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

against the appropriation for cities and
counties maintaining mining trade schools.
Section IL. This act shall take effect
upon passage and publication.
Approved. Aug. Z, 1913. Copy Law.
No. 339. 81 Published August 8, 1918.
CHAPTER 759, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend subdivision of Sec
ton l, subdivisions / and Of section
4, subdivision l Of section S, and sub
division Of section g. Of chapter CAV,
laws of 1911, and to create subdivision
Of section 6, chapter GAO, laws Of 1911.
authorizing the Chippewa and Fqam-
beau Improvement Company to con-
struct, acquire, maintain, and operate
system OF water reservoirs located on
the head waters of the Chippewa and
Flambeau rivers and their tributaries.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin.
represented in Senate and Assembly. do
enact as follows:
Section /. Subdivision I Of section /.
subdivisions 1 and Of section 4, sub
division l Of section 5, and subdivision
of section 6, of chapter $40, laws Of 1911,
are amended to read
(Section u 1. Subject to the super
vision and control hereinafter provided
for, authority is hereby given unto the
Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement
Company in order to promote the pur-
poses hereinafter set forth, to create,
construct, acquire, maintain and operate
system of water reservoirs located in
oT dlUIiS the OOQEt OLSliiGS IlNSI et1Ad 1IS
direct or indirect tributaries above the
north line of town SO north, the east and
west forks of the Chippewa fiver and their
direct or indirect tributaries above
q point located one mile below the juno
ton Of such. east and west forks, the
Thornapple river and it's direct or indi-
rect tributaries above it's mouth. Butter
nut creek and it's direct or indirect trib-
utarieS above it's mouth, the north fork
of the Flambeau river and it's direct or
indirect tributaries above the fiowage OF
the dam authorized to be built by chap
ter 400 Of the laws of 1905, as amended
by chapter 361 of the laws Of 1907, and
the south fork of the F1ambeau river and
its direct or indirect tributaries, includ-
ing the Elk river, above the junction OF
said south fork of the Flambeau river and
said Elk river, in this state, and for that
purpose said grantee may construct, &C
quire, maintain, and operate all such
DAMS booms, sluiceWays. locks, and other
structures in, along or across any and
all of said portions of said rivers and said
their tributaries as may be necessary or
reasonably convenient to accomplish che
purposes of this grant and may clean
out, straighten, deepen or otherwise i'm
prove any Of said rivers and tributaries
in order to improve the navigation there
Of and to prevent injury to property bor-
dering on said waters.
(Section ~ 1. In case said Chippewa
and Flambeau Improvement Company
shall improve any tributary Of the Chip
peWa river, or shall acquire the
improvements or the control of the i'm
provements OF any river improvement
company already operating on any such
stream and shall so keep in repair and
operate the works as to render the driv
ing of logs and other fioatables to the
mouth of such tributaries reasonably
practicable and certain, 1t may charge
and collect reasonable and uniform tolls
upon all such logs. timber, and other
f1oatables driven or f1oated said
stream, and shall have all of the rights
and remedies granted to river improve
ment companies by section 1777 Of the
statutes, and all amendments thereof.
| including the right of lien therein pro-
vided for. and shall be charged with all
of the duties and obligations imposed
upon such river Improvement companies,
under like circumstances.
(Section a 2. When said Chippewa
and Flambeau Improvement Company
shall have created Or acquired and main
tanned in successful operation water res
ervoirs in accordance with this act, of
capacity sufficient to store up in times
of abundance, and retain and discharge
in times of scarcity, one billion five hum
dred millions cubic feet Of water that
would not be so stored UP and retained
by nature, it shall, subject to the super
vision and control hereinafter provided
for, be entitled to charge, collect and re-
ceive reasonable and uniform tolls from
the owner or owners, or lessee or lessees
of each and every improved and operated
water power located upon the said Chip
peWa or Flambeau river or any tributary
of either of said rivers below any OF said
reservoirs, the actual use and operation
of which is benefited thereby, but not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate Of all its rev.
enues sufficient to pay all reasonable
costs of operation and maintenance and
net annual return of six per cent on
the cash capital actually paid in on stock
subscriptions to the grantee and on the
par value of all negotiable bonds issued
by the grantee.
n bnf0 T,1r
and December 18th of each year, said
| Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement
Company shall lay before the railroad
commission of Wisconsin a statement
showing all expenditures made or neces-
sary to be made for the six months
period next preceding July list and Janu-
airy LIST, respectively, Of each year for
maintenance and operation of such res
ervoir SYSTEM, all capital stock Of said
! company issued and all negotiable bonds.
then outstanding, the cash capital actu-
ally paid in, the storage capacity and
location of each reservoir and all reports
and data obtained from the engineers
employed, as provided by section four Of
this act, and such other information and
statements as said commission shall re-
quire, together with a recommendation
of the amount Of tolls necessary to pay
such cost of maintenance and operation
and net return of six per cent per an
nur the capital invested including
the 20 value of the outstanding nego-
tl9Di0 .OflQS, anu d DIS
to the apportionment thereof against the
owners or operators of improved powers
in accordance with section four Of this
act. The railroad commission, shall,
thereupon, give to each water power op
orator, proposed to be charged with tolls,
! ten days notice by mail of the amount
of tolls recommended to be charged
against him and of the time when and
I the place where the railroad commission
will hear objections to the proposed tolls.
The railroad commission shall at the
| time and place appointed hear all objec-
| lions made and may take evidence and
| make or cause to be made independent
| investigation of the validity of the same,
and may adjourn, from time to time,
| and shall, as soon as practicable, on or
about July LIST and January list Of each
| year, determine and certify the amount
of tolls to be collected from each water
power operator for the period under con-
sideration, and such tolls shall there
upon be due and payable to the Chip
! pewa and Flambeau Improvement Com
pany.
(Section 81 2. No capital stock or
negotiable bonds of said Improvement
company shall be issued until the pro-
posed issue thereof shall have been sub
mitted to the railroad commission Of
Wisconsin and said commission shall