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deemed to be the common property of the 

 owners of the adjoining farms or lots. 



(4) Every tree now growing on either side 

 of any highway in this Province shall upon, 

 from, and after the passing of this Act be 

 deemed to be the property of the owner of the 

 land adjacent to such highway, and nearest 

 to such tree, shrub or sapling. 



5. The council of any municipality may 

 pass a by-law for paying out of municijyal 

 funds a bonus or premium not exceeding 

 twenty-five cents for each and every ash, 

 basswood, beech, birch, butternut, cedar, 

 cherry, chestnut, elm, hickory, maple, oak, 

 pine, sassafras, spruce, walnut, or white 

 wood tree, which shall, under the pro- 

 visions cf this Act, be planted within such 

 municipality on any highway, or on any 

 boundary line of farms as aforesaid or within 

 six feet of such boundary. 



(2) Such by-law shall further provide for 

 the appointment of an inspector of trees so 

 planted ; for their due protection against in- 

 jury and against removal by any person or 

 persons including the owner, excepting as 

 authority may be given therefor by special re- 

 solution of the council ; for the conditions on 

 which bonuses may be paid ; and generally 

 for such regulations as are authorized by 

 chapter one hundred and seventy-four of the 

 Revised Statutes of Ontario, section 45-4 (16). 



(3) Printed copies of the said by-law, to- 

 gether with sections four, five, six and seven 

 of this Act, shall be posted throughout the 

 municipality, and all claims made to the coun- 

 cil under the provisions of the by-law shall 

 be referred to the inspector to obtain proof 

 of the same and report thereon. 



6. The Inspector shall make to the coun- 

 cil one report for each year, if required so to 

 do, giving the names of all persons entitled to 

 any bonus or premium under the by-law, the 

 number of trees of each species planted, and 

 the amount of bonus or premium to which 

 each person is entitled, and certifyingthat the 

 distance between any one tree and the tree 

 naarest thereto is not less than thirty feet, 

 that the trees have been planted for a period 

 of three years, and that they are alive, healthy 

 and of good form ; and upon the adoption of 

 such report the bonuses or premiums shall be 

 paid. 



7. The Treasurer of the Province, upon 

 receiving a copy of the inspector's report, 

 certified l>y the reeve and clerk, shall recoup 

 to the treasurer of the mimicipality one-half 

 of the sum paid by the municipality under 

 the authority of this Act, the said copy to be 

 forwarded on or before the first day of No- 

 vember in each year. 



8. The sum of fifty thousand dollars is here- 

 by apportioned and set apart for the object 

 of the foregoing section, and shall be known 

 as "The Ontario Tree Planting Fund." 



9. Any person who ties or fastens any 

 animal to or injures or destroys a tree plant- 

 ed and growing upon any road or highway, 

 or upon any public street, lane, alley, place 

 or square in thi.s Province (or upon any bound- 

 ary line of farms, if any such bonus or pre- 

 mium as aforesaid has been paid therefur), or 

 suffers or permits any animal in his charge 

 to injure or destroy, or who cuts down or re- 

 moves any such tree without having first 

 obtained permission so to do by special resolu- 

 tion of the council of the municipality, shall, 

 upon conviction thereof before a justice of 

 peace, forfeit and pay such some of money, 

 not exceeding twenty-five dollars besides 

 costs, as such justice may award, and in de- 

 fault of payment the same may be levied of 

 the goods and chattels of the person offend- 

 ing or such person may be imprisoned in the 

 common gaol of the county within which the 

 municipality is situated for a period not ex- 

 exceeding thirty days. 



(1) One-half of such fines shall go to the 

 person laying the information and the other 

 half to the municipality within which such 

 tree was growing. 



10. The council of every municipality may 

 pass by-laws : — 



(1) To regulate the planting of trees upon 

 the public highway. 



(2) To prohibit the planting upon the pub- 

 lic highways of any species of trees which 

 they may deem unsuited for that purpose. 



(3) To provide for the removal of trees 

 which may be planted on the public highway 

 contrary to the provisions of any such by- 

 law. 



KEMEDY FOR MILDEW. 



It is stated that an Italian experi- 

 menter named Giovanni Gazzotti, has 

 found that by drenching the vine leaves 

 and fruit with a solution of soda, in 

 the proportion of two kilogrammes to 

 each hectolitre of water, the mildew 

 was completely destroyed, and the 

 leaves and fruit became healthy, and 

 grew naturally. A kilogramme is a 

 little more than two pounds, and a hec- 

 tolitre is about twenty-two imperial 

 gallons. 



