Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-02-02
LAWS OF IOWA.

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AN ACT IN relation to certain state roads
therein named.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As,
sembly of the State Of iowa, that Austin 8,
Warren, Joseph A Hunt and Roswell Crane
of Jones county be and they are hereby appoin.
ted commissioners to review and establish that
portion of he military road running between
Anamosa and the residence Of Roswell Crane
10 said county
Section 2. Allen scroggs, orrin Harvey and
W. Mead of Jones county be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners to review and
establish that portion of the Anamosa and
Camanche state road that hes within eight
miles Of Anamosa. .s.sss
.s-saciion 8: sFressk~is sshw ache, Joscph Ny
ers and Presley Figgins of Washington county
are hereby appointed commissioners to loc ate
and establish state road commencing at the
bridge on what is termed the military road
near widow Fesler's residence in Johnson
county, thence on the nearest and most prac-
ticable route from bridge to bridge on the road
so called to the south line ofW ash,ngton couty.
Section 4 O. D. Smaley ofDalas county.
W. w. Jones of Polk county. and Wilson Mil
Ter of Dallas county be and they are hereby
appointed commissioners to locate and estab.
lsh a state road from Fort Des Moines via (best
route) to Wash,awash in Adair county.
Section 5. F Stratton of the county of
Appanoose. E ijah Robinson of the county of
Lucas, and Alexander Roberts of the county
of Warren be and they are hereby appointed
commissioners 20 locate and establish a state
road from CentervIlc in Aappanoose cou ty
via Ch riton in Lucas county, lndianola War.
rem county to Fort Des Moines Polk coun'y.
Section G. I Q De"kin Of Jasper county
C W Freel of Polk county and r. W. Steele
Of Warren county be and they are hereby ap
pointed commissioners to locate and estab.
lsh state road fir, m Monroe Jasper county
via Lafayette in Polk county to Indianola in
Warren county.
Section 7. William II. McHenry Of Polk
county l. Hobbs Of Marshall county and
Thomas Reese of Jasper county be and
they are hereby appointed commissioners to
loCdte ana eSldUliSn q state lfom NeNlOH
in Jasper county via c. Brady's to Marietta in
MARSHALL county.
Section 8. John McLain and D. Bryant of
Polk county and ] NJ. Furgesen of Mar.hall
county be and they are hereby appointed com
missioners to locate and establish state road
from the bridge on south Skunk via Webb's
point to Marietta in Marshall county.
Section9 Nicholas Winters;een ard " II,
Henderson of johnson county end A. b Phii-
lips of Muscatine county be and they are here
by appointed commissioners to re. view and re-
Locale that part of liba,stair road -hegireing
above Marebgo on the North side Of the ri, er
in Iowa cu,.nty running eastward and south
eastward through the counties nf Johnson and
Cedar to intersect the road leading from Iowa
City to Overman's ferry between Joseph Felix
ners corner where said road touches 1t and its
intersection with said road leatins TO O"ver
mans ferry and to conform that part of said
road according 10 their judgement to the pub.
lie interest.
Section 10. That so much Of the state road
from Columbus City via McClnre's mill to
Iowa City as lies between McClure's mill in
Washington county and widow Frys on Old
mass creek in johnson county be and the same
is hereby vacated.
Section i. Thomas Hanson and Stephen
Chase of Iowa county and Dr. E Barton Of the
county of Poweshiek be and they are hereby
appointed commissioners to re locate such part
of the state road from Iowa City to Newton in
Jasper county as in their judgment may be
necessary to place said road on more practica
BILE ground provided that Marengo in Iowa
county. Jesse G. Wins in Poweshiek county
shalt be points in said road.
Section r. Samuel G Trowbridge of John.
son county. Andrew d. Stephen of Benton
county and c Slocomb of Iowa county are
hereby appointed commissioners to locate and
establish a state road from ,Marengo III Iowa
county on the nearest and best route to For
Dodge on the Des Moines river.
Section l3 That the State r.ad laid ou
from the sonlh west corner Of section sixteeI
Of Franz lin township in Lee county to Ply
mouth in Van B"ren county be and the sam,
is hereby vacated.
| Section H. That 70 much Of a road com
,nencing at Bushes mill in Jefferson county
thence to the Des Mo nes River in Van Burer
county established by an act of the Territorial
legislature approved January 10, le46 as iie
IN the county OF jefferson be and the same il
hereby vacated.
Section IS That Clark Newcomb Of tn
county Of Fayette. John McCoy'of the count.
Of Winneshiek aud David Moorland Of tn
missoners to locate and establish a state roac
commencing at Newwlne Dubuque county b,
way OF Strawberry point in Clayton county
West Union in Fayrtte county, and Decoral
in Winneshiek county, thence northerly to tn
state line.
Section l6. Tha, Charles Gillian. Jane
Crider and f V Goodrich of the county G
Dubuque are hereby appointed commissioners
to locate and establish state road commen
eng at the corporation line westerly ofthr cit
of Dubuque. thence westerly to the forks q
the road that is now travelled at or near Henry
house at a point where the said road forks on
fork leading to Delhi in Delaware county tn
other leading to Colesburgh in same county
Section II. Tha, Robert Cover Of the cour
ty Of Cedar. William Edgar or the county {
Clinton and Cornelius Lancaster of the count
of johnson be and they are hereby apponte
commissioners to locate and establish stat
road from Lyons via Dewitt. Buena Visit;
Upton and Cedar B uffs to Iowa City
Section IL. That Daniel Coriel Of Wasl
ington county. Charles Patterson of Keoku
county and Robert Tay lor of Powe,hiek count
are hereby appointed commissioners to lay OF