346. Except in cases otherwise provided for, the time which is to elapse after a public notice shall begin to run from the day on which such notice is published. If the notice be published in a newspaper, such time shall run from the day of the first insertion of such notice in the newspaper. If it be published in several newspapers upon different days, such time shall run from the day of the first insertion made in the newspaper which last published such notice.
In all cases the day on which the notice was published shall not count.
Saving provision to the contrary, public notices shall be published at least seven clear days before the day fixed for the proceeding concerned.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 375; 1999, c. 40, s. 51.