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

ana Sucn committee shall be known as
the Forest Reserve Committee" The
committee during the regular session
for which they are appointed shall visit
the forest reserve and report to the
legislature during the same session as
10 the purchases of land made since the
last regular session, and also prospect
I've purchases, and so far as possible
such legislative examination shall be
SO conducted that each legislative com
mlttee VIII supplement and complete
the work of former legislative commit
tees IN examining both past and pros
pectlVe purchases Of forest reserve
lands.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved July II, 1911. Cow Law
No. 355, 81 Published July IL, 1911
CHAPTER GAO, LAWS OF 1911.
Flambeau Improvement Company to
construct, acquire, maintain, and oper-
ate a system of water reservoirs locat-
ed on the headwaters of the Chippewa
utaries, as described herein, for the
purpose Of producing q uniform flow
OF water In the Chippewa and Flambeau
rivers and their said tributaries, and
thereby improving the navigation and
otnef uses OF said streams and di-
mlnlshlng the injury to property both
public and private.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
90 hereby enact as follows:
oectlon /. /. Subject to the supervision
ana control hereinafter provided for, au-
thority is hereby given unto the Chippewa
and Flambeau Improvement Company, in
order to promote the purposes hereinafter
Set forth to, create, construct, acquire,
MAINTAIN and operate system of water
reservoirs located in or along the Court
GRIZZLIES river and its direct or indirect
tributaries above the north line Of town
50 north, the east and west forks of the
| yin I,,~;..
direct tributaries above the junction of
the same the Tharnapple river and it's
direct or indirect tributaries above it's
month, Butternut creek and it's direct
or indirect tributaries above its month,
the north fork of the Flambeau river
and it's direct or indirect tributaries
above the floWage of the dam authorized
to be built by chapter 400 of the laws of
laws or 1907 and the south fork of the
tlambeau river and it's direct or indirect
trlbutarles, including the Elk river, above
the junction of said south fork of the
F1ambeau river and said Elk river in this
state, and for that purpose said grantee
may construct, acquire, maintain, and
operate all such DAMS bOoms, sideways,
locks, and other structures in along or
across any and all Of said portions Of
said rivers and their tributaries as may
pc necessary or reasonably convenient
TO accomplish the purposes of this grant,
ana may clean out, straighten, deepen,
or otherwise improve any of said rivers
and tributaries in order to improve the
naVlsatIOn thereof and to prevent injury
to property bordering on said waters
z. All franchises and all riparian rights
and rights Of f1oWage, either perfect or
lnchoate, hoWsoeVer acquired, by any
person or any corporation organized to
improve the navigation for any purpose
OF either or any Of said rivers or their
tributaries, shall be and hereby are made
assl8nable to the Chippewa and FIamheau
Improvement Company, and shall be of
the T11 off
SION and ownership of such assignee to
accomplish the purposes of this act as
the same may have had before the as
| s1gnment TO accomplish their original
purpose.
Section 2 /. The said authority is
| granted for the purpose of producing as
nearly uniform flow Of water as practic-
| able in the Chippewa and FIambeau riv-
| ers, through all seasons, by holding back
and storing up in said reservoirs the
surplus water in times of great supply,
| and discharging the same in times of
| drought and a scarcity of water, and
| thereby, and by other means, improving
! the navigation of said Chippewa and
tlambeau rivers throughout their entire
length for boats, barges and other water
craft, and for the the running, driving,
rafting, booming, storing, sorting, and
| delivering Of logs timber, and lumber,
and other forest products, and for the
| purpose of improving the usefulness Of
| said streams for all public purposes, and
| of diminishing the damage and injury by
| floods and freshets to property, both
public and private, located along said
2, It shall be the duty of said Chip
peWa and Flambeau Improvement Com
pany to SO manage, operate, and maintain
| all of its said reservoirs and other works
that the purposes aforesaid shah be ac-
complished to the greatest practical ex-
| tent and so that as nearly a uniform flow
! of water as practicable shall be main
tanned at all times and at all points on
said Chippewa and Flambeua rivers, and
| during the times when it may be found
| impracticable to maintain at the same
| time such uniform flow of water through
out the entire length Of said rivers, the
| upper portions Of said rivers shall be
given preference.
Section 8. For the purpose of creating,
| acquiring, maintaining, and operating the
dams and other works, authorized as
: aforesaid, and subject to the supervision
and control hereinafter provided for, the
| Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement
| Company is hereby authorized to take
| and use any lands, riparian or other
right, that may be required for the Gre
alton, construction, and maintenance of
any and all reservoirs, dams, and other
structures and Improvements that may
! be necessary to accomplish the purposes
| Of this act, and whenever it cannot agree
! with the owner or owners Of any such
| required lands, or other property, for
| the purchase thereof and the compen-
sation to be paid therefor, the said Chip
! powa and Flambeau Improvement Com
| pdIy may dCGi1i Z ute u any SUCH IdIuf5
| and other property above specified, or
the right to use the same for said pur-
poses, by the exercise of the power of
eminent domain under and in pursuance
Of sections 1777a, 1777b lite, and 1777d
Of the statutes and laws amendatOry
thereof and supplemental thereto; but the
said company shall have 10 right to
| take or enter into possession or overflow
any of the property condemned until it
shall have first paid, in the manner pro-
vided by section 1777c, the damages
awarded, And in case the possession or
use Of any such property shall be OBJ
tanned by said Chippewa and Flambeau
Improvement Company acquiring the
| title thereto or the right to the use there
| Of by the purchase or condemnation, the
owner or owners of the same property
! shall have the same right to institute
proceedings for condemnation thereof
and ascertain tent of damages to be
paid, as is granted by the aforesaid stat
utes relating to the exercise of eminent
domain. In case any lands Of tile state
of Wisconsin be required to be taken
or overf1owed for any of the purposes Of
| this act the railroad commission Of Wis
| consin shall appraise and fix the dam
ages to be caused by such taking or
overflow, and the amount thereof shall
! be paid into the state treasury by said
! Chippewa and FTambeau Improvement
! Company before the taking or overflow
shall occur.