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MI'MCIPAI. LAW. i:n
width tliiiii (50 loot witliuut thr coiini'iit of the Council of the iiiuiiicipiility
Ity a tlireo-foiiitlis vote of tiic iiiL'inl)t'rM tiieroof.
<»I0. By-Laws for Width of Streets. Tho Council of a city liavinj; ' ''V'
t; t
a population of .")0,()0() ov over, may pass a jfcncriil liy-law prcsci'ibinji' the
niininuun widtli of strcctH, lanes or alloys within tlio nauiicipality, whoioin
(hvcllini^-housos may i)o oroctod or occupied, and also the minimum area of
vacant land attached to any dwollini(-houHe thereafter to he eiccteil.
Kvery such hy-law, before its final passin;;, nuist i)e published in full
twice in caciv week for four consecutive weeks in two newspapers published
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within the city, {^ivintf the date when the Council will take into considera-
tion tho proposed by-law.
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Oil. By-Laws Affecting Public Roads. No Council shall pass a
liy-law for closin<f, alterine-, \ idouin^f, leasing- or .selling any ori^-inal
allowance for road or any other public hi<;hwa\', street, or lane:
1. Until written or printed notices of tho intended b^'-law has been
posted up for one month in si.x of the most public places in t)ie inunediato
nei<;hborhood oi' such road or street.
2. And published weekly at least for four consecutive weeks in .some
newspa[ier pul)lished in the municipality : or if none ])ublished therein, then
in a nei;;-hborin^' nnniicipality : or if none there, then in the county town.
.'}. Nor until the Council has heard in pei'son, or by counsel, any one
who.se land might be prejudicially atiected thereby, and who jjctitions to
be so heard.
4. If it is a road allowance reserved nn<ler original suiweys along the
bank of nil} river or -treum, or the shore of a lake, such liy-law shall have
no effect until after its approval by the Lieutenant-Covernor in Council.
The Clerk is re(|uired to give .such notices as pri'viously enumerated
at the re(pie.st of the applicant for the by-law, and upon payment of tho
reasonable expenses attendant on such notices.
In case of ostaljlishing a public road, if the owner of the land to be
taken and the Comicil of the township or village can mutually agree as to
the price of such land the Council may accept a deed or deeds for tho same,
which shall be registered, and in such case it is not necessary to publish
the by-law.
iiVt Registration of Road By-Laws. Every by-law passed by a
municipal council, by which any highwa}' or street is opened upon any
[)rivate jiroperty shall, before tlie same becomes efi'ectual in law, be duly
registered in the Registiy Office for the division in which tho land is
situate. For registration a duplicate original of the l)y-law, certified under
tho hand of the Clerk and the seal of the municipality, and shall be regis
tered without any further proof.
<>l«t. Mistakes in Opening Road Allowances. In case a nninici-
palit3^ in who.se JurLsdictiou an original allowance for a road is situate,
opens what they believe to be the true line and their officers and servants
in charge, acting in good faith and having taken all reasonable means to
inform themselves, and it ultimately appears that the road opened is not
less altogether upon thetrue line, no action shall be brought by any person
against the municipality.