AN ACT to review and re-locate a State road from Jesse Hammer's to Chilicothe, in Peoria county. In force, Feb. 24, 1843. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That James Dalrymple, Com'rs to reGaius Jenkins, and John C. Flanagan, of Peoria county, be locate State and they are hereby appointed commissioners to review, mark, road and re-locate so much of the State road leading from Peoria to Chilicothe, as lies between the residence of Jesse Hammer and Chilicothe in said county, on the best ground nearest to the Illinois river, and along the bank thereof, with regard to the greatest public utility and private convenience. com'rs court SEC. 2. The above named commissioners shall meet at the residence of said Jesse Hammer, and after first being duly To make resworn, shall proceed to review and re-locate said road, and turns to co. make return thereof as soon as may be to the county commissioners court of Peoria county, to be filed by the clerk of said court. They shall be allowed such reasonable compensation as the county commissioners may think proper and reasonable. APPROVED, February 24th, 1843. AN ACT to locate a State road therein named. In force, Feb. 24, 1843. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Elijah Reese, of Comr's appointed to loFayette county, Jesse Dooling and Mark Tully, of Marion cate State county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to road view and locate a State road leading from Vandalia, in Fayette county, in the direction of McLeansboro, in Hamilton county, commencing at the bluff two miles east of Vandalia, run ning with the county road to the south fork of Hickory creek, thence southerly to the county line, thence on the nearest and best route to intersect with the road leading from Fairfield to McLeansboro, at or near the lower Hickory hill, near the county line of Hamilton. To meet at SEC. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the town of Vandalia, on the first Monday in May Vandalia next, or within thirty days thereafter, and after having been duly sworn before some justice of the peace faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to mark, survey, and locate said road, and having so located the same, shall within thirty days thereafter, return to the offices of the clerks of the county commissioners' courts of Fayette made to el'ke and Marion counties a copy of the plat and survey thereof; of Fayette which, together with the report of said commissioners, shall and Marion be spread upon the records of the said county commissioners' courts. SEC. 3. Said road shall be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are. Returns to be counties Compensa-, sion SEC. 4. Said commissioners shall be allowed a fair and reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of the county treasuries of Fayette and Marion counties. APPROVED, February 24th, 1843. In force, Feb. 24, 1843. thorised to change certain State road in Mor gan co. AN ACT authorizing a change in a State road in Morgan county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Waters au- represented in the General Assembly, That Zachariah Waters, of Morgan county, be and he is hereby authorized to change so much of the road, leading from Jacksonville to Vandalia, as lies between the residence of Ralph Macormack and the east end of Celia Waters' lane; Provided, such change shall be made upon the land of the said Waters; and the said road, when so changed, shall be opened and put in as good repair as the present travelled route, at the expense of the said Waters; And provided, further, that the distance in travel shall not be increased more than ten rods by such change. Public road SEC. 2. When said road shall be opened and put in repair as aforesaid it shall be and remain a public State road, and worked and kept in repair as other State roads. SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, February 24th, 1843. In force, Feb. 25, 1843, Part of State tell AN ACT to re-locate so much of the State road as lies between Springfield and Peoria, in the State of Illinois. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, reproad re-loca- resented in the General Assembly, That Robert Allen, Sandford Watson and Pascal Enos, of the county of Sangamon, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, mark and re-locate so much of the State road from Springfield to Peoria as lies between the city of Springfield and the Sangamon river. To report to com'rs of Sangamon county SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall proceed to view the most convenient re-location of said road, and shall report their review and re-location to the March term of the county commissioners' court of said. county; which court may, in their discretion, adopt or refuse to adopt said re-location, and if adopted they shall proceed forthwith to have said road opened as re-located. APPROVED, February 25th, 1843. AN ACT to locate a State road therein named. In force, Feb. 25, 1843, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That George W. Haley, Com'rs apElisha Glass and Jordan Smith, be and they are hereby ap-cate State pointed to lo pointed commissioners to view and locate a State road in road Fayette county, beginning at the bluff, two miles east of Vandalia, there leaving the National road and running in an eastern direction, the nearest and best route towards Louisville, in Clay county, passing through the Arm Prairie, in Fayette county, and terminating at the eastern line of the said county of Fayette. SEC. 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall Manner of meet at the house of John Haley, on the first Monday of May performing next, or within sixty days thereafter, and after being duly their duty prescribed sworn before some justice of the peace faithfully to perform the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to mark, survey and locate said road, and having so located the same shall, within thirty days thereafter, return to the office of the To report to clerk of the county commissioners' court of Fayette county clk of Faya copy of the plat, survey, and field notes thereof, together ette co. with the report of said commissioners. tion SEC. 3. Said commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable Compensacompensation for their services, to be paid out of the county treasury of Fayette county. Said road when located shall be worked and kept in repair as other State roads are. APPROVED, February 25th, 1843. AN ACT to locate a State road from Lewiston, in Fulton county, to Mon- In force, mouth, in Warren county. Mar. 1, 1843. