1. The repayment of any loan effected by a municipal corporation, whatever may be the act under which it was incorporated or which governs it, shall in no case exceed the reimbursement period hereafter specified according to the purpose for which it was effected, to wit:(1) For establishing, purchasing, extending or improving a system of sewers or a system for supplying the inhabitants of a municipality with water, or for acquiring land for, development of, or improvement to public parks or play-grounds,—forty years;
(2) For establishing, purchasing, extending or improving a gas or electric light plant or system, or for acquiring land for construction, extension or improvement of highways, streets or sidewalks, if the pavements or sidewalks are of stone, block, brick, concrete or other material of similar lasting character, or for the acquisition or improvement or construction of bridges, if of stone, concrete, iron superstructure or of other material of similar lasting character, or for acquiring land for, or the construction of, addition to, or improvement of buildings to be used for any municipal purpose, if the building is of material of a more lasting character than wood,—thirty years;
(3) For acquiring land for, construction, extension or improvement of highways, streets or sidewalks, if the pavements or sidewalks are of macadam or asphalt or other material of similar lasting character, or for the acquisition, improvement or construction of bridges, if of wood or other material of similar lasting character, or for acquiring land for, or the construction of, addition to or improvement of buildings, to be used for any municipal purpose, if the building is of wood,—twenty years;
(4) For acquiring land for, construction, extension or improvement of highways, streets or sidewalks, if the pavements or sidewalks are of no material of a lasting character, of for the acquisition of departmental equipment, or for aid, bonus or encouragement,—ten years;
(5) For any purpose not hereinabove provided for,—such period as the Minister of Municipal Affairs may determine on the recommendation of the Commission municipale du Québec.