Authority to Contract Use of Patented Material.
Milwaukee City Charter § 7-28
in effect7-28. Authority to Contract Use of Patented Material.
The commissioner shall have power, under the authority of the common council, to make a contract or contracts with the patentee or his or her licensees or assigns to use any patent or patented article, process, combination or work, for the city, at a stipulated sum or royalty for the use thereof. And thereupon the commissioner shall have power to order any work, whether chargeable to the city or to lots, parts of lots or parcels of land therein, to be done with the use of the patent or patented article, process, combination or work; and whenever the owner or agent of any lot, part of lot or parcel of land in the city, or other person authorized by law to do the work, shall do the same and use the patent or patented article, process, combination or work in doing the same, he shall pay to the said city the sum or royalty chargeable therefor by the patentee, his licensees or assigns to the city under the contract, and shall be liable to suit by the city therefor; or the amount of the sum or royalty may be charged as a special assessment upon the respective lots, parts of lots, and parcels of land in front of which the patent was so used, and collected for the use of the city as other special taxes are collected: and whenever any work, chargeable by special assessment to any lots, parts of lots, or parcels of land, shall be done with the use of the patent or patented article, process, combination or work, the sum or royalty chargeable therefor by the patentee, his or her licensees, or assigns, under the contract, shall be charged against the lots, parts of lots or parcels of land, for the use of the city, in the special assessment, in addition to the other cost of doing the work, and shall be included in a separate certificate of the special assessment. A special assessment or charge under this section may be settled and paid as provided in s. 19-15-1. (S. 23, Subch. 5, Ch. 184, L. 1874. 7-28 am. File #121802, July 23, 2013; eff. Oct. 9, 2013.)
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/CH7.pdf#page=10Fetched: 10/26/2026