or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after being sworn by some justice of the peace faithfully to discharge the duties required of them by this act, shall proceed to view the two following routes, to wit: the first commencing at said town of Urbana; thence east, through Pilot Grove, in Vermilion county; thence east, to Vermilion Rapids; thence east, to Myer's mill, in said county; thence east, to a point on the state line, to intersect a road leading to Williamsport, Indiana, as aforesaid. The second, commencing at said town of Urbana; thence east, to a point about one mile north of Burr Oak Grove; thence an easterly course, to the north-west quarter of section thirty, in township twenty-one N., R. thirteen west; thence east, to Thomas H. Chenowith's, on the line between section twenty-two and twenty-seven, township twenty-one N., R. thirteen west; thence an easterly course; thence to intersect the Ottawa road at Elon Sperry's; thence east, to said Myer's mill, in said county of Vermilion. After viewing said two routes the said commissioners shall proceed to locate and lay out said road from said town of Urbana to a point on the state line as aforesaid, on the best and most convenient route of said two routes described as aforesaid, by marking trees in the timber and setting up stakes or ploughing in the prairie. And the said commissioners, having located said road as aforesaid, shall, within forty days thereafter, make a report and return to the office of the county clerk of each of said counties through which said road may pass, or to the clerk of the board of supervisors of either of said counties [which] shall organize under the township organization law. Plats to be re- One copy of the plat of the survey, together with the field notes thereof, which, together with the report of said commissioners, shall be spread upon the records of the said county courts or board of supervisors, as the case may be. § 12. The county court or board of supervisors, as the case Opening and re- may be, of each county through which said road may have pair of road. been located, shall, at the first term of said courts which shall be held after the location as aforesaid, notify the supervisors of roads in the districts in which said roads are laid out, of the location aforesaid, and cause the same to be opened immediately, to the width of four poles, and kept in good repair as other state roads are. corded. pealed. § 13. That the 17th section of an act entitled "An act Part of act re-to locate, re-locate, vacate, and establish certain state roads," approved March 1st, 1847, or so much thereof as confines the line of said state [road] to the third principal meridian, be and the same is hereby repealed. § 14. That Lewis F. Casey, of Jefferson county; William Commissioners C. Greenup, of Fayette county; Benjamin Wyatt, of Mcto locate road Lean county; Simon P. Shope, of Crawford county; Thomridian. as Patterson, of Marshall Mbanty; John Hoffman, of La near third me Salle county, be and they are hereby appointed commismissioners to view, mark, survey and re-locate said state road on the most suitable and best ground, and as near the third principal meridian as the ground and situation of said ground will admit, doing as little damage to private property as may be; and which re-location shall be made with great care, with a view to the same being made a permanent road, and a majority of said commissioners shall be a quorum to act. cation. § 15. Said commissioners shall commence at the north Beginning of loline of Massac county where the third principal meridian crosses the said county line, thence north to the north line of Marshall county, at or near where the third principal meridian crosses said line; thence, on the most suitable ground and direct route, to the town of La Salle, in La Salle county. cation to ke § 16. Said commissioners shall proceed to re-locate Time when losaid road, on or before the first day of June next, and shall made. complete the same on or before the first day of September next ensuing, and file a copy of said survey and report with the clerk of the county court or board of supervisors of recorded. each and every county through which said road shall pass, Plats and report to be recorded and filed in his said office. And it shall be to be filed and the duty of said clerks to lay the same before the county court, or board of supervisors, as the case may be. And said county aforesaid shall cause the said road to be opened without delay, and made passable for traveling, and cause the same to be improved from year to year, with a view to making said road one of the main important roads of this state. ville. § 17. That Thomas Gowan and Thomas Henderson, of Road from As Fulton county, and Alfred Wallace and Archibald Edmon- toria to Rushston, of Shuyler county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road from Astoria, in the county of Fulton, to the town of Rushville, in the county of Schuyler. missioners. § 18. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall Duties of commeet in the town of Astoria, on the first Monday of April next, or within six weeks thereafter, and after being duly sworn and qualified by some justice of the peace, shall proceed to locate and mark said road, on the nearest and best route, from the said town of Astoria to the town of Rushville. § 19. That the county courts of the several counties Duty of county of this state shall have the supervision and control of all courts or boards of supervisors. roads and public highways within their respective counties, whether such county be organized under or by virtue of the "township organization law" or otherwise, and shall be governed by the several laws of this state relating to roads and public highways previous and at the time of such Acts repealed. organization, and all laws and parts of laws coming within the purview of this act, or inconsistent there with, be and the same are hereby repealed. § 20. That Cadwallader Jones, of Edwards county; Road from Al-Jacob H. Biddle, of Wayne county, and Ephraim Meadows, bion to Salem. of Marion county, are appointed commissioners to mark, view and locate a state road from Albion, in Edwards county, to New Massillon, in Wayne county, and thence to Enterprise, in said county, and thence to Salem, in Marion, county. missioners. Road from M § 21. Said commissioners, after being duly sworn, shall, Duty of com- soon as practicable thereafter, proceed to perform said duty, doing as little damage as possible to private property; and shall, in a reasonable time thereafter, file plats of said road in the offices of the county clerks of said counties; which plats, with a report of their doings in the premises, shall remain and be entered of record in said