Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22
No. SAB, Al Published July IL, 1913
CHAPTER 62S, LAWS OF 1913.

CHAPTER 62S, LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To amend section l321a and to
create section 172-123 of the statutes,
relating to bridges across navigable
and meandered streams and for state
and county aid therefor, and making an
appropriation.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1321a of the stat
utes is amended to read: Section 1321a.
1. The common council OF any city and
the board Of any village, town or county
bordering upon or through which any
navigable or meandered stream runs, are
authorized and empowered to build, pur-
chase or maintain or to aid in building,
purchasing or maintaining bridge across
such stream. provided that such city, VII
lage, town or county shall have previously
voted to levy and collect a tax or to issue
it's bonds for such purpose as provided in
sections 1920 and 1921 of the statutes;
and provided further that the location and
construction of such bridge shall be ap-
proved by the war department of the
United States. Any such city, village,
town or county may, by gift, purchase or
condemnation proceedings as provided in
sections 1876 to 904, inclusive, Of the stat
utes, acquire land for the purpose Of
building approaches to such bridge.
2. Whenever said bridge is necessarily
more than three hundred feet in length,
not including approaches, the state hlgh-
any such town, county or village board,
estimate the cost of such bridge, or aScer-
tain the reasonable price which should be
paid for said bridge.
8. Whenever any town, village Or city
shall vote in favor of constructing any
such bridge either alone or in conjunc-
ton with another town, village or city,
the county in which such town, village
or city is located, the said municipalities
and the state shall pay for the construc-
ton Of such bridge as follows; provided,
however, that state aid shall be extended
in constructing not more than six such
bridges in any one year:
(a) Where such bridge Is located
wholly within one town, village or city,
or is constructed by town, village or
city alone such town. village or city
shall pay two-fifths thereof. Any town,
village or city situated within five miles
of such bridge may contribute towards
said cost and maintaining a sum not to
exceed one-sixth thereof.
CD When such bridge 1s located be-
tween two towns or between a town and
a village or city or between two villages
or two cities and is constructed by them
jointly, then said municipalities shall pay
together two-fifths thereof, to be borne
by each in proportion to the equal1zed
valuation Of each, as fixed by the last
county board and If said municipalities
are in different counties each shall then
pay one-fifth thereof. A town, village or
city may participate in the construction
and maintenance of bridge located Or to
be located within one mile from said
town, village or city and without the
borders Of the county wherein such town,
city or village is located in the same man
ner and to the same extent as II said
bridge were located Or to be located part
w within said town, village or city, and
in such case, the county wherein such
town, city or village is located shall pay
one-fifth of the cost of constructing such
bridge.
(c9 The county shall in all cases pay
tWo-fifths of such cost, except when such
bridge is located on or across the line
between two counties, and in that case
each county shall pay one-ffth, of such
cost.
(d) The state shall in all cases pay no
more than one-ifth Of the cost of con-
structing such bridge.
A. Whenever any town, village Or city
shall file a petition with the state high
way commission, setting forth that said
struct any such bridge, designating as
near as may be the location Of the same
and showing that such town, village or
city has provided for the payment Of its
proportion of the cost thereof, and the
said highway commission shall find said
bridge to be necessary, said commission
shall so certify and further certify the
amount to be paid by the state as it's
share for the construction Of said bridge
the county, or counties to the county
clerk, or county clerks thereof. The share
Of any town, village or city shall be paid
at the time required by the state high
way commission to the county treasurer
of the county in which the respective
town, city or village is located and the
amount to be paid by the state shall be