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authorizing the board of park man- 

 agement, park commissioner or 

 other officer appointed, or three park 

 directors to trim trees in parks, or 

 whose branches extend over streets, 

 and are not to be liable for injury 

 to the trees if reasonable care has 

 been exercised in the trimming. 

 (Municipal Act, section 574, sub-sec. 

 tion 4.) 



The trimming of trees and shrub- 

 bery along the highway may be pro- 

 vided for by special rate under the 

 local improvement system. (Local 

 Improvement Sections of the Muni- 

 cipal Act. New.^ Sec. 3h.) 



In cities where a board of park 

 management has been constituted, 

 the powers of the city council with 

 reference to the cutt'ing down, re- 

 moving, transplanting and trimming 

 street and park trees may be, by by- 

 law of the council, delegated to the 

 board of park management. Muni- 

 cipal Act, sec. 74, sub-section 3.) 



Destroying or Injuring. 



Any person destroying or injuring 

 (even tieing a horse to) a street tree 

 IS liable to a fine not to exceed 

 twent3'-five dollars ($25) and costs 

 or imprisonment for not more than 

 thirty days, half of the fine to go 

 to the informant. (Ontario Tree 

 Planting Act, section 6.) 



Pozuers to Pass By-lazvs. 



_ Under the Tree Planting Act (sec- 

 tion 8) the council of any munici- 

 pahty may pass by-laws 



(1) To regulate' the planting of 

 trees on highways. 



(2) To prevent the planting of 

 any undesirable species. 



(3) To provide for the removal of 

 trees planted on highways contrary 

 to by-law. ^ 



Inspectors of Trees. 



An inspector of trees, appointed 

 under the Ontario Tree Planting 4ct 

 (section 4), must, if required, report 

 annually to the council on the num- 



« 1 Geo. V, chapter 58. 



ber of trees planted, by whom plant- 

 ed, the amount of bonus due, and 

 certain other particulars. (Ontario 

 Tree Planting Act, s. 4.) 



Insect Pests. 



Councils in cities may pass by- 

 laws to require owners of trees to 

 destroy tussock moths, and, if the 

 owners refuse or neglect to do so 

 may, after giving ten days' notice, 

 have the work done by officers ap- 

 pointed by them (the councils) at 

 the expense of the owners. (Muni- 

 cipal Amendment Act, 1906, s. 24.°) 

 Police Villages. 



The Tree Planting Act may be 

 brought into effect in police v-illages 

 by thirty or more electors petition- 

 ing the township council. (An Act to 

 Amend the Ontario Tree-planting 

 Act," passed 1899.) Inspectors of 

 trees may also be appointed, and 

 expenses (bonuses, inspector's pay, 

 etc.) granted. 



Linemen Damaging Trees. 



A question of much importance 

 and concern to many owners of fine 

 shade and street trees is how they 

 may prevent telephone and telegraph 

 linemen from butchering their trees 

 provision becomes s. 3a of the Ontario 

 Tree Planting Act. 



on the pretext of "pruning" them, 

 under orders from the companies 

 employing them. On this point the 

 same authority as quoted in the pre- 

 ceding editorial notes has this to 

 say: 



T think it is quite clear that the 

 owner would have the right to pre- 

 vent a telephone company from 

 stringing its wires in a tree planted 

 by him in the street because under 

 section 2 of the Ontario Tree Plant- 

 ing Act such a tree is deemed to be 

 bxis property. 



T would refer you also to sub-sec- 

 tion 547 of the Municipal Act (3 

 Edw. Vn, cap. 19), which gives 



6 6 Edw. VII, chap. 34, s. 24. The new 

 provision becomes s. 574a of the Muni- 

 cipal Act. 



■ 62 Vic. (1899), chap. 30. The new 

 provision becomes section 3a of the On- 

 tario Tree Planting-" Act. 



