| 99. | Either the Minister of Lands appointed under "The Land Act, 1892," or the Minister for Public Works appointed under this Act, may administer this Part of this Act; and the word "Minister," wherever it occurs throughout this Part of the Act, means either the Minister of Lands or the Minister for Public Works. |
| 100. | Throughout this Act, the word "road" means a public highway, whether carriage-way, bridle-path, or footpath, and includes the soil of—
| (1.) | Crown lands over which a road is laid out and marked on the record maps: |
| (2.) | Lands over which right of way has in any manner been granted or dedicated to the public by any person entitled to make such grant or dedication: |
| (3.) | Lands taken for roads under the provisions of this Act or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance formerly in force: |
| (4.) | Lands over which a road has been or is in use by the public which has been formed or improved out of the public funds, or out of the funds of any former province, or out of the District Fund of any local authority, for the width formed, used, agreed upon, or fenced, not being more than fifty links on either side of the middle line thereof, and a sufficient plan whereof, approved by the Chief Surveyor of the land district wherein such road is situate, has been or shall be registered by the District Land Registrar or the Registrar of Deeds of the district against the pro-page 7.gif) perties affected by it; and the said Registrars, or either of them, are hereby authorised and required to register any such plans accordingly, anything contained in any other Act notwithstanding, when presented for registration by or on behalf of such Chief Surveyor, together with a certificate under the hand of such Chief Surveyor to the effect that such road has been so used and formed as aforesaid: |
| (5.) | Lands over which any road, notwithstanding any legal or technical informality in the taking or construction thereof, has been taken, constructed, or used under the authority of the Government of any former province, or of any local authority, and a sufficient plan whereof is registered in manner provided in the last-preceding subsection: and, unless repugnant to the context, includes all roads which have been or may hereafter be set apart, defined, proclaimed, or declared roads under any law or authority for the time being in force, and all bridges, culverts, drains, ferries, fords, gates, buildings, and other things thereto belonging, upon the line and within the limits of the road. |
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