Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

two dollars and to E. w Chaplin the sum
Of eighty dollars as compensation in full
for their services as special ATTORNEYS for
the state OF Wisconsin in the matter of the
boys in full for all their exepnses and dis
bursements in said matter
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force, from and after its passage and
publication.
-pproved May IA. 1901.
No. 131, 81 Published May 20, 1901
CHAPTER 428
AN ACT to authorize the board of directors
of railway companies to empower the
president and chief engineer to exercise
certain functions of the board of direct
OrS in reference to the extension altera-
ton or building of branches in certain
cases, and 10 designate the route or line
of said extension branches and altera-
tiOnS.
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented IL senate and assembly do enact
as follows
Section l. Any railroad company exist
ing in whole or in part under the laws of
this state or authorized to own and operate
railroad IN tnlS state, may, by an afIirma-
tive vote of at least two-thirds of its di-
rectors, empower it's president and chief
engineer to designate the route of any ex-
tension or OF any branch that it may
thereafter desire or determine to make and
build, and of any alteration of IFS line or
route that it may thereafter desire or de-
termine to make; but in that case before
making or building any such extension or
branch or alteration, or condemning any
land therefor the president and chief en-
gineer of the railroad company shall in
writing, by map, courses and distances or
otherwise. designate the route thereof and
after having certified to the correctness
thereof, file such writing so certified, with
the secretary Of the railroad company, who
shall record the same in a book to be kept
by him for such purpose and the railroad
company shall obtain copy of that record
duly certified by its president and secretary
ana atteSted by its seal, and file such GER
titled copy with the secretary of state to
be by him recorded, and thereupon such
corporation shall have the same right to
make such alteration and build such ex-
tension or branch that it would have If
it in each case it had been authorized to do
so by q vote of tWo-thirdS of its directors:
provided, however, that this act shall not
be construed to authorize any such rail
road corporation to consolidate with any
other, or to divert it's line of road from
any county, town, city or village which in
it's corporate capacity shall have extended
of the then present owner, or any former
person or corporation; and no such aItera-
tion or extension shall be made in any city
or village after the road shall have been
constructed therein, unless the same shall
have been sanctioned by a vote of two
thirds of the council of such city or of the
trustees of such village. Provided that
nothing in the provisions Of this act shall
be construed to give the president and
chief engineer of any railroad company
powers than may otherwise be exercised
pursuant to the provisions of sections 1881
and 1882 of the statutes of 1898.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage and
publication.
Approved Nav A. 1901