Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-03-15

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tine: That Gershom Flagg, Augustus
Langworlhy, and Francis Kirkpatrick,
be appointed commissioners 10 lay out
a road from the said town of Vandala,
to The town oil Alton, on section number
seven, TO the Mississippi river, BY The
nearest and most eligible route: That
Joseph Borough, William. H. Hopkins,
ana William Rutherford, be appointed
commissioners, 10 lay Out 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 Ledbetter, John G. Fitch, and John
M Gala, be appointed comm issioners
to lay out a road, by the nearest and
! most eligible route, to iptersect the road
from ST. Louis to Vincennes, where
said road crosses the Little Wabash;
aad that they be authorized to lay out
road from Fairfield 10 intersect said road
at any point they may think best on the
way t. Vandaiia that Cornelius De
Long, George w. Kinkade, and john
,M'Cieses, be appointed commissioners
to lay out road from John M'Calla's
dwelling TO he west side of the Wabash
river, opposite to Vincennes, by tho
nearest and most eligible ronte That
Samuel B, Birkbeck, james O.
Wattles, and David King, be appointed
commissioners to lay out q road, from
Fairfield, by way of Albion, to the west
bank OF the Wabash river, opposite 10
Harmony, on the nearest and nos ely
gible route: Thai William Henry, John
Craw, and Rlsdon b. Slocunb, be ap-
pointed commissioners to lay out road
from Feir6rld to Carmi, by the nearest
and most eligible route; the said roads
TO be four rods wlde and that sal, COM
mlssioners cause Survey AID nisp of
the said roads 10 be lodged wit, the
clerks of the several counties through
Which the same shall be laid ont: and
'@hai all the said roads, when SO laid GU.
as aforesaid, shall be deemed and con-
sidered as public highways, and shall
DC opened and kept in repair in The mars
ner hereinafter pointed out.
Sec. 2. Be 1t furthcr enacted, Tha, rs
soon as the aforesaid roads, or any ono
of them, shall be surveyed and marked
out, the county commissioners court Of
any county (cxcept the county OF Fayelte)
through which the same may run, are
hereby authorized and required to APP
point supervisors over such parts there
ofss shall pass through their respective
counties, and shall cause The same to
be cut out, worked end Kept in repair.
Sec. s. BE ii further ENACTED, That
when any part OF said roads shall be laid
out through any improved lands, the
owner or owners thereof shall be paid
his or her damages by the county ia
which said improved lands lie, to be as
sessed by The said commissioners of the
road which may run through said land,
VINO shall determine the sana, has ing
first taken an oath before a Justice of
the peace, faithfully and impsr'ially to
make such assessment: and the county
commissioners are hereby authorized TO
pay such assessment, DiI the valuation
being certified to them by such commits
sioner3. -l45,,-t.. Ys-
Sec. 4. Be il further enacted That the
sum of one thousand nine hundred and
fifteen dollarsiis hereby appropriated for
'he purpose of carrying INTO effect the
provisions of this act; and hat the Au-
ditor State is hereby required to draw
his warrants on the Treasury in favor of
the said commissioners respectively,
for the 10 flowing sums 10 Wit to The COM
missioners for laying out The road to
Shawneetown, the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars to the commissioners
for laying out the road to Kaskaskis,
the sum of two hundred dollars to The
commissioners for laying 1.-THE road TO
Palestine, the sum Of one hundred and
fifty dollars to the commissioners for
laying oot the road to Alton, the sum Of
two hundred dollars to the commissions
ers Tor 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,wo hun
dred and fifty dollars; to the.commission-
ers tor laying out the road to Illinois, on
the Mississippi river, the sum Of two
hundred dollars; to the commissions
ers for laying ont the road to intersect
the road from ST. Louis to Vincennes,
where the said road crosses the Little