Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
|. LEGISLATURE ENACTS LAW
ADORABLE TO EAGLE GIEER---CHAR-
H# HEnACHECK Mikes G001

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s-r.s : law which is Of unusual /
,sraHf to the town Of Eagle River, /
lis known as No. or A, and ap- I
lies TO the Eagle River Dam,
3alyer plant and Transmission line
~ vaIidates all indebtedness in
CTrred by the town and officers
~aereof, thus securing to the town
- Eaole River for all time one OF
The 6sst. 1t not the best, power |
ia ntssin the state. While 1T is |
frae that sill of the judgments have
.5panUaid and provision made for
living about Five Thousand Dol
avs aEoutstanding CLAIMS contract
I'd against the town on account OF
he construction of the power
..r,lant and dam, there was nothing
n .nrevent nonresident tax pay
aus from proceedings to recover
hack any and all amounts paid for
Gxhor or material and resisting the
oavment of bonds which are an
nna)lv maturing, until this act was
1assed. The act is of such i'm
TORRANCE to the people of Eagle
River that we print it in full.
It reads as follows:
Tnany case where any town organized
,nder the laws of this state shall prior
To thefrst day of January, A. d., 1909,
have incurred or attempted to incur
gnv Indebtedness for work or labor per-
formed or materials furnished in or
about the construction or equipment OF
anv Dam, water power or plant for the
ruIDose of generating and transmitting
electric or other power for the purpose
IF said town or any unincOrpOrated viii
1age therein or for the purpose OF sup
diving the inhabitants OF said town or
anv incorporated village therein
with water, and such Dam, water pow
~ or plant shall have been actually
constructed and in operation prior to
the first day of January, A. D., 1909,
and sucb indebtedness so, incurred or
attempted to be incurred, or some part
thereof, shall be invalid by reason of
lack of power on the part of such town
or the officers thereof to construct such
Dam, water power or plant or by reas-
on of the failure of the officers of said
town to comply with any provision of
the Statutes of the State of Wisconsin,
in mourning such indebtedness or any
part thereof, such Indebtedness and
each and every part thereof is hereby
declared to be legal and valid as against
every such town, and the owners and
holders of such Indebtedness and each
and every part thereof shall be entitled
to recover the same in an action against
any such town in the same manner as
though such indebtedness had been Leg
ally contracted in the first Instance,
and any and all judgments which may
heretofore have been recovered against
any such town by reason of any such in
dRbtedness are hereby declared to be
valid.
When J. T, Nemacheck became
"A candidate for Chairman last
spring, he declared himself IN fav-
cor of the town owning and opera
a1ng the dam and power plant and
promised, if elected, to do all in
his power in that behalf.
We believe that to Mr.. Nema-
check, more than to any other
resident Of the town, is due the
credit for the passage of this act,
which settles for all time the own
ershtp of The Dam and Power
Plant We caused resolutions fav
oring the passage of the bill to be
passed by the Town Board, en-
pIOyed able counsel to plead be-
tore Legislative committees as we'll
as appearing in person at Madison
and urging the Numbers OF the
legislature to support the measure,
Nemacheck has made good as
Chairman.
The Town of Eagle River is for
tunate in having the only munich
pal water power electricity in the
state. AS years GO by the people
of Eagle River will more and more
appreciate the value and will &C
cord to its citizens, ex-chairman
Mart Hirzel, who constructed and
Chairman ]. T. Nemacheck. who
preserved it to the town, a full
measure of credit.