Section 254.157 - Construction of public works; agreements with other states and Canada. - Michigan Statutes

STATE BRIDGE COMMISSION; PUBLIC WORKS (EXCERPT)
Act 147 of 1935

254.157 Construction of public works; agreements with other states and Canada.

Sec. 7.

Construction of works. The commission is hereby authorized to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any public works hereinabove specified, the cost of such construction to be paid wholly by means of or with the proceeds of revenue bonds hereinafter authorized. The commission is hereby authorized to make agreements with any company, corporation or commission, incorporated or created under the laws of an adjoining state or of Canada, respecting the construction, maintenance and use of any public works which said commission is authorized by this act to acquire or construct, together with all appurtenances of such works, and is authorized to purchase within this state and within any adjoining state or within the Dominion of Canada, solely from funds provided under the authority of this act, any such works already constructed or partly constructed, and such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, surveys, plans, works, plant, machinery, and easements and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, railroad or other corporation or municipality or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction of any such works or for the operation thereof, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, title thereto to be taken in the name of the state.

History: 1935, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 254.157