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MUNICIPAL LAW. l.T) NSfl
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liooil of such road for jit least one month bofoiv tlic tiino fixed for con-
siderin<j the by-law. Thi' deed of conveyance nm.st protect the road for m
public travel.
ii'i^. County councils have similar power to stop up or sell, open
or alter, any i'oa<l under the sole jurisdiction of the county, and which is
not within the limits of any village, town or city, as township councils
have over roads under their jurisdiction : also, for aiding local nnuiici-
palities in opening or improving roads, erecting briilges, where the Council
deems the county at large sufiiciently interested to justify such assistance,
but n^)t enough to justify the Council in assuming the same as a county
work. May also guarantee debentures of any local inunicipalit}- where it
is deemed expechent. Mny also re(piirc local municipalities to open,
improve, and maintain the whole or a part of a county road within such
nuinicipality.
ii'iH. Abandoning County Roads. A Comity Council may abandon
or otherwise dispose of a toll or other road wholly in the county or partly
in an adjoining county.
\. On the passing of such bydaw, the Clerk shall forthwith forward
a certified copy thereof to the municipalities which any portion of such
abandoned road runs through or along its boi'deio.
2. No such bydaw shall take eti'ect until assented to by the munici-
palities aflfected, or until the .same shall have been approved by the
Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
039. Closing Road Allowances. The councils of town.ships may
])ass l)y-laws for the stopping up, leasing or sale of any original allow-
ances for roads within the municipality, and for declaring therein the terms
therefor, but no such by law shall have any force until pas.sed in accord-
ance with Section 611, nor until confirmed by a by-law of the County
Council at any ordinary .session, held not .sooner than three months nor
later than one year after the passing thereof.
OO. Trees Obstructing Highways. A Township Council may
pass by-laws providing that where a road passes through a wood the trees
(except those preserved for ornament or shelter) shall, for a space not
exceeding twenty-five feet on each side of the highway, be cut down by
the proprietor, within a time fixed by the by-hnv: and on his default the
overseer of highways or other officer in whose division the land lies. In
case of the latter doing the work, the trees may be used for the improve-
ment of the highways and bridges of that division, or sold to defraj' the
expenses incurred in carrying the by-law into efi'ect. The Council may
grant out of township funds money to pay lor cutting down and removing
the trees.
iiltl. Statute Labor. ^. Coimcils of townships may, by by-law,
direct that a .sum not exceeding !?1 per day shall be paid in commutation
of statute labor for the whole or for any part of the township.
2. Any Local Municipal Council may, by by-law, fix the rate at which
any person, either resident or non-r&sident, may connuute for statute labor,