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The Municipal Code of the 
 Province of Quebec and the Pu- 
 blic Health. 
 
 The Provincial Board of Health has collected 
 in the present })amphlet all the articles of the 
 Municipal Code which define the powers of 
 Municipal Ct)uncils on matters connected with 
 Public Health. 
 
 These articles are given under the same num- 
 bers and in the same order as in the Code. 
 
 Art. 38(J. T\\Q Inspector of roaih mu^t^ 
 forthwith, or at the expiration of the 
 delay granted in cases which come under 
 the provisions of article 389, (d) cause 
 the removal or suppression of all obs- 
 tructions and nuisances from the muni- 
 cipal roads, sidewalks, ferries and brid- 
 ges, within the limits of his jurisdiction, 
 by the persons who have occasioned 
 them, or in the event of their refusal or 
 neglect, by any other person whom he 
 authorizes so to do, at the costs of the 
 person in default. 
 
 (a) The provisions of this article do not relate 
 to public sanitation. 
 
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 Such costs are recovered in the same 
 manner as penalties imposed by the 
 provisions of this code, and the local 
 corporation is answerable therefore if the 
 person in default is without means. 
 
 If the person who occasioned such 
 obstructions or nuisancrs is unknown, 
 they must be removed at the expense of 
 :he corporation of the local municipality. 
 
 Art. 387. The following are deemed 
 obstructions or nuisances : Filth, dead 
 animals, or other objects placed or left 
 on any municipal road or bridge, or in 
 any water course or ditch connected with 
 such road or bridge, (a) 
 
 Art, 391. Whoever causes any obstruc- 
 tion or nuisance on any municipal road, 
 sidewalk, ferry or bridge, or renders the 
 use thereof difificult or dangerous, incurs 
 for each offence, over and above the 
 damages occasioned thereby, a penalty of 
 not less than two or more than ten 
 dollars. 
 
 Art, 406. Ruralinspedors are bound to 
 do whatever is required of them, in virtue 
 of the provisions of this code, respecting 
 
 (a) Every thing in this article which does not 
 relate to sanitary matters has been omitted. 
 
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 public nuisances, clearances, boundary 
 ditclies or boundary fences, (a) 
 
 They are also bound within the limits 
 of the division for which they have been 
 appointed, to perform all the other duties 
 which are imposed upon them by the 
 provisions of this code or by manicipal 
 by-laws. 
 
 Art. 41ii. Whenever any filth or dead 
 
 animal has been deposited upon any pro- 
 perty whatever or in a water-course, stream 
 
 or river, it is the duty of the rural ins- 
 pector of the division, within twenty-four 
 hours after he has received a special 
 notice, either written or verbal, so to do, 
 to have such filth or dead animal removed 
 by the person who deposited it. 
 
 If the person who has deposited such 
 filth or dead anir 1 is unknown, it is the 
 duty of the rural inspector, within the 
 same delay, to cause the same to be 
 removed at the expense of the corpora- 
 tion 
 
 Art. 416. Whoever deposits or causes 
 to be deposited any filth or dead animal 
 upon any of the localities mentioned in 
 
 ((j) Evf^ry thing in this article wliich does not 
 relate to sanitary matters has been omitted. 
 
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 the precediilg article, incurs over and 
 above any damages occasioned thereby^ 
 the penalties prescribed by article 301. 
 
 Power : 
 
 Art. 507. To authorise the officers of 
 the council to visit and examine all property, 
 
 whether moveable or immoveable, as well 
 as the interior or exterior of every house, 
 building or other edifice, to ascertain 
 whether or not the by-laws of the council 
 are carried out. 
 
 To oblige owners or occupants of 
 such properties, buildings and edifices to 
 receive tbe officers of the council, and 
 to answer truly all questions which are 
 put to them relative to the carrying out 
 of such municipal by-laws. 
 
 Art. 508. To impose for each violation 
 of any by-law of the council, a penalty, in 
 the shape of a fine not exceeding twenty 
 dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding 
 thirty days. 
 
