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266 LAWS   OF
pointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be to meet at the house of William
Flynn on the bank of the Mississippi river, in Perry county, on the first Monday of April 1839, and, from thence, proceed to survey and mark out a State
road, commencing at the ferry opposite the town of Chester, in Illinois, and
running, from thence, through the town of Perryville, in Perry county, to the
town of Greenville, in Wayne connty, or to some convenient point, so that it
shall intersect the State road leading from the town of Cape Girardeau, in Cape
Girardeau county, to the southern boundary of this State,—which was ordered
to be surveyed and marked out at the last General Assembly. And the said
commissioners shall select, for the location of said road, the nearest and best
route, due regard being had to the ground over which said road shall be run,
and the advantages to be derived to the public.
§ 2. Should the board of commissioners, appointed by this act, fail to meet
on the day herein designated, the board shall meet on some other subsequent
day, within one month from the time by this act designated, to be agreed upon
by the members composing the board.
§ 3. Should a vacancy occur in the board of commissioners herein designated, by any cause whatever, the remaining commissioner or commissioners,
having met to perform the duties assigned them, shall fill the same by appointing some other person or persons.
§ 4. The board of commissioners shall appoiut a surveyor and two chain
and distances of said road and the most noted objects and places, by which the
road shall pass, and the surveyor shall make out complete plats of the road for
the use of the county courts of each county, through which said road shall pass,
and one for the Secretary of State, noting thereon the several courses and distances thereof.
§ 5. It shall be the duty of the county tribunals, as soon as practicable,
after the receipt of said plats, to cause the road to be opened, at least twenty,
and not more than forty feet wide, by the persons subject to work on roads and
highways in the respective counties, and to be kept in good repair.
§ 6. The board of commissioners, before entering upon the discharge of
the duties assigned them by this act, shall take an oath, before some judge or
justice of the peace, that they will faithfully perform the duties imposed on them
§ 7. The commissioners shall, each, receive one dollar and seventy-cents per
day, and the chain carriers, one dollar per day for each day they may be necessarily employed in laying out and marking said road.
§ 8. The county courts of the several counties, through which said road
shall pass, shall pay the expenses accruing under this act, out of the county
road and canal fund, in a ratio proportionate to the extent of the road to be
made in each county through which the same may pass; the amount to be certified by the commissioners.
APPROVED, Jan. 11, 1839
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Transcript 266 LAWS OF pointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be to meet at the house of William Flynn on the bank of the Mississippi river, in Perry county, on the first Monday of April 1839, and, from thence, proceed to survey and mark out a State road, commencing at the ferry opposite the town of Chester, in Illinois, and running, from thence, through the town of Perryville, in Perry county, to the town of Greenville, in Wayne connty, or to some convenient point, so that it shall intersect the State road leading from the town of Cape Girardeau, in Cape Girardeau county, to the southern boundary of this State,—which was ordered to be surveyed and marked out at the last General Assembly. And the said commissioners shall select, for the location of said road, the nearest and best route, due regard being had to the ground over which said road shall be run, and the advantages to be derived to the public. § 2. Should the board of commissioners, appointed by this act, fail to meet on the day herein designated, the board shall meet on some other subsequent day, within one month from the time by this act designated, to be agreed upon by the members composing the board. § 3. Should a vacancy occur in the board of commissioners herein designated, by any cause whatever, the remaining commissioner or commissioners, having met to perform the duties assigned them, shall fill the same by appointing some other person or persons. § 4. The board of commissioners shall appoiut a surveyor and two chain carriers to accompany them, and shall cause their surveyor to note the courses and distances of said road and the most noted objects and places, by which the road shall pass, and the surveyor shall make out complete plats of the road for the use of the county courts of each county, through which said road shall pass, and one for the Secretary of State, noting thereon the several courses and distances thereof. § 5. It shall be the duty of the county tribunals, as soon as practicable, after the receipt of said plats, to cause the road to be opened, at least twenty, and not more than forty feet wide, by the persons subject to work on roads and highways in the respective counties, and to be kept in good repair. § 6. The board of commissioners, before entering upon the discharge of the duties assigned them by this act, shall take an oath, before some judge or justice of the peace, that they will faithfully perform the duties imposed on them by this act. § 7. The commissioners shall, each, receive one dollar and seventy-cents per day, and the chain carriers, one dollar per day for each day they may be necessarily employed in laying out and marking said road. § 8. The county courts of the several counties, through which said road shall pass, shall pay the expenses accruing under this act, out of the county road and canal fund, in a ratio proportionate to the extent of the road to be made in each county through which the same may pass; the amount to be certified by the commissioners. This act to take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, Jan. 11, 1839