247. The rural inspector cannot, in a rural municipality, order the making of a new fence, or the repairing of an old one which is so dilapidated that the cost of repairing it would be equal to that of a new one, unless the party bound to do such work has received special notice in writing to that effect.
M.C. 1916, a. 205; 1979, c. 36, s. 12.