ROADS. AN ACT to locate a Territorial Road, from the town of Du Buque, to SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, That a Territorial Road shall be established, from the town of Du Buque to the northern boundary of Missouri, via the Territorial seat of government, provided the same is located in Johnson county, if not, then on the nearest and best route to Keosauqua, in Van Buren county, and thence southward to the line of Commission Missouri: And Simeon Clark of Du Buque county, William Chambers of Muscatine county, and Henry Filkner of Johnson county, are hereby appointed commissioners to locate such road from Du Buque to the southern line of Johnson county, who shall be at Du Buque on or before the first Monday in September next, and proceed to the discharge of the duties herein assigned them. ers to locate part of the road. Comm'rs to continue the location. Counties to ses. Compensation SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That David Goble, of Washington county, John Williford, of Henry county, and William Billups, of Van Buren county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and mark said road, from the place where the first named commissioners stop, to the line of Missouri, on the route above mentioned, who shall meet, on or before the first Monday of September next, in the town of Keosauqua, and proceed to the discharge of their duty. SEC. 3. The county commissioners of the several pay the expen- counties, through which said road may pass, shall audit and pay the expenses, in their respective proportions to the amount of the road laid out in each. SEC. 4. The commissioners shall receive, each, two dollars and fifty cents per day for their services. Surveyor, &c., They may employ one surveyor on each end of the road, and such other hands as may be actually necessary to prosecute said work, who shall receive such compensation as a majority of said commissioners may agree upon. may be employed. County com. to open the road. How road to be marked. SEC. 5. The county commissioners of the several counties, through which said road passes, shall cause the same to be opened as soon as practicable after the same is surveyed. SEC. 6. The commissioners shall mark said road, by blazing trees in the woods, and setting stakes in the prairies. APPROVED, January 25, 1839. ROADS. AN ACT establishing certain Territorial Roads. line. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, That Alfred Road from Hebard and Azariah Gregg, of Des Moines county, Burlington to and Meshack Sigler, of Van Buren county, be and Missouri State they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial Road from the city of Burlington, in Des Moines county, as near as practicable on the township line dividing townships 69 and 70, north, through Salem, in Henry county, and Keosauqua, in Van Buren county, to the line of the State of Missouri, leaving said township line at such place as the said commissioners shall deem advisable. Said commissioners shall meet at the city of When commisBurlington, on the first day of August, 1839, or at sioners to meet. such time during the year 1839, as the said commis sioners shall agree. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That James Fanning, Road from Du John Paul, and Benjamin C. Pierce, be and they are Buque to Dehereby appointed commissioners to lay out a Terri- laware county. torial road, running the most practicable route from Du Buque to the settlement in Delaware county; to meet. and the said commissioners shall meet at the town where and of Du Buque, on the first Monday of June next, or when comm'rs on such other day as the said commissioners may agree, and proceed to the discharge of their duties under this act. Linn. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Isaac Road from Mitchell, of Linn county, John G. Fay, of Cedar Bloomington to county, and Jonathan Pettibone, of Muscatine county seat of county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a Territorial road commencing at Bloomington, in Muscatine county, thence to Rochester, in Cedar county, and thence to the county seat of Linn county. Said commissioners, Where and or a majority of them, shall meet at Bloomington, when comm'rs on the first Monday in May next, to discharge their to meet. duties. chester. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Richard Knolt, Road from Du of Cedar county, Calvit Roberts, of Du Buque Buque to Rocounty, Calvin Reed, of Jones county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial road on the post route from Du Buque, by way of the post route of the seat of justice of Jones county, to Rochester, in Cedar county. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, Where and shall meet at the town of Du Buque, on the first when comm'rs Monday in June, 1839, or at such time of the year of 1839 as the majority of them may agree, and proceed to discharge their duty. to meet. Road from S. Hearn's to No time appointed for meeting of comm'rs. Road from Ke Pleasant. SEC 5. And be it further enacted, That William Howard, Thomas Douglass, and Samuel Hearn, of the county of Lee, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to mark and lay out a Territorial road, commencing at Samuel Hearns, on the Des Moines river, in Lee county, thence on the nearest and best route to the town of West Point, in said county. Said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet on the first SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, Thomas W. Tayokuck to Mount lor, of the county of Lee, and William Morrow and Larkin Johnson, of Henry county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to mark and lay out a Territorial road, commencing at the town of Keokuck, thence up the Mississippi as near as practicable to the town of Montrose, thence on the nearest and best route to Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry. Said commissioners to meet at Keokuck, when comm'rs on the first Monday in May next, to discharge their duties. Where and to meet. Road from ferry opposite Oquaka to Napoleon. Road from Da Linn. