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James Thompson, of Randolph county, and Abner Commissioners apFlack, of Jackson county, be, and they are hereby line beetween appointed commissioners to run and mark the line Randolph & Jackbetween said counties; beginning at the south west son counties. corner of township six, in range four, west of the third principal meridian, thence southwardly by a direct line to the head waters of Gognia creek. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, as soon as convenient, shall run and mark said line and make out two fair plats thereof, with field notes, and return one of each to the respective commissioners' courts of said counties; and it shall be the duty of the said courts, to cause the same to be entered on the records of the County commiscourt; and also, to pay to their respective commis- sioners to allow sioners, a reasonable compensation for their services, out of the county treasury.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, be, and they are hereby authorised to

and plats furnishes each county.

Line to be marked

the commissioners compensation.

to employ chain carriers and whatever assistants Assistance may be are necessary in running and marking said line employed.

betwen said counties; and the expense. thereof

shall be borne equally by said counties of Randolph and Jackson, and paid as aforesaid.

AN ACT appointing Commissioners to lay out the roads therein mentioned.

APPROVED, February 10, 1823.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That

Commissioners to

Samuel McClintock, William McCoy, and Ennes lay out a road to Maulding, be, and they are hereby appointed com- Shawneetown. missioners to lay out a road from the town of Van

dalia to Shawneetown, on the nearest and most eligible route; that Thomas Cox, Henry Sharp, and James Thompson, be appointed commissioners to Road to Kaskaskis. lay out a road from the said town of Vandalia, on the nearest and most eligible route, to the town of Kaskaskia; that George Hacher, Michael Collier, and Jesse Griggs, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a road from the town of Vandalia, on the most eligible route to Covington; from thence on the most eligible route, to the

ton. Brownsville. Jonesboro' and America

Rods to Golconda by Mount Vernon

& Frankfort.

Road to Palestine.

Road to Alton.

Roads to Covingtown of Brownsville, thence, on the most eligible route to Jonesboro', and from thence, to the town of America: that Andrew J Storm, John Ewing, and Isaac Casey, be appointed commissioners to lay out a road from the said town of Vandalia to Golconda, by the nearest and most eligible route, so as to pass through the town of Mount Vernon, in Jefferson county, and of Frankfort, in Franklin county: that Wickliff Kitchell, Wilson Lagow, and Allen McGahey, be appointed commissioners to lay out a road from the said town of Vandalia, by the nearest and most eligible route, to the town of Palestine: that Gershom Flagg, Augustus Langworthy, and Francis Kirkpatrick, be appointed commissioners to lay out a road from the said town of Vandalia, to the town of Alton, on section number seven, to the Mississippi river, by the nearest and most eligible route: that Joseph Borough, William H. Hopkins, and William Rutherford, be appointed commissioner to lay out a road from the said town of Vandalia, by the nearest and most eligible route, to the town of Illinois, on the Mississippi river: that Asa Leadbetter, John G. Fitch, and John McCalla, be appointed commissioners to lay out a road, by the nearest and most eligible route, to intersect the road from St. Louis to Vintrace to St. Louis cennes, where said road crosses the little Wabash; and that they be authorised to lay out a road from Fairfield, to intersect said road, at any point they may think best, on the way to Vandalia: that Cornelius de Long, George W. Kinkade, and John Road from McCal- McCleves, be appointed commissioners to lay out

Road to Illinois town.

Road to intersect the old Vincennes

Jas to Vincennes.

Road from Fairfield to Albion to the Wabash.

Roud from Fairfield lo Carmi.

Declared public highways.

a road from John McCalla's dwelling, to the west bank of the Wabash river, opposite to Vincennes, by the nearest and most eligible route: that Samuel B. Birkbeck, James O. Wattles, and David King, be appointed commissioners to lay out a road from Fairfield, by way of Albion, to the west bank of the Wabash river, opposite to Harmony, on the nearest and most eligible route: that William Henry, John Craw, and Risden B. Slocumb, be appointed commissioners to lay out a road from Fairfield to Carmi, by the nearest and most eligible route; the said roads to be four rods wide, and that said commissioners cause a survey and map of the said roads, to be lodged with the clerks of the several counties through which the same shall be so laid out; and that all

the said roads when so laid out as aforesaid, shall be deemed and considered as public highways, and shall be opened and kept in repair in the manner hereinafter pointed out.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That as soon as the aforesaid roads, or any one of them, shall he surveyed and marked out, the county commissioners' court of any county (except the county of Fayette) through which the same may run, are hereby authorised and required, to appoint supervisors over such parts thereof as shall pass through their respective counties, and shall cause the same to be cut out, worked, and kept in repair.