 Penalties imposed for violation of mu- 
 nicipal by-laws cannot be inflicted by 
 the court, unless they are fully described 
 and set forth in the by-laws respecting 
 them. 
 
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 Art. 500. Every council may also, in 
 the interest of the inhabitants of the 
 municipality nicike, amend or repeal 
 any other by-law, for a purely local and 
 municipal object and not specially pro- 
 vided for by this code. 
 
 Power : 
 
 Art. 543. To open, enclose, embellish, 
 
 improve and maintain, at the costs and 
 charges of the corporation, squares, parks, 
 or public places, of a nature to conduce to 
 the health and well-being of the inhabit- 
 ants of the municipality. 
 
 Art. 545. To oblige such proprietor? 
 to make and maintain sewers in front of 
 their respective properties. 
 
 Art. 546. To determine the manner in 
 which such side-walks or sewers must 
 be made or maintained ; and even to 
 construct them at the expense of the 
 corporation, or by apportionment upon 
 a portion of the municipality. 
 
 Art. 592. To compel the proprietors 
 or occupants of houses to clean their 
 stables, cattle-sheds, pigsties, out-houses, pri- 
 vies, and the yards connected with such 
 buildings, at such times and in such 
 manner as the council deems expedient. 
 
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 Art. 593. To prevent the making 
 de])osits of substances or matters from 
 whence issue noxious gases or odours, such 
 as coal oil, superphosphate of lime in 
 course of preparation, detritus or remains 
 of dead animals, the contents of privies and 
 the like; and to regulate the mode of 
 making such deposits. 
 
 Art. 596, To regulate the manner in 
 which public or private slaughter houses 
 
 must be built and kept in repair. 
 
 Art. 607. To establish Boards of health 
 
 and appoint the members thereof. 
 
 Art. 608. To take proper measures 
 for securing the inhabitants of the mu- 
 nicipality from contagious or pestilential 
 diseases, or for disminishing the danger 
 resulting therefrom. 
 
 Art. 63*7. To provide for the establish- 
 ment, protection and management of 
 aqueducts, public wells or reservoirs, and to 
 
 prevent the same from being fouled or 
 wasted. 
 
 Arc. 643. To prevent the throwing 
 into any public road or way, lane or 
 passage, any sweepings, filth, dirty water, 
 or other ordure ; and order the removal 
 

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 tliereot at the expense of the corporation 
 or of those who caused such nuisances. 
 
 Art. 044. To compel the owner or 
 occui)ant of a piece of land bordering 
 upon a road or square, to remove the 
 snow, ice, or filth, from the sidewalk or 
 road fronting such land, even in cases 
 where the road work is at the costs and 
 charges of the corporation ; to remove 
 the snow and ice from the roofs of houses 
 or other buildings erected on ihe public 
 roads ; and ord r the road insi)ccl()i- to 
 cause such nuisances to be removed, at 
 the c.\|)cnse of the owner or occupant 
 who rthises or neglects so to do. 
 
 Art. 646. To regulate the construction 
 of privies and cellars, and the manner in 
 which they are drained. 
 
 Art. 649. To prevent or regulate the 
 construction of slaughter-houses, gas-works, 
 tanneries, candle or soap factories, distilleries 
 and other manufactories which may become 
 public nuisances ; and to cause the 
 removal of slaughter-houses then existing 
 in the municipalities. 
 
 Art. 650. To prevent any person from 
 carrying, depositing or leaving in the 
 
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 muin'cipality, or in the waters which 
 border upon it, dead bodies or other dele- 
 terious substances. 
 
 Art. 0*51. To oblige the owners or 
 occupants of all groceries, cellars, manu- 
 factories, tanneries, drains or other unhealthy 
 and unwholesome places, to keep them clean 
 and render them wholesome. 
 
 Art. f)^yl. To coni|)el all owners or 
 occu])ant^ of lands on which there are 
 stagnant waters, to drain or fill them up , 
 and, in case of neglect or refusal on the 
 part of such persons, to authorize the 
 officers of tlie corporation to undertake 
 such work at their expense. 
 
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