Submerged State Lands Ceded.
Milwaukee City Charter § 20-09
in effect20-09. Submerged State Lands Ceded.
1. All the right, title and interest of the state of Wisconsin, in and to a certain portion of submerged land seventeen hundred feet in width lying along and adjacent to the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, and bounded on the north by the north line of Russell Avenue in the city of Milwaukee extended easterly, and on the south by the center line of section 14, town 6 north, range 22 east, in said Milwaukee county extended easterly, is hereby granted and ceded to the city of Milwaukee by the state of Wisconsin to be held and used by said city for public park, boulevard or highway purposes, provided, that the city of Milwaukee may grant and cede all of its right, title and interest in and to any portion of said land to the county of Milwaukee for the same purposes.
2. The land so ceded to said city of Milwaukee as in the aforesaid section [sub. (1)] provided shall be held and used in such manner as the laws of the state of Wisconsin having reference to like purposes and uses heretofore enacted may provide. (S. 1, Ch. 265, L. 1931; S. 2, Ch. 560, L. 1921.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/CH20.pdf#page=7Fetched: 10/26/2026