Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

No. 328, AL Published July 5, 1911.
| CHAPTER 518, LAWS OF 1911.
AN ACT to establish ferry across the
| LynXville, in the state Of Wisconsin,
| to Heytman station, in the state of
| Iowa.
represented in Senate and Assembly,
| do enact as follows:
Section l. E. j. Randall, his aSsocl-
ates, heirs and assigns, shall have the
exclusive right and privilege, subject
| to the right herein reserved, to alter,
amend or repeal this act, for the period
of ten. years from and after the f1rst
| day of August, 1911, of keeping and
maintaining a ferry across the waters
| of the Mississippi river from the village
| of Llynxville, in Crawford county, state
Of Wisconsin, to Heytman station, IN
| Section 2. The said E. J. Randall, his
ass ociates or assigns, shall, on and
after the first day of August, 1911,
sufficient boat as may be necessary to
carry across said river, light freight
and freight of character that can be
lowed in skiffs, and for the accommo-
dation OF such foot passengers as may
wish to take passage thereon, across
said river, making at least one regular
weekly trip between the hours of seven
| a. m. and seven p. m, from the first day
of April each year, until the close of
navigation for such year; provided
that such ferriage shall not be required,
when by reason of floating ice or other
sufficient cause, the same would be I'M
prudent or dangerous. The said ferry
Shall not be kept or maintained so as
to interfere with navigation on said
river.
his associates or assigns, shall, on or
before the first day of August, 1911,
file, or cause to be filed, with the clerk
the supervisors of said county of
Crawford, with two or more sufficient
sureties to be approved by the county
treasurer of said county of Crawford,
in the sum of two hundred dollars, con-
ditioned that they will perform all the
duties imposed upon them by this act,
and in case that they shall fan to fle
such bond, they shall forfeit all the
benefit that might accrue to them from
Section 4. The said E. ]. Randall, his
associates or assigns, may land their
boat or boats, passengers, freight and
property on any public highway which
now does, or may hereafter, terminate
within the limits of said village of
I,ynXviIle, or on the lands of any per-
son or persons owning the same, they
having first procured the permission so
to do from said owners.
Section s. The rates charged for
crossing said ferry shall not exceed the
following rates: For each foot passen-
ger from Lynxville to Heytman, the
sum of one dollar; for a round trip
ticket for a passenger from LynxvilIe
to Heytman and return, the sum of one
dollar and fifty cents; for merchandise
and freight, the sum OF twenty cents
per hundred pounds per single trip.
Provided, that the board of trustees or
village council of the village of Lynx
vile shall have authority to reduce said
rates whenever it shall deem proper.
Section g. In said E. J. Randall, his
associates or assigns, shall demand or
charge any greater sum or sums for
ferriage than are hereby allowed, said
party and the sureties on said bond
Shall be liable to the party aggrieved
in the sum of five dollars for each and
every such act.
Section 7. If anyaperson or persons
shall, after. the esta blishment of said
maintain, any ferry. or shall carry any
person or persons for hire or pay
across the Mississippi river, from any
point in the village of Lynxville on the
east side of the shore or waters Of the
Mississippi river in said county Of