425. For the said purposes, the municipality may acquire and hold any land, servitude, or usufruct, within its territory or within a distance of 48 km thereof; acquire a right of way wherever it may be necessary; pay any damages occasioned by such works, either to buildings or lands; enter into contracts with any person for the construction of the said water-works; and operate the waterworks when completed.
For the construction of the waterworks and its maintenance afterwards, the contractor for the works or the officers or employees of the municipality authorized by resolution of the council shall have the right to enter during the day-time upon the lands in the neighborhood of the waterworks and take and remove trees, stones, soil, sand and gravel, if they need them for the work of construction or maintenance, and to cut and remove trees and roots which might damage the waterworks, saving reasonable compensation agreed upon between the parties or fixed according to the provisions of section 426.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 435; 1984, c. 47, s. 213; 1996, c. 2, s. 159.