(1) In order to
carry out any drainage scheme, it shall be lawful for a Municipality
to carry any drain, sewer, conduit, tunnel, culvert, pipe or watercourse through, across or under any street, or any place laid out as
or intended for a street, or under any cellar or vault which may be
under any street, and, after giving reasonable notice in writing to
the owner or occupier, into, through or under any land whatsoever
within the Municipality.
(2) The Municipality or any officer appointed by it for such
purpose may enter upon and construct any new drain in the place
of an existing drain in any land wherein any drain vested in the
Municipality has been already constructed, or may repair or alter
any drain vested in the Municipality.
(3) In the exercise of any power under this section no
unnecessary damage shall be done, and compensation, which shall,
in case of dispute be ascertained and determined in the manner
provided in section 295, shall be paid by the Municipality to any
person who sustains damage by the exercise of such power.
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