Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission

The issue presented by this appeal is one of statutory interpretation.

By ch. 335, Laws of 1907, the legislature created a comprehensive act which authorized the petitioner Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company to construct, acquire, and maintain a system of water reservoirs to be created by means of dams on the tributaries of the Wisconsin river north of the south line of township thirty-four (34) north. Various amendments to such act were adopted in succeeding years. Then in 1939 the legislature enacted ch. 497, Laws of 1939, to amend, revise, and consolidate the original act as amended.…