SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 200 . 1928 .
301 of the Public Acts of 1927 of the State of Michigan : Provided That Pr oviso. Federal jjurisdiction nothing therein contained shall be construed as impairing or in any not affected . manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of said agreement ; which a greeme nt is in wor ds and figur es as f ollows AGREEME NT
Agreement . MENOMINEE-MARINETTE BRIDGE AT BRIDGE STREET RELOCATION WIS- CONS IN H IGH WAY COM MISS ION WIT H MI CHI GAN STA TE H IGH WAY COMMISSIONER This agreement, executed this 14th day of January, 1927, by and between Frank F . Rogers, State Highway Commissioner of the State of Michigan with offices at Lansing, Michigan, party of the first part ; and the Wisconsin Highway Commission, with offices at Madison, Wisconsin, party of the second part Witnesseth that Whereas the existing interstate bridge, crossing the Menominee River at Bridge Street and joining the Municipalities of Mari- nette, Wisconsin, and Menominee, Michigan, is in an unsafe condition and requires early reconstruction ; and Whereas a proper plan for reconstruction involves a relocation and includes a grade separation and expensive approach fills and properly extends as a project from the center of Dunlap Square in the city of Marinette to the center line of Ogden Avenue in the city of Menominee ; and Wh ereas the Stat e bou ndary lin e, as dete rmin ed by the Unite d States Supreme Court in a late decision, lies entirely north of the proposed actual structure spanning the Menominee River, and thereby complicates the respective responsibilities of the two parties hereto both as regards construction and mainte- nance obligations . Now, therefore, It is hereby agreed 1 . That this project shall, subject to changes to be hereafter mut ually agreed upon as sig nified by jo int app roval of all sub- sequent plans and estimates, be built in accord with the prelimi- nary plans prepared by the first party and marked " Exhibit A" and approved by the second party and hereto attached and con- sidered as an integral part of this agreement, and that the det ailed pla ns and sp ecificati ons for t he projec t shall b e prepare d by the first party subject to the approval of the second party . 2. That each party shall either directly or through the respec- tive cities, townships, and counties within which the work is situated, furnish and bear the full cost of all right of way and abutting and property damages arising from or necessary to the execution of the plans as they may be finally, mutually, and jointly approved by the said parties, as applying to property situated on the side of the existing interstate boundary line sub- ject to the jurisdiction of the respective .parties hereto or the respective cities, townships, and counties within the respective States . 3 . That aside from the stipulations stated in item 2 above, the entire cost of fully executing the project shall be borne equally by the respective parties hereto and that to this end any contri- bution or assessment, to be hereafter paid by the Chicago and North Western Railway Company and/or by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company and/or by any other public utility company affected by the project, shall be credited equally to the shares of the parties hereto and, further,
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