Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
255, 81 Published June 81, 1907.

No. 255, 81 Published June 81, 1907.
CHAPTER 277, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to amend section 1777a, Of the
statutes, as amended relating to add
tional powers of certain corporations.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin,
? represented In Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows
Section l. Section 1777a Of the statutes,
is amended to read Section 1777a. !. Any
corporation created and existing under any
laws Of this state in whole or In part for
any or either Of the purposes above speci-
fed and any corporation owning or con-
trolling dams, booms or improvements de-
signed in whole or in part to accomplish
any Of the purposes above specified or any
municipality or any other corporation or
ganized under the laws Of the state OF
and supplying electric light and current to
the Inhabitants Of any city or other munich
pality, or supplying electric power for other
public purposes, shall have the power TO
overflow all such lands as shall be neces-
sary for its use for ponds and reservoir
purposes and to acquire title thereto for
such purpose by purchase as hereinafter
provided, but in case such corporation and
the owners of any such lands cannot mu-
tually agree for the purchase, lease or use
thereof or any easement therein that may
be necessary for such corporation or the
compensation to be made for taking any
property for the use of said corporation,
then either the said corporation or the
owner Of lands so required may apply by
petition to the circuit court of the county
In which such lands shall be situated or to
the presiding judge thereof, which petition
shall be signed and verified by the owner
of such land or his attorney or the attor-
ney or some officer of such corporation,
and shall contain a description Of the land
sought to be taken, used, overdOwed or &C
CURED for such purpose the names OF the
parties who own and occupy the same, and
If any such persons are infants their age,
as near as may be, and Il any are OF I'M
sound MINI or unknown such facts shall
be stated, with such other facts as may be
material, which petition shall be filed il
the Office of the clerk of the circuit court
of the county In which such real estate Is
situated and shall be the commencement Of
a suit In such court. ~"
2. The court or the presiding Judge
thereof shall, by order, prescribe the notice
to be given of the time and place Of hear
the date of filing such petition and the
object thereof, and shall contain .descrip-
ton Of the lands described therein, and be
directed to the parties therein named and
to ell. persons interested in said lands so
far as known and may be served person
ally on such owner or owners or parties
interested or at their usual abode not less
than five days before the time fixed for
such hearing or. by publication in some
newspaper, to be designated by said court
or presiding Judge not less than ten days
before the time so fixed for the hearing
thereof. ".&t >t 49, +:
Section O. Nothing in this act shall be
construed as granting the right or power
to construct or maintain a dam or overflow
Douglas county, Wisconsin, or as repeating
or contravening any provision OF chapter
40, laws Of 19o6.& ~. +i%
Approved June 20, 1907. =" 80 's' 49,