III. - OBSTRUCTIONS UPON LANDS

73 5 2. 1. If timber or wood of any kind be carried in any manner whatever upon the beach of any lake or floatable or navigable stream, or upon the land adjoining, and remain there until the first day of June, the- owner or occupant of such land or beach may then cause such timber to be hauled up and deposited in a place of safety.

2. Such owner or occupant shall then give public notice, in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, that such timber (describing the same and any marks thereon) has been found upon his land or beach, that it is in such a place, and that if the expenses incurred for the publication of the notice and in hauling the timber to such place and the damages, if any, are not paid before such a day and before the sale, such timber will be publicly sold by the road or rural inspector to the highest bidder.

Penalty for damaging property, &c., by day.

If by night.

Pulling down or carrying away fences.

Offender may arrange with complainant.

Timber thrown on lands or beaches to be hauled up after lst June.

Subséquent

proceedings.

Application of proceeds of sale.

3. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of ail expenses and damages occasioned by such timber, and if there be any surplus, it shall be handed over to the secretary-treasurer of the municipality in which the timber was found, and, if there be no such municipality, then to the secretary-treasurer of the county municipality, to form part of its funds, if, within one year from the sale of such timber, the surplus arising from such sale be not claimed by the owner of the timber or his représentative. R. S. Q., 5554.

Laws relative to companies formed for the transmission of

timber.

This law is found in articles 6266 to 6340 inclusive of the Quebec revised Statutes 1909. •

Certain sections concerning the internai affairs of these companies hâve been omitted.

In virt-ue of the act 8 Geo. V, ch. 64, s. 2 (1918), the Minister of Lands and Forests is charged with the operation of this law- — and we must read “Minister of Lands and Forests”, whenever the “Minister of Public Works and Labor” is mentioned.