241. The rural inspector, on the written or verbal application of one of the neighbours who complains of the insufficiency or bad condition of the common or joint boundary ditch, or of the part thereof for which his neighbour is liable, must, if it is necessary, order the person in default to deepen, cleanse and repair such ditch or part of a ditch, or to do his share of such work within a fixed delay. Such delay must not exceed the time absolutely necessary to perform such work.
In case the work be not performed within such delay, the inspector may authorize the complainant to do the work himself, the cost thereof to be recovered by an ordinary action.