Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
PROVISIONS Of
MERR|MACK BILL
What Each Village and
Town Must Pay for the
Improvement.
SPECIAL ELECTIONS SOON
Permission From War De-
partment for a Draw to be
Obtained.
SPECIAL ELECTIONS SOON

Now that the Merrimack bridge bill
has become law many will be inter
ested in knowing its provisions. In
part the act says:
The village of Merrimack and the
town OF Merrimack in Sauk county,
and the towns of West Point, Gale
donia and Lodi and the village of Lodi,
In Columbia, are hereby authorized to
construct and maintain a free wagon
bridge across the Wisconsin river, be
tween suita ole points to be selected by
the Wisconsin highway commission,
on section 2, township 10, range Z, on
the westerly side of the river, and on
section 1, township 10, range 7, on the
easteriy side; the bridge to connect the
highways adjacent thereto in Sauk
and Columbia counties, making a con-
tinuous highway to the state park at
Devils Lake; and may erect piers, drive
piles and build approaches in the river
and on the banks; provided, that the
bridge shall be provided with suit
able draw or swing so as not to un-
reasonably obstruct the river for the
purpose of navigation. The bridge
must be constructed according to plans
approved by the war department. OF
the United States.
No tax shall be levied or bonds
issued for the purpose of building the
bridge unless the question of levylng
tax or issuing the bonds shall have
been submitted by vote of majority
of the village and town boards OF such
municipalities to vote of the electors
of sucn village and towns and adopted
at an annual election, town meeting
or charter election or at any election
specially called for that purpose, and
in either case the boards shall give
v0tice of the submission of the question
/. the electors as is required to be
given for special election or special
town meeting. The votes shall be
taken separately in the villages and
towns and a majority of the votes
cast on the proposition in the village
and towns shall be necessary to levy
tax or issue bonds.
If any of the municipalities named
shall fail to provide or TO appropriate
at it's annual or special meeting its
proportionate share of the cost of the
bridge, any group of persons desiring
the erection of the bridge may at any
time within 80 days after such failure
to vote in favor of the appropri-
alton, present to the town or village
board a petition stating that they de-
sire the construction of the bridge to-
gether with receipt of the county
treasurer of the county or counties
showing that an amount of not less
than fifty per centum of the share of
such municipality or municipalities
has been subscribed and paid; and the
boards of such villages and towns shall
then levy tax or issue bonds sutfi-
cient to cover the remainder of the
cost apportioned to such municipality
for the building of the bridge.
Whenever the town board OF Merri-
mack and the trustees of the village
shall file with the county board, and
che town boards of West Point, Gale
donia, and Lodi, and the trustees of
the village of Lodi shall file with the
board of Columbia county its petition
setting forth that fact that the village
and towns have each voted or provided
in the manner specified for the con-
struction and building of the said
bridge and further stating that such
village or towns have each provided
for the payment of their proportionate
share of the cost of said bridge as pro-
vided in section of this act, the said
county boards of Sauk and Columbis
counties shall each appropriate ar
equal amount so raised in the muni'
cipaIities of their respective counties
and cause said sums to be levied upor
the taxable property of the county
and such moneys together any other
moneys that may be paid to the saiC
county tTeasurers, as herein provided
shall be paid by the treasurers of Saul
and Columbia counties to the stat,
treasurer. All moneys received by tn
said treasurer shall be kept and &C