Sec. 3 Be it further enacted, That when any part of said roads shall be laid through any improved lands, the owner or owners thereof shall be paid his or her damages by the county in which

Roads to be openpair by each co'tys.

ed and kept in re

the said improved lands lie, to be assessed by the Where damages said commissioners of the road which may run may be assessed. through said land, who shall determine the same, first taking an oath before a justice of the peace, faithfully and impartially to make said assessment; and the county commissioners are hereby authorised to pay such assessment, on the valuation being certified to them by the county commissioners.

his warrant, &.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act; and that the auditor of the state is hereby authorised to draw Auditor to issue. his warrants on the treasury, in favor of the said commissioners respectively, for the following sums, to wit: To the commissioners for laying out the road to Shawneetown, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to Kaskaskia, the sum of two hundred dollars; to the. commissioners for laying out the road to Palestine, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to Alton, the sum of two hundred dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to America, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to Golconda, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to Illinois on the Mississippi river, the sum of two hundred dollars; to the commissioners for laying

out the road to intersect the road from St. Louis to Vincennes, where the said road crosses the little Wabash, and from Fairfield, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to Vincennes, the sum of one hundred dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to Carmi, the sum of seventy-five dollars; to the commissioners for laying out the road to the west bank of the Wabash river opposite Harmony, the sum of ninety dollars.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a major part of them, shall proceed as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, to survey and mark out the said roads: And Thomas Cox, Robert K. M'Laughlin, Eleazer M. Townsend, Martin Jones, John F. M'Collum, and Frederick Hollman, are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of whom shall, as soon as the said roads are surveyed and marked out, cause the same to be cut out and worked to the boundary line of the county of Fayette: and for this pur pose shall employ the necessary workmen, and keep the said roads in repair, and so construct the said roads to the boundary line of the said county of Fayette, as to make the same passable at all seasons of the year, by erecting bridges, dams, and embankments, where the same may be necessary: and the further sum of six thousand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby allowed to be, paid out of any money in the treasury arising from the former or future sales of lots in the said town of Vandalia not otherwise appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the said Thomas Cox, Robert K. M'Laughlin, Eleazer M. Townsend, Martin Jones, John F. M'Collum, and Frederick Hollman, to the construction of said roads from the said town of Vandalia, to the said county line of Fayette, and to the keeping of the same in repair: and the auditor is hereby authorised and required to issue his warrant on the treasurer of the state, on the order of a majority of the said last named commissioners, from time to time, for such sums as they may require, not exceeding in the whole the said sum of six thousand dollars.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all the aforesaid commissioners shall be allowed for each days service necessarily spent by them in carrying this

act into effect, such compensation as the next general assembly shall deem reasonable and right.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "An act regulating administrations, and the descent of intestates' estates, and for other purposes.

APPROVED, February 12, 1823.

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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in the general assembly, That the executor or executors, administrator or administrators, of any person dying testate or intestate, within this state, who shall not have estate sufficient to pay all of his or her just debts, the said executors or administrators, as the case may be, shall give the notice that is now required by law to be given, of the time and place of settling such estate, requesting all persons having demands Exors & Adm'ors to give notice of against such estate, to exhibit them duly authenti- the time & place cated; and the said executors or administrators of settling estates. shall then first pay the funeral expenses of the said deceased, together with the probate fees, or fees incurred on said administration; and shall then pay the balance on the legal demands that then and there be presented, in equal proportion, aceording to the amount of the several demands, without regard to the nature of said demand, not No preference to giving any preference to any debts on account of demand. the instrument of writing on which the same may be found; and that a credit of not less than nine Credit on sales. months shall be given, on all sales at public ven

due, of personal estate, by any such executors or

be given to any

administrators; and so much of the twenty-fifth Part of former law section of the act to regulate administrations, and repealed. the descent of intestates' estates, and for other purposes, approved 23d March, 1819, as gives only a credit of three months, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Widow allowed e

Sec. Be it further enacted, That the widow of any person dying as aforesaid, shall, in addition to her ower, or third part of the estate of her de- horse, &c. ceased husband, be allowed to select a bed with its usual furniture, a horse of the value of fifty dollars, her bridle and saddle, her cards and spin