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power to municipalities to pass by- 

 laws to prevent the injuring or des- 

 troying of trees or shrubs planted or 

 preserved for shade or ornament. 



'It is also an offence under section 

 510b of the Criminal Code to des- 

 troy or damage ..a tree growing in a 

 park, pleasure-ground or garden, or 

 in any land adjacent to or belonging 

 to a dwelling-house, injuring it to 

 an extent exceeding $5. See also 

 section SZZ of the Criminal Code, 

 imposing a penalty for damage to a 

 tree amounting to twenty-five cents. 



'It was expressly enacted by 4 

 Edw. VII, c. 10, s. 74, that a tele- 

 graph or telephone company should 

 not acquire any easement by pres- 

 cription or otherwise as to wires or 

 cables attached to private property, 

 or passing through or carried over 

 such property, except by a grant 

 from the owner of the property, so 

 that no matter how long telephone 

 wires have been attached to a tree, 

 the municipality or the owner, if 

 he has property in the tree, could 

 compel the removal of the wire.' 



FINES FOR CARELESS SETTLERS 



In order to warn settlers in all 

 parts of Quebec that penalties await 

 those who set fire to their brush and 

 slash without first securing a per- 

 mit, the Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion through its publicity depart- 

 ment sends to seventy-five French 

 and English newspapers accounts 

 of all court cases in wdiich settlers 

 or others have been punished for 

 causing forest fires. These cases 

 are reported to the Association by 

 those responsible for the prosecu- 

 tions and news-items giving names, 

 addresses, fines, and reasons for the 

 action, are placed in French and 

 English versions throughout the 

 press of Quebec. The co-operation 

 on the part of the editors of daily 

 and weekly journals has been excel- 

 lent and hundreds of thousands of 

 settlers have read the well-displayed 

 newspaper accounts of court trials 

 and heavy fines. 



Prosecutions are conducted bv the 

 Quebec Government on evidence 

 furnished by the limit holders pro- 

 tective association and others. Read- 

 ers of the Journal will realize how 

 practical are the preventive steps 

 taken by the Quebec authorities and 

 by private associations by perusal 

 of these illustrative cases, the result 

 of action instituted by the Lower 

 Ottawa Forest Protective Associa- 

 tion. 



In the Hull police court before 

 Magistrate Arthur Desjardins on 

 Tuesday, Sept. 28th, Jos. Montigny, 

 of Point Comfort. P.Q., pleaded 

 guilty to setting out fires without a 

 permit and was fined $15 and costs. 

 Gregoire Pichette, Notre Dame de 

 la Salette, P.Q.. also pleaded guilty 

 and was subjected to a similar pen- 

 alty. 



At Bryson, P.Q.. September 28th. 

 Paul Kluk. Otter Lake. P.Q., was 

 charged with starting his clearing 

 fires without a permit, pleaded guil- 

 ty and was fined $5 and costs. 

 August Kluk also admitted his guilt 

 and paid the same fine and costs. 



At Lachute. before Magistrate Dr. 

 B. S. Stackhouse. Jos. Legare, of St. 

 Jovite. pleaded not guilty and judg- 

 ment was reserved for eight days. 

 Honorius Ouimet. of St. Faustin 

 Station, pleaded guilty. He was 

 fined $5 and costs of $19.71. Alderic 

 Millette. of St. Faustin Station, 

 pleaded guiltv and was fined $5 and 

 costs of "$13.90. Jos. Florent, St. 

 Faustin, was fined a like amount and 

 paid similar costs. Victor Racine, 

 at Faustin. pleaded guilty and paid 

 $5 and costs. Methias Lacasse, St. 

 Jovite. paid a fine of $5 and costs. 

 Horniidas Lauzon, St. Jovite, plead- 

 ed guilty and was fined $5 with 

 costs. 



