12. The Minister and his agents may enter upon any uncleared or wild land, and take therefrom all timber, stone, gravel, sand, clay or other materials necessary for the construction, maintenance and repair of public works or buildings under their management, or may lay any materials or things upon any such land, for which compensation shall be given at the rate agreed or appraised and awarded; and the Minister may make and use all such temporary roads to and from such timber, stone, clay, gravel, sand or gravel-pits, or which may be required by him for the convenient passing to and from the works during their construction and repair, and may enter upon any land for the purpose of making proper drains to carry off the water from any public works or for keeping such drains in repair, giving compensation as aforesaid.
R. S. 1964, c. 138, s. 12.