OSHKOSH COURIER

April 17, 1863

[Published April 7, 1863]

CHAPTER 169

An Act relative to the driving of logs and timber on the Wolf river and its tributaries.

The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Whenever two or more persons or companies may own logs or timber in the Wolf river, or any of its tributaries, and such logs or timber are so intermixed that they cannot be conveniently separated for the purpose of being floated or driven to the boom or place of destination, and either party so owning logs shall fail to make provision for the driving of such logs, or refuse or neglect to furnish labor and material for driving the same, then either party whose logs are so intermixed, may drive all logs with which his or theirs are so intermixed, to the boom or place of destination, and shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation from the owner of the logs so driven.

Sec. 2. Whenever logs or timber are intermixed, as specified in Section One of this act, and either party owning logs so intermixed, shall fail to furnish his or their equal proportion of labor and material necessary for driving such logs to the place of destination, then the party or person furnishing the necessary labor and material shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation from the owner of the logs upon which such labor was done and performed.

Sec. 3. Any person or company doing, performing or furnishing labor or material, as specified in Sections One and Two of this act, shall have all the rights, privileges and benefits of Chapter 215 of the general laws of the year 1860, (being an act providing for a lien for labor and service upon logs and lumber, in certain counties;) and every provision of the act aforesaid giving any person or company a lien upon lumber for labor, shall apply to all cases where labor is done and performed as specified in Sections One and Two of this act, as fully as if such act had been fully recited in this act.

Section 4. This act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage.

Approved March 31, 1863.