Taxes levied for bridge pur commissioners of highways, in the several towns of said 2. Provided, that this act shall first be submitted to the legal voters of each of the several townships in said county of Grundy, for their adoption or rejection; and in case that any one or more towns in said county shall adopt this act, by a majority of the legal voters of said town or township, then the commissioners of highways in said town or townships, so adopting said act, shall proceed to and carry out all the provisions of this act. 3. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869. or rejection of act. ROADS, STATE. AN ACT to revive an act entitled "An act to locate a state road from Vir. In force March ginia, in Cass county, to Vermont, in Fulton county, via Browning, in Schuyler county, and Astoria, in Fulton county. 26, 1869. commissioners. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That an act entitled "An act to locate a state road from Virginia, in Act revivedCass county, to Vermont, in Fulton county, via Browning, in Schuyler county, and Astoria, in Fulton county," approved February 10, 1853, be and the same is hereby revived; and that John E. Haskall of Cass county, James Time of meeting. W. Watt of Schuyler county, and Thomas J. Kinney of Fulton county, be appointed commissioners instead of those therein named. 2. That said commissioners, or any two of them, shall meet at Virginia, in Cass county, on the first Monday of April next, or within three months thereafter, to discharge the duties required of the commissioners in said act appointed. 3. This act to be a public act, and to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 26, 1869. In force March 27, 1869. AN ACT to vacate a part of a state road in Clark county, Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the public highway, known as the "old state road," leading from Darwin, in Clark county, to Charleston, in Coles county, Illinois, be vacated and disannulled, so far as it runs diagonally or otherwise across the east half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-four (34), in township number twelve (12) north, of range fourteen (14) west, in Clark county, Illinois. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 27, 1869. In force March AN ACT to re-locate a part of the state road leading from Mattoon, in 26, 1863. Coles county, west of the Okaw river, in Shelby county, to the Shelbyville and Sullivan road. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That David Commissioners. Ruett, Wade H. Brown and Martin V. Quigley, of the county of Shelby, be and are hereby appointed commis sioners to re locate that part of the state road commencing in the N. E. of section sixteen (16), township 12 N., R. (5) five east of the 3d P. M., at or near Jehial Ross', on the Route of road. aforesaid state road, thence; running south-westerly to or near the mouth of Eagle creek, where it empties into Okaw river, in section twenty-four (24), township (12) twelve north, range (4) four east of 3d P. M., thence west wardly or north-westerly to the north-west corner of section (23) twenty-three, township 12 N., R. 4 E. of 3d P. M., thence west on section lines to the quarter section corner between sections (16 and 21) sixteen and twenty-one, in said township 12 N., R. 4 E., of 3d P. M., and to the intersection of the Shelbyville and Sullivan county road. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, Width of road. within a reasonable length of time, proceed to lay out, relocate and make said part of said road of the width of four rods, as provided in the preceding section, on the most eligible ground, avoiding, as much as possible, damage to private property. 3. Said commissioners, after completing the re-locating of said part of said state road, shall file their report, together with the report of the surveyor, with plat and field notes, fully describing the route adopted, with certifi cate duly sworn to, in the office of the county clerk of Shelby county. To file report and field notes. 4. Said commissioners shall employ a surveyor and Compensation. such other assistants as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, and said commissioners shall receive each three dollars, the survey or four dollars, and the chainmen and other assistants each two dollars per day, for the time employed by them in carrying out the provisions of this act, to be paid out of the funds belonging to the county of Shelby, on warrant of the board of supervisors of said county. 5. Said commissioners shall assess the damages, if any, taking into consideration the benefits arising from the be assessed. relaying of said road, as well as the damages that may arise from the same, and their warrant or certificate of the amount for damages, either for re-locating or opening the same, shall be final, and their certificate shall be sufficient evidence for the board of supervisors of Shelby county to issue orders on the treasurer of said county to pay the amount of said assessment to the parties legally entitled to the same. to 6. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of Duty of superShelby county, state of Illinois, within one year of the time visors. of re-locating of said part of said state road, to build or cause to be built a good and substantial bridge across Okaw river where said road crosses the same, and keep in good repair the same for the term of five years after the completing of the same, and the said commissioners shall superintend the building of said bridge. All expenses for the building and superintending of the building of the Shelby county same, to be paid out of the funds of said Shelby county, on penses. orders issued by said board of supervisors of Shelby county on the treasurer of said county; said issuing of orders to be made as recommended by said commissioners from time to time until the bridge is completed. to pay all ex 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 26, 1869. In force April 17, 1869. AN ACT to locate a state road in the county of Cook. