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298. When a private house, wall or other erection or anything fixed thereto ro a tree shall fall down and obstruct a public drain or encumber a street, the 1 [Municipal Commissioner] may remove such obstruction or encumbrance at the expense of the owner of the same and may recover such expense in the manner provided by Chapter XXI, or may, by notice, require the owner to remove the same within a time to be specified in the notice.