Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
PROVISIONS Of
MERR|MACK BILL
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counted for by him as other funds,
Int the same shall be kept as special
fund and shall be paid out only for the
purposes for which appropriated upon
written orders or statements issued oH
the Wisconsin highway commission.
If the villages and each of the sew
eral towns mentioned, by a majority
vote of the electors voting on pro-
posed bridge, shall have voted to con
struck the bridge, the amount appor-
toned to the towns, villages and coun-
ties shall be: Village of Merrimack,
$4,000; town of Merrimack, $5OOO; West
Point, $4,000; Caledonia, 81 900; town OF
Lodi, $4,000; village of Lodi, S2,OOO'
Upon filing with the county boards
of Sank and Columbia of petitions, the
counties shall each appropriate S1O,OOO
for the cost of the bridge. All of these
sums ere to be paid by the treasurers
of the villages, towns and counties to
the state treasurer as provided in the
act.
Upon condition that the S40.0 900 re-
Quired to be raised by the towns, viii
lagos and counties is paid into the
state treasury, there is appropriated
$50 900 or as much as may be necessary
to aid the construction of the bridge;
provided, that no part of the appro-
priation made by the state is available
until the $4,000 raised by the towns,
villages and counties shall have been
expended in the construction of the
bridge and any unexpended balance OF
the appropriation provided by the
state reverts to the state.
The said bridge, when erected and
constructed as herein provided, shall
be operated and maintained in the first
instance at the joint expense of the
said villages and towns in proportion
to the amounts originally contributed
for the construction and building of
the said bridge. If any of such NUM-
CAPABILITIES shall not provide or pay its
full share of such expense in any year.
any or all of the remaining munich
palities may provide or pay for it and
upon paying the same may recover OF
the municipality or municipalities In
default, it's or their share of the same
with interest from the time of pay
ment and cost of suit; provided, that
no action to recover the same shall be
brought until thirty days after de-
mand of payment is made. Whenever
the said trustees of the village of Mer-
rimack and the town board of the
town of Merrimack shall present its
petition to the county board of Sank
county and the town boards of the
towns of West Point, Caledonia, Lodi
and the trustees of the village of Lodi
shall present its petition or petitions
to the county board of Columbia coun-
ty, setting forth the amount of money
expended in the maintenance of repair
of said bridge, the county boards of
each of said counties shall provide for
the payment of one-fourth OF the cost
of said maintenance or repairs, which
amount shall be paid by the treasurer
of Sank county to the treasurer of the
village of Merrimack and the treasurer
of the town of Merrimsck and the
county treasurer of Columbia county
to the several tressurers of the towns
of West Point, Caledonia, Lodi and
the village of Lodi in the proportion
herein provided.
The Wisconsin highway commission
shall provide for proper surveys, plans
and specifications for the erection and
of said bridge and for the
thereof during the construc-