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That John Commissioners. Conley, Edward Wilson, John McCaffery, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The Cook County State Road Commissioners," and by such name shall have succession, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, without a common seal, in all courts of law and equity in this state, and be fully invested with all the powers which may be needful to carry into effect all the purposes and objects of this act. Filing of plat. § 2. The said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to survey, locate, construct and complete a state road in the county of Cook, as follows: Commencing at a point in the center of Archer road, (so called) where the same crosses the township line between township thirtynine (39), range fourteen (14) east of the third (3d) principal meridian, and thirty nine (39), range thirteen (13) east of third (3d) principal meridian, said point being 3.74 chains south of the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section thirty-one (31), town thirty-nine (39), range fourteen (14) east of third (3d) principal meridian; thence following the center of Archer road (so called) in a south-westerly direction, course south 51 deg. and 45 min., west, a distance of 2.13 chains, to a point in said Archer road (so called), where the same deflects to the right (or towards the north) 27 deg. and 45 min.; then from the angle in Archer road (so called) south 33 deg. west, and in a straight line to the north-west corner of section eighteen (18), town thirty-seven (37), range thirteen (13) east of the third (3d) principal meridian; thence south on the township line between townships thirty-seven (37), range thirteen (13) east of third (3d) principal meridian, and thirty-seven (37), range twelve (12) east of third (3d) principal meridian, 120 chains, or to the quarter post on township line between sections nineteen (19), town thirty-seven (37), range thirteen (13) east of the third (3d) principal meridian, and section twenty-four (24), town thirty-seven, range twelve (12) east of third (3d) principal meridian; thence from said quarter post south 7 deg. and 45 min. west to the south-west corner of the east half of the south-east quarter, section twenty-four (24), town thirty-seven (37), range twelve (12) east of third (3d) principal meridian; thence south forty (40) deg., west, to the south-west quarter of the east half of the south-west quarter of section three (3), town thirty-six (36), range twelve (12) east of the [third] principal meridian; said state road not to exceed eighty (80) feet in width, and for such purposes shall have the right of way upon, over and across any public road, railroad or plank road which now is or may hereafter be constructed in said county, and for such purpose shall also have the right of way upon and may appropriate to the uses and purposes contemplated herein, all the lands necessary for the location, construction and completion of said state road; and upon the filing of a plat of such road laid out by said commissioners, in the oflice of the clerk of the county court of Cook county, certified by any two of said commissioners, the same shall become a public road, and be subject to all the laws in force or that may be in force in relation to public roads. Organization of commission § 3. Said commissioners shall have power for the carrying out the object and purposes of this act to appoint a sur- ers. veyor, and to employ such persons as they shall deem necessary, and to fix the compensation and amount to be paid such surveyor and employees, to appoint one of their own number clerk and treasurer of the corporation, and to allow him, for such services as clerk and treasurer, such compensation as the other two of such commissioners shall deem just and proper. The said commissioners shall have power to meet from time to time and adjourn as they shall deem necessary, and in case of any disagreement of said commissioners, the decision of any two of them shall be deemed the act of said incorporation. Said commissioners shall take an oath of office that they will well and truly perform. their duties as such commissioners to the best of their ability. In event of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, caused by death or refusal to act, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the other commissioners. Construction 4. Said commissioners shall have power to obtain, by cession, voluntary grant or release of the owner or owners material. thereof, any land, stone, timber or other material necessary for the location and construction of the said road, and if any such land can not be so procured, the commissioners shall have power to take and pay for the same as in this act provided. 5. The said commissioners shall, within four (4) months after the passage of this, make an estimate of the damages, costs and expenses of the location, construction and completion of said road, (including among other matters therein the value of the land to be appropriated or taken damages. of |