SECTION XII

COMPANIES TO FACILITATE THE TRANSMISSION OF TIMER DOWN HIVERS AND STREAMS

§ 1. — F ormation of the company

0200. Any number of persons, not less than five, may form themselves into a company under the provisions of this section, for the purpose of acquiring or constructing and maintaining any dam, slide, pier, boom or other work necessary to facilitate the transmission of timber or pulp-wood down any river or stream in this Province, and for the purpose of blasting rocks, or dredging or removing shoals or other impediments, or otherwise of improving the navigation of such streams for the said purpose.

No such company shall construct any such work over or upon, or otherwise interfère with or injure any private property or the property of the Crown, without first having obtained the consent of the owner, or occupant thereof, or of the Crown, except as hereinafter provided. R. S. Q., 4921 ; 2 Ed. VII, c. 34, s. 1.

«267 à 6271 incl . . . . . . . .

627 2. Every company shall, before commencing any of the works contemplated by it, cause a report to be laid before the Minister of lands and forests, and a copy of such report to be laid before the municipal council of the county in which such works are proposed to be situated, or if the works be situate in more than one county, then before the municipal councils of the counties in or on the boundaries of which such works are proposed to be situated, or if such proposed works

Companies for the improvement of rivers and streams.

Not to interfère with public or private property without consent.

Before works commenced, a report to be made to Minister, &c.

Contents of report.

When works may be commencée!.

Directors to report yearly

What the report is to contain.

be in unsurveyed lands not contained within any county then before the Minister of lands and forests a 1 o n e . R. S. Q., 4927 ; 5 Ed. VII, c. 12, s. 20.

02 7 3. The report shall contain :

1. A copy of the instrument by which the company is incorporated ;

2. A description of the works to be undertaken, and an estimate of their cost ;

3. An estimate, from the best available sources, of the quantity of different kinds of timber expected to corne down the river yearly after the works hâve been completed ;

4. A schedule of the tolls proposed to be collected. R. S. Q., 4928.

02 74. The company shall not commence any such works until the approval of the Minister of lands and forests has been signified in writing, or until after the expiration of thirty days from the laying of the report or reports aforesaid before the municipal council or councils, as the case may be, although the approval of the Minister of Public Works and Labour has been signified in writing before the expiration of that period. R. S. Q., 4929 ; 5 Ed. VII, c. 12, s. 20. 8 Geo

V, ch. 64, s. 3.

«275 à «200 incl . . .

«201. The directors of every company incorporated under this section, shall annually in the month of January report to the Minister of lands and forests.

Such report shall be under the oath of the treasurer of the company, and shall specify :