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Com'rs to lorepresented in the General Assembly, That Samuel G. Morse, cate State of Warren county, Anson Smith and Cornelius Stewart, of road Fulton county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, locate and mark a State road from Lewiston, in Fulton county, to Monmouth, in Warren county. meet SEC. 2. The said commissioners shall meet at Lewiston, on Where to the first Monday in April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after being duly sworn by some justice of the peace well and truly to perform the duties above required, shall proceed to survey, mark and locate said road, four rods wide, as required by this act, commencing at Lewiston, in Fulton county, thence by the nearest and best route via Centreville, Ellisville, Woodville and Bowling Green to Monmouth, in Warren county; avoiding at all times as much as practicable injury or damage to private property. SEC. 3. The said road, when laid out as aforesaid, shall be deemed and considered a State road, and the county commis To be a State sioners' courts of Fulton and Warren counties shall cause 80 road & kept much of said road as may lay within their respective counties in repair to be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are. Compensation SEC. 4. The said commissioners are hereby authorized to employ a surveyor, and such other hands as may be necessary, for the purpose of locating said road, who, with the commissioners aforesaid, shall be paid a reasonable compensation for their services out of the county treasuries of Fulton and Warren counties, in proportion to the time actually employed in laying out said road in each of the said counties. SEC. 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, March 1st, 1843. In force, Mar. 2, 1843. vacated SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, Part of road represented in the General Assembly, That so much of the State road, from Peoria to Galena, via Osceola and Wappello, as is located across block number one, in Hale's second addition to said town of Peoria, and extending diagonally across said block from Main to Hamilton street, be and the same is hereby discontinued and vacated. This act to take effect from and after its passage. APPROVED, March 2d, 1843. In force, Mar. 3, 1843. Com'rs to loGate State road Their duti AN ACT declaring a certain road therein named a State road, and for lo cating a State road from the east line of Mercer county to the town of Millersburg, in said county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William Martin and Elisha Miles, of the county of Mercer, and Achilles Duthridge, of the county of Knox, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and locate a State road from the town of Hendersonville, in Knox county, by Pope creek post office, in Mercer county, to the town of Millersburg; to be located on the nearest and best ground, having due regard for private property. SEC. 2. The commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the house of Henry Bridgers, in the county of Mercer, on the first Monday in March, or within sixty days thereafter, and after being duly sworn, shall proceed to the performance of the duties required of them by this act. The said commissioners shall, within twenty days after the location of said road, cause to be filed with the clerk of the county commissioners' court of each county, a report of the location of said road, naming the distance, as near as may be, of said road in each county; which report shall be preserved and form part of the records of said courts. Said road when located shall be opened and kept in repair as other State roads are. SEC. 3. The county commissioners' court of each county Compensa. shall allow the commissioners, and others necessarily employed tion by them, a reasonable compensation, to be paid according to the distance of said road in each county. APPROVED, March 3d, 1843. AN ACT to locate a State road therein named. In force, Mar. 3, 1843. State road SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Morris Walrad, of Chicago and De Kalb county, Reuben Prichard, of Ogle county, and Bela St. Charles T. Hunt, of Kane county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out, mark, and locate a State road from Chicago, in Cook county, via St. Charies, Sycamore, Coltonville, Browdie's grove, to Dixon, on the nearest and best ground. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall meet at Chicago, as soon Duty of comas practicable after the passage of this act, and before enter- missioners ing upon the duties enjoined by the provisions herein provided for, they shall take an oath before some justice of the peace of this State, to well and truly perform all the duties enjoined by this act. State road road SEC. 3. That Willis Lott and Marshall Stark, of De Kalb county, and James T. Gifford, of Kane county, be and they from Elgin to are hereby appointed commissioners to view, locate, mark, and the Oregon survey a State road from Elgin, in Kane county, on the nearest and best ground, to intersect the Oregon road near the west line of De Kalb county. missioners SEC. 4. The commissioners provided for in the third sec- Duty of comtion of this act shall meet at the town of Elgin, as soon as convenient after the passage of this act, and before entering upon the duties herein provided for, shall take an oath before some justice of the peace of this State, to well and truly perform all the duties enjoined by this act. SEC. 5. The commissioners herein appointed shall proceed Com'rs to asto locate said road, and it shall be the duty of the said road sess damages commissioners to assess all damages that may accrue to individuals, taking into the account the advantages as well as disadvantages which said road may be to such individuals; and the award of said commissioners shall be final and conclusive. SEC. 6. All damages awarded under the provisions of this act shall be paid by the county in which such damages have accrued, and the person or persons in whose favor damages shall be awarded, shall receive a certificate from the commissioners aforesaid, certifying the nature and amount of damages, How paid |