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grand voyer [< Cdn F < F] Que., Hist.

• a municipal official responsible for the surveying, building, and maintenance of the roads and road allowances in a district; a road commissioner.

  See also: road commissioner  

  • 1765  Grand-Voyer Francois Joseph Cugner. . . .
  • 1777  Standing pickets shall nevertheless be permitted to remain in places where the said Grand Voyer shall be of opinion that the same can be of no prejudice to the road adjoining thereto.
  • 1832  The powers heretofore vested in the Grand Voyers and their Deputies are to be vested in Road Commissioners.
  • 1904  Under the French regime the grand voyer was subject to the control of the intendant.