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted. That Samuel Brewer and Jacob Rinearson, of Louisa county, and John Gilbert, of Johnson county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish a Territorial road, commencing at the ferry landing opposite Oquaka, Illinois, thence on the nearest and best route, via Florence and Wapello, in Louisa county, to Napoleon, in Johnson county. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That Alfred Carvenport to seat ter, Warren Stiles, and A. F. Russell, of Scott county of justice of be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to mark and lay out a Territorial road, commencing at Davenport, in Scott county, thence to Hickory Grove, thence to Poston's Grove, thence to Red Oak Grove, thence to the Pioneer Grove, thence to Big Linn Grove, thence to the seat of justice of Linn county. Said commissioners to meet, or a majority of them, when comm'rs to discharge their duties, at Davenport, on the first Monday in May next. Where and to meet. Road from Fort SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That John Box and Lewis Pitman, of Lee county, and John Reynolds of Van Buren county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a Territorial road, commencing at Fort Madison, in Lee county, ། thence to West Point, thence to Parkersburg, and thence to Iowa City. Said commissioners to meet at Where and Fort Madison, on the first Monday in May next to when comm'rs discharge their duties. to meet. Jefferson. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Road from Cole, of Lee county, Peter Boger, of Henry county, West Point to and Alfred Wright, of Jefferson county, be and they county seat of are hereby appointed commissioners to mark and lay out a Territorial road, commencing at West Point, in Lee county, thence to Salem, in Henry county, and thence to the county seat of Jefferson county. Said commissioners to meet at West Point, Where and on the second Monday in May next, to discharge when comm'rs their duties. to meet. Indian boun dary line. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That Daniel Road from Strong and Enoch H. Sexson, of Des Moines county, Burlington to and Grinder Wilson, of Henry county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a Territorial road, commencing at Burlington, in Des Moines county, thence to Trenton, thence to Joseph York's, thence to Lee's, and then west to the Indian boundary line. Said commissioners shall meet at Where and Burlington, on the third Monday in April next, to when comm'rs discharge their duties. to meet. City. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That C. Jones, Road from of the county of Henry, George W. Fry, and John Mount PleaSullivan, be appointed commissioners to review, lay sant to Iowa out, and establish a Territorial road from Mount Pleasant to Rome, in Henry county, from thence to Lockridge, thence to Smith's Crossing, on Big Cedar, in Jefferson county, from thence to Iowa City, in Van Buren county. Said commissioners, or a majority where and of them, shall meet at the town of Mount Plea- when comm'rs sant, on the first Monday of May next, to discharge to meet. the duties required of them by this act. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted. That James L. Road from Kirkpatrick and Charles Swan, of Jackson county, Davenport to and Joseph M. Robertson, of Scott county, be and Belleview. they are hereby empowered to lay out a Territorial road from Davenport, Parkhurst, Charleston, to Belleview; and that the said commissioners shall Where and meet at Davenport, on the first Monday in May next, when comm'rs and proceed to lay out said road on the nearest and to meet. best route. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That John M. Road from KeWhitaker and William Goodall, of Van Buren county, osauqua to and Isaac Blakely, of Jefferson county, be and they county seat of are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a Jefferson. Where and to meet. Road from N. boundary line of Missou Territorial road, commencing at Keosauqua, in Van Buren county, on the nearest and best route to the county seat of Jefferson county. Said commissioners when comm'rs to meet at Keosauqua, in Van Buren county, on the first Monday in June next to discharge their duties. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That Henry Farmington to Bateman, John Davidson, and Henry King, of Van Buren county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to mark and lay out a Territorial road, commencing at the town of Farmington, in said county, from thence to the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, a direction to the town of Waterloo, the present seat of justice for Clark county, in the State of Missouri aforesaid. Said when comm'rs commissioners shall meet at the town of Farmington, on the first day of May next, to discharge their duties. ri. Where and to meet. Duty of sheriffs Duty of county SEC. 16. And if the aforesaid commissioners, or a majority of them, fail to meet at the time and places named in the preceding sections of this act, it shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties, having jurisdiction over the points named, on application of any one of the commissioners, to notify them to meet on some other day. SEC. 17. That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners.commissioners, of the different counties of this Territory, to order the opening of all Territorial roads, without delay, that are now laid out, or may hereafter be laid out, within this Territory. County com'rs to fill vacancies. Compensation to comm'rs surveyors, &c. SEC. 18. That should any of the commissioners, named in the different sections of this act, die, refuse to serve, or remove out of their respective counties, the county commissioners of the county where such vacancy shall happen, shall fill such vacancies as often as they may occur. SEC. 19. Said commissioners shall be allowed two dollars a day for their services, and shall employ one or more surveyors, and as many laboring hands as they may think necessary. The surveyor's salary shall not exceed four dollars a day, and the laborers shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents a day, to be paid according to the provisions of an act to provide for laying out and opening Territorial roads. APPROVED, January 25, 1839. |