Section 4A, l. This Act may be cited as the' Tribal Authorities Short title.(Amendment) Act, 1964.

(1) The Chiefdom Council shall appoint a Chiefdom Committee which shall consist of (d) a (a) a Chairman who shall be the Paramount Chief; (b) a Vice Chairman who shall be the Senior Speaker; (c) two members from each ward in the Chief dom elected by the Chiefdom Councillors representing that ward; (a) to literate Councillor nominated by the Minister; (e) the Second Speaker, if any. For the purpose of this subsection the expressionward shall mean any ward which may have been properly delimited under customary law for the pur pose of electing a Chiefdom Council in accordancewith the provisions of section 2 or if no such wardshave been delimited a ward delimited in accordancewith,,, the provisions of section 4 of the DistrictCouncils Act. (2) The duties of the Chiefdom Committee shall prepare, every year, draft Estimates for consideration by the Chiefdom Chiefdom. Council ; enactmnent 61. No. 13 Tribal Authorities (Amendment) 1964 (b) to negotiate and supervise the execution ofany contracts lawfully entered into by theChiefdom Council; () to supervise and check all expenditure in theestimates approved in accordance with section 2 of the Chiefdom Treasuries Act;(d) to ensure and assist in the proper collectionof revenue: (e) to inspect the Chiefdom Books of accountmonthly: () to control and appoint staff: (g) generally to advise the Chiefdom Administration in the administration of Chiefdomaffairs; (h) to perform such other duties as may be delegated to it by the Chiefdom Council withthe approval of the Minister; () to initiate Chicfdom Bye-laws for consideration by the Chiefdom Council. (3) The Chiefdom Council may from time totime out of its number appoint committees either ofageneral or special nature for the purpose of any dutyor function which in the judgment of the ChiefdomCouncil would be more conveniently performed bymeans of a committee and may with the approval ofthe Minister delegate to such committee such of itspowers as it may think fit. (a) that no contract the value whereof exceedstwo hundred pounds shall be entered into without the previous written consent of the Tender Board comprising the DistrictOfficer, a public oficer nominated by theMinister of Works and the Chairman of the Chiefdom Committee