road rerepresented in the general assembly, That so much of the Wabash vived. and Shelbyville state road as was vacated by the act of the legislature, approved March 1, A. D. 1847, is hereby revived, with some alteration, that is to say-commencing at the end of the re-location of said road as located by said act, approved March 1, A. D. 1847, where said road crosses the range line between townships eight and nine; thence to follow the old location to the west line of James Delzel's land; thence upon a direct line to Muddy creek bridge; thence to Willow creek bridge, with the old location; thence to the town of Bellair, as re-located by the county commissioners' court of Crawford county; thence from said town Bellair to Benjamin Matheney's, in Jasper county, as now opened and kept in repair, be, and the same is hereby, declared a part of the Wabash and Shelbyville state road, and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners' courts of Crawford and Jasper counties to keep the same in repair.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED February 9, 1849.