Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22
Published June 27, 1913.

| AIN ACI-lO authorize the erection,
| construction, and maintenance of a
free wagon bridge across the Wis
consin river In the counties of Sank
/ and Columbia at or near the village
| OF Merr1nlac, Sank county Wisconsin,
l. and to make the state park at Devils
Lake more accessible, and creating
section 172-122 of the statutes, and
making. an appropriation therefor.
/ The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section !. The village of Merrimac
and the town of Merrimac in Sank
county, and the towns of West Point,
Caledonia and Lodi, and the village of
Lodi, in the county of Columbia, are
| hereby enabled, permitted, authorized
and empowered to erect, build and con-
wagon bridge over and across the
| Wisconsin river, between suitable
points to be selected by the Wiscon-
sin highway commission, on section q,
| side of said river, and on section /,
| township 10, range Z, on the eaSterly
side thereof; the said bridge to con-
meet the highways adjacent thereto in
continuous highway to the state park
| at Devils Lake; and for such purpose
| may erect piers, drive piles, build en-
! pankments, and approaches in said
| river and on the banks thereof, suit
| able and necessary for the proper con-
! struction and maintenance of said
/ bridge and enjoy all the rights hereby
| granted or intended to be granted;
| provided, that said bridge shall be pro-
vided with a proper and suitable draw
/ or swing so as not to unreasonably OBJ
| struct said river for the purpose or
navigation; said bridge shall be con-
proved by the war department Of the
United States.
Section o. If the said villages and
| each OF the several towns hereinbe-
ant lH INV 0i<a,aS
| the electors voting on said proposed
| bridge, shall have voted to construct
and build the said bridge, the amount
apportioned to the several towns, Will
! ages and counties herein mentioned
shall be as follows. to-wit Village
Of Merrimac, $4,000; town of Merrimac
| $4,000; town of West Point, $4,000
town of Caledonia, $1,000; town of Lodi,
| the filing with the county boards Of
| the counties of Sank and Columbia of
the petitions referred to in section 6
Of this act, the said counties Of Sank
and Columbia shall each appropriate
| $4,000 for the cost Of said bridge; all
of said sums to be paid by the treas
urers of the said villages, towns, and
counties to the state treasurer as pro-
vided in section of this act.
Section 3, No tax shall be levied or
| bonds issued for the purpose of build
ing and constructing such bridge as
mentioned in the preceding sections
unless the question of levying such
tax or issuing such bonds shall have
! been submitted by a vote of a majority
of the village and town boards of such
municipalities to a vote Of the electors
| Of such village and towns and adopted
at an annual election, town meeting or
charter election or at any election spe-
cially called for that purpose, by such
town and village boards, and in either
case such boards shall give notice of
the submission of such question to the
electors as is required by law to be
! rriry {<., r.s-1
town meeting; such votes shall be
taken separately in said villages and
towns and a majority of the votes cast
on such proposition in such village and
or issue bonds for said purpose; such
votes shall in each case be by ballot
and the proper town or village board
shall for their own municipality pre-
scribe the form thereof. The votes
shall be canvassed, returned and the
result declared as in other elections
Section 4. All bonds issued by said
villages or towns, under the provisions
Of this act shall be executed according
to the provisions of section 956 of the
statutes and shall be issued only &C
cording to and subject to the provisions
of sections 943 and ga of the stat
uteS.
Section 5. If any of the municipal
ties herein named shall fail to pro-
vide or to appropriate at it's annual or
special meeting it's proportionate share
provided, any group Of persons desiring
the erection and construction of said
bridge, may at any time within ninety
days after such failure to vote In
favor of such appropriation, present to
such town or village board a petition
stating that they desire the erection
and construction of such bridge to-
gether with a receipt of the county
treasurer Of such county or counties
showing that an amount not less than
fifty per centum of the share of any
such municipality or municipalities
boards of such villages and towns
shall then levy tax or issue bonds as
herein provided sufficient to cover the
remainder of the cost apportioned to
such bridge as provided in this act.
Section 6, Whenever the town board
Of the town of Merrimac and the trus-
shall file with the county board Of
Sank county, and the town boards of
the towns of West Point, Caledonia,
and Lodi, and the trustees of the said
village of Lodi shall file with the
county board of Columbia county it's
petition setting forth the fact that the
said village and towns have each vot-
ed or provided in the manner specified
the said bridge and further stating
that such village or towns have each
provided for the payment Of their pro-
portionate share of the cost of said
bridge as provided in section 2 Of this
act, the said county boards Of Sank and
Columbia counties shall each appropri-
ate an equal amount so raised in the
municipalities Of their respective coun-
ties and cause said sums to be levied
upon the taxable property Of the coun-
ty, and such moneys together with any
other moneys that may be paid to the
said county treasurers, as herein pro-
vided, shall be paid by the county
treasurers of the counties of Sank and
Columbia to the state treasurer. All
rhd hry hn u
shall be kept and accounted for by him
as other funds but the same shall be
kept as a special fund and shall be
paid out only for the purposes for
which appropriated upon written or
ders or statements issued by the Wis
consin highway commission.
Section Z. The said bridge, when
erected and constructed as herein pro-
vided, shall be operated and maintained
in the first instance at the Joint ex-
pense of the said villages and towns in
proportion to the amounts originally
contributed for the construction and