Wisconsin § 30.2038 - Milwaukee shoreline established.
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§ 30.2038. Milwaukee shoreline established.
30.2038(1) (1) 30.2038(1)(a) (a) The shoreline of Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee is fixed and established to extend from approximately the line of East Lafayette Place extended easterly on the north to the present north harbor entrance wall of the Milwaukee River on the south as specified in an agreement between the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company and the city of Milwaukee recorded with the office of the register of deeds of Milwaukee County on April 23, 1913, in volume 662, pages 326-330, as document number 762955. 30.2038(1)(b) (b) The shoreline described under par. (a) constitutes the boundary line between the lake bed of Lake Michigan and land that is not part of the lake bed of Lake Michigan. 30.2038(2) (2) Any restrictions, conditions, reverters, or limitations imposed on the use of land or conveyance of land under chapter 358, laws of 1909 , chapter 389, laws of 1915 , chapter 284, laws of 1923 , chapter 150, laws of 1929 , chapter 151, laws of 1929 , chapter 516, laws of 1929 , chapter 381, laws of 1931 , chapter 76, laws of 1973 , 1985 Act 327 , and any other act conveying a part of the lake bed of Lake Michigan do not apply to land located to the west of the shoreline described under sub. (1) (a) . 30.2038(3) (3) The declarations under sub. (1) are made in lieu of, and have the same effect as, a final judgment entered by a court under ch. 841 . 30.2038 History History: 2013 a. 20 , 140 . 30.2038 Note NOTE: 2013 Wis. Act 140 , section 2 , contains legislative declarations and findings.
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