State ex rel. Wausau Street Railroad v. Bancroft
Wisconsin Supreme Court
A SERIES of suits, as above indicated, involving tbe validity of cb. 652, Laws of 1911, was brought in this court against Levi R. Bancroft, Attorney General, J ames A. Frear, Secretary of State, Andrew H. Dahl, State Treasurer, and the Railroad Commission, consisting of John R. Roemer, Ralford Erickson, and David Rarlowe.
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A SERIES of suits, as above indicated, involving tbe validity of cb. 652, Laws of 1911, was brought in this court against Levi R. Bancroft, Attorney General, J ames A. Frear, Secretary of State, Andrew H. Dahl, State Treasurer, and the Railroad Commission, consisting of John R. Roemer, Ralford Erickson, and David Rarlowe. On behalf of . the relators there were briefs signed by B. R. Goggins, attorney for Wausau Street Railroad Company, Jackson Milling Company, Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Compa/ny, and R. P. and Geo. Koenig, by Burr W. J ones, attorney for Southern Wisconsin Power Company, by Bundy…
1Opinion of the CourtTimlin, J.
The statute in question is entitled “An act to amend section 1596, and to create section 1596a of the Statutes, relating to the construction and maintenance of dams in or across navigable waters, and to create sections 1596 — 1 to 1596 — 76, both inclusive, of the Statutes, relating to the granting of franchises authorizing the improvement of navigation and the development of hydraulic power created by such improvement, providing for a franchise fee therefor, and making an appropriation.”
In this opinion the sections of this act will be referred to as secs. 1596, 1596a, and by the subsection…
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