as provided in chapter 146 of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898 for the recovery of damages for land overflowed or otherwise injured by any mill dam. and mainten over canal. 8. To construct such improvement or canal Construction across or under any highway which its route ance of bridges shall intersect, provided that such corporation shall construct, at the place of crossing such highway, a suitable bridge over such improvement or canal, with safe and suitable approaches to such bridge on a grade not exceeding a three per cent. grade. Such bridge to be constructed with suitable stone abutments and with metal girders, and to be constructed as a stationary span bridge, unless it is agreed between such corporation and the public officers having charge of the highway so intersected, that it shall be constructed as a draw bridge. And upon the construction of such bridge and approaches, the same shall become the property of the town or village wherein said bridge is located. But said corporation shall thereafter be charged with the maintenance of said bridge and the approaches thereto, and if said bridge is constructed as a draw bridge, said corporation shall furnish proper bridge tenders through the season of navigation, and pay all the expense of operating such bridge. Such corporation shall also construct and maintain a suitable bridge for the use of any owner of property through which such improvement or canal shall be constructed, whenever the construction of such improvement or canal through any person's land shall interfere with the customary use of such land by the Whenever required by the owner of lands adjacent to such right-of-way, such corporation shall build and maintain a line fence between such right-of-way and such adjacent property, such line fence to be so constructed as to be a legal fence within the requirements of the laws of the state. owner. power over 9. To have full power to control and regulate Company's the use of said canal, to prescribe rules and reg- canal, rates of ulations determining the style of the craft, and toll. $10 C 288 '01 §1 C143 '03 the speed, load and draft of all craft passing over or through said improvement, canal or locks connected therewith; to impose such rules, regulations and restrictions as may be necessary for the safe passage of craft thereon; and for the protection of its improvement, canals, locks, dams, spill-ways, wharves, piers and other property; to demand and receive toll not exceeding the following rates: For passing through any lock, for any rowboat, twenty-five cents and for each person thereon, five cents; for any boat propelled by sails or machinery, fifty cents, and for each person thereon, five cents. To take and convey persons or property over or through such improvement or canal, or locks connected therewith, by means of any power, which such corporation may deem best adapted to such purpose, and to receive compensation therefor. And such corporation shall have full power to license boats for tion purposes. the transportation of passengers or freight for hire over or through such improvement, canal or locks connected therewith. But no person or corporation, other than the corporation controlling such improvement or canal, or persons or corporations licensed by such corporation shall have the right to transport passengers or freight for hire over or through such improvement, canal or any locks connected therewith; and such corpo ration may close the said improvement, canals and locks against and detain and prevent from passing through such improvement, canal or locks connected therewith, any and all persons refusing or neglecting to comply with the regu lations so imposed, or to pay the tolls as estab lished by said corporation. May license transporta Persons may Company may 10. Every person shall have the right to use such improvement or canal for himself and his family, subject only to the payment of such reasonable toll, and such reasonable rules and regu lations as may be prescribed as hereinbefore provided. 11. To revoke the license of any person or corporation licensed by such corporation to trans port passengers or freight for hire, over or through such improvement, canal or locks connected therewith, whenever the person or corporation so licensed shall refuse or neglect to obey the rules, regulations and restrictions prescribed by such corporation. ditches from SECTION 3. No person shall under any pre- Digging of tense or authority whatever, except with permis- canal. sion in writing, from the board of directors of such corporation, dig or construct, or cause to be dug or constructed, any drain, or remove or deposit or cause to be removed or deposited, earth, sand gravel or other material so that the effect of such drain or the removal of such earth, sand, gravel or other material as aforesaid will be to cause earth, sand, gravel or other material to be washed into any improvement, canal or slack water pool, or the right-of-way belonging to such corporation. filed to be pre dence of facts therein. SECTION 4. Whenever such corporation shall Survey when have procured all the lands necessary to be used sumptive evifor the construction of its improvement or canal contained or canals in any town, it shall cause an accurate survey of such improvement or canal to be made. and certified to as a correct and accurate survey by the engineer making the survey, showing the exact location, the courses and directions of the stream to be improved, and the depth of such unimproved stream, and the courses and directions of the proposed improvement, and the proposed canal or canals and showing the boundaries of the right-of-way so secured by said corporation, to be signed by its president and secretary, and acknowledged by them as conveyances of real estate are required to be acknowledged and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county. And such survey shall be received in evidence without further proof thereof, as presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated. juring or de SECTION 5. If any person shall unlawfully or Penalty for inknowingly injure or destroy any part or portion stroying canal of the said improvement or canal, or any works, buildings or machinery attached to or in use property. Life imprisonment, when. upon the same belonging to said corporation, or shall unlawfully and maliciously place any obstruction or thing in the channel or way of such improvement or canal, such person or persons so offending shail, each of them, for every offense, forfeit and pay to such corporation the sum of twenty-five dollars, and in addition to such for feit, such person or persons shall, each of them, for each and every such offense, forfeit and pay to such corporation, the amount of damages caused by such offense, which may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. SECTION 6. Any person who shall unlawfully and maliciously place any obstruction in the channel of any stream or canal, improved or constructed for navigation purposes, whereby the death of any person shall be caused, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison during life. SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 28, 1899. No. 527, A.] [Published May 1, 1899. "Usual domestic remedies" construed. CHAPTER 289. AN ACT to amend section 1409g, of the Wiscon sin statutes of 1898, relating to the sale of drugs etc. by unlicensed persons. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1409g, of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: "The term 'usual domestic remedies,' referred to in said see tion, is hereby construed to include alum, ammonia, borax, bay rum, castor oil, camphor spirits, camphor gum, copperas, glycerine, epsom salts, glauber salts, rochelle salts, fennel seed, indigo, magnesia, potash, senna leaves, sulphur, vaseline, insect powder, resin, turpentine, and blue vitrol. Poisonous drugs or medicines, such as rough on rats, carbolic acid, aconite, laudanum, paregoric and spirits of nitre may be sold by general stores in sealed packages only; said package to be properly labeled by a registered pharmacist of Wisconsin. The label shall have the name of a registered pharmacist thereon, and the words 'Registered Pharmacist of Wisconsin, Certificate No. ' with the proper directions for the use thereof. The sale of these articles put up by wholesale druggists or manufacturers, not registered pharmacists of Wisconsin, is not legal under this act." SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 28, 1899. No. 209, A.] [Published May 1, 1899. CHAPTER 290. AN ACT to amend section 169b, of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898 relating to employment of additional help and workmen for the several departments. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 169b of the Wisconsin Employes in statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by striking fice. governor's of §1 C 290 '99 §1 C 419 '01 |