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MUNICIPAL LAW.
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Tlie nmnicipiility sliiiU, liowever, in opening- an orij^inal road make
reasonable cH)nipensation to persona having title or interest ir. the same.
Claims for such compensation must be made within one year from
the time of the laying out or taking possession by the municipality or its
ofiicers of such road, or such part thereof as compensation is claimed for.
<*Ai. Bicyclists' Guide Posts. The .sign-posts which the Canadian
Wheelmen's Association may erect along the highways for the benefit of"
bicyclists and other travellers, to show distances, and as dangei- signals at
liiils unsafe for bic^'clists, shall not be placed so as to obstruct the high-
way or endanger the safety of anj' person travelling thereon ; neither nuist
tliere be any advertisements or notices place<l thereon except the names of
places, distances, and the danger signals previously mentioned. Penalty
for violating these provisions is i?5 for every offence, to l)e recovered
before a justice of the peace.
015. General Powers. 1. The Council of every nuniicipality may pass
by-laws for the opening or stopping up of roads and streets; for entering
upon and using land for said purposes; for setting apart carriageways,
boulevards and sidewalks : for preventing and removing obstructions fi-om
highways, and permitting the erection of bridges or subways for passage
of cattle.
2. The councils of cities, towns and villages may pass by-laws for
setting apart certain portions of streets for boulevards, for regulating the
construction of the same ; for permitting owners of property to construct
the .same at their own expen.se, but in such way as not to impede ])ublic
travel, and for regulating tho.se already constructed on any street, and for
protection of all boulevards on the public streets.
<»I4». Openings in Sidewalks. Councils may permit areas or openings
to be c(jnstructed in or under the sidewalks and streets, make annual
charges for use of such privileges, and enforce collection of same as the
ordinary' taxes.
01 T. Bicycle Paths. The councils of all nnuiicipalities may pass l)y-
laws for setting apart certain portions of any street or liighway for the
purposes of a bicycle path, and any person riding or driving any horse or
vehicle over or along such path is liable to tine.
018. Tolls. The Council of any municipality may pass bj'-laws for
raising money by toll on any bridge or road to defray the expen.se of
making and repairing the same.
They may also grant to any other person, in consideration of plank-
ing, gravelling, or macadamizing a road, or building a bridge, a similar
privilege for a term not exceeding twenty-one years from the completion
of the work, and after such completion has been declared by a by-law
of the Council authorizing tolls to be collected.
And for granting special privileges to road and bridge companies,
permitting them to take toll, and providing for a proper examination of
their work by the Coupcil.