counties. § 22. That Jacob Dailey, Barsilla Chattan and AlexanMcClintock are appointed commissioners to lay out and locate a state road from Meredosia to Warsaw, commencing at the east line of section eighteen, in township one north, range five west; thence north, to the north-east corner of said section; thence west, on a road leading from bak Rushville to Quincy, to the south-west corner of sec. 11, in T. 1 N., R. 6 W; thence one half mile; thence northwest, following a road connecting said state road with a road leading from Pulaski to Columbus, to intersect the above state road at or near McAnnity's lane. edosia to Warsaw. Road from Spar ta to Cairo. sioners. § 23. That Robert Nesbit, of Randolph county; Hiram Pennoyer, of Jackson county; John Hunsaker, of Union county, be. and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark and locate a state road from Sparta, in Randolph county, to the city of Cairo, in Alexander county, by way of Murphysborough, in Jackson county, Western Saratoga, in Union county, and near old Peru, in the south part of Union county, on the most eligible route. $ 24. Said commissioners, after being duly sworn beDuty of commis-fore some justice of the peace, shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, proceed to perform the duties as required by this act, avoiding as much as possible damage to private property. Said commissioners, in a reasonable time thereafter, shall cause to be filed a complete plat in the county commissioners' clerk's office of each county through which Plat to be filed said road shall run; which report and plat shall be preand recorded. served and entered on the records of said courts. § 25. The said commissioners shall have power to emSurveyor, &c., ploy a surveyor, and such other persons as may be necesem-sary in the survey and location of said road; and said com may be ployed. missioners and surveyor, and such other persons so employed, shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for the time necessarily employed, out of the treasury of the respective counties through which said road may pass, in proportion to the time employed in each of said counties in laying out said road; and when said road is laid out as aforesaid the county commissioners' courts of the aforesaid counties shall cause the same to be opened and kept in repair as other state roads are. Palestine to § 26. Also, to change a part of the state road leading Road from from Palestine, in the county of Crawford, to Lawrence- Lawrenceville. ville, in the county of Lawrence, as follows, to wit: to commence at north-east corner of section sixteen, in town six north, of range eleven west, and running along the said [road] until the same takes an easterly direction, and thence due north until it reaches the bluff of Lamotte creek; thence north-easterly, along said bluff, until it unites with the present traveled road; and that John W. Hoit, James McDaniel and John Martin be appointed to locate the same. APPROVED February 17, 1851. AN ACT to grant certain pre-emptions therein named. In force Feb 17, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That a pre- Pre-emption to emption right be and the same is hereby granted to Christo- C. C. Venum. pher C. Venum, on lot number three (3,) in the north-west quarter of section number three (3,) in township number twenty-five (25) north, of range twelve (12) west of the Robert Nilson, as executor. second principal meridian; also, to Robert Nilson, on lot Robert Nilson. number four (4) in said section of land; also, to John Nil- John Nilson, jr. son, jr., on ten acres off south side of lot number five (5,) in the same section of land; also, to Robert Nilson, as executor of the last will and testament of John Nilson, deceased, on the residue of lot number five (5,) in said section of land, and on the east half of lot number six (6,) in same section of land. And the said several persons, or their legal representatives, or the successor in office of said executor, shall have the exclusive right of purchasing said tracts respectively, within one year from and after the passage of this act, by paying to the auditor of public accounts the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre for their respective tracts. And whenever the said auditor shall certify to the governor of this state that said persons, or either of them, have paid the amount required upon their respective tracts of land, the governor shall cause to be issued to each of said persons, or their successors or legal representatives, a patent for his, her or their respective Patents. portions of said lands. Acts suspended and repealed. § 2. The provisions of an act entitled "An act granting certain pre-emptions therein named," approved Feb. 12, 1849, so far as the same relates to John Nilson, are hereby suspended, and an act entitled "An act to grant pre-emptions to Christopher C. Venum, Robert Nilson and Robert Hill," approved Feb. 12, 1849, is hereby repealed. This act to be in force from its passage. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. In force Feb.17, AN ACT to authorize the county court of Effingham county to cause the tax Looks to 1851. Preamble. be examined and errors corrected. Whereas Samuel B. Parks, collector for the county of Effingham, has been unable to have his accounts for the revenue of the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight and one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, adjusted, and it being represented that there are a large amount of errors and double assessments on the tax books for the years aforesaid; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Re-examinati'n county court of said county be and they are hereby authorof tax-books. ized and required to cause the tax books for the years above referred to be examined and the proper abatements for errors, &c., allowed. And the auditor is hereby authorized Legal proceed to delay proceedings on the bonds of said collector until he shall have a reasonable time to have the accounts adjusted as aforesaid. ings delayed. APPROVED Feb. 17, 1851. In force Feb.17, 1851. AN ACT to amend the several laws in relation to limitations. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all Rule as to caus- causes of action which accrued during the time that the act which accrued entitled "An act to amend the sixth chapter of the Revised under act of Statutes, entitled 'Limitations,"" approved on the tenth day Feb. 10, 1819. of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, 08 of action was in force, and where a different period is prescribed by that act from the one provided by the act entitled “An act to amend the several acts concerning limitations of actions," approved on the fifth day of November, one thousand eight |