237. The rural inspector, on application, either verbal or in writing, from an owner or occupant of cultivated land who applies to his neighbour for a clearance under article 986 of the Civil Code, must proceed to the spot where such clearance is required, after giving a special notice in writing to the interested parties eight days beforehand.
After examining the premises, and on proof that such clearance is necessary and has been applied for by special notice in writing served before 1 December preceding he shall, by a written order, cause to be felled within the 30 following days, over an area 5 m wide on the whole dividing line along the cultivated land, all hurtful shrubs and all trees thereon throwing a shade on the cultivated land, save those excepted by law or kept to embellish the property.
M.C. 1916, a. 195; 1984, c. 47, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 60.