792. Any land situated within the drainage area of a municipal watercourse may be subjected to the work on such watercourse by a procès-verbal, a by-law or a deed of agreement for and by reason of the area of such land and in the proportion established by the competent authority; but should an error of not more than 10 percent in the area of such land be made, such error is not to be taken into account. Such land need not be described otherwise than by indicating its area and by the official number of the lot.
The description so given in any procès-verbal or by-law in existence on 9 January 1897, is declared sufficient, without prejudice, however, to cases then pending.
M.C. 1916, a. 515; 1941, c. 70, s. 9.