Section 67, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

(1) It shall be the duty of a rural district council- (a) to keep clean and maintain roads within the limits of the rural district council (other than roads included in any Order made under section 5 of the Building Lines Ordinance); (b) subject to the provisions of sections 26 to 30 of the Public Health Ordinance to provide and regulate markets, slaughter-houses and all such matters and things as may be necessary for the convenient use of such markets and slaughter-houses; (c) to provide for the maintenance and proper custody of all books, deeds, records and other documents whether belonging to them or committed to their care; (d) to provide for the proper custody of the village funds of each subordinate village committee and for authorised disbursements therefrom; (e) to levy and recover rates imposed and assessed by the Rural Area Council; (j) to perform any duties imposed upon them under the provisions of the Impounding Ordinance; (g) to carry out any lawful orders or directions given to them by the Rural Area Council. *The Public Health (Colony) Ordinance was Cap. 190 of the 1946 Edition. It is to be repealed and replaced and has been omitted from this Edition. Rural Area [Cap. 75 733 ----------------------------------------------------------- (2) It shall be lawful for a rural district council- (a) to impose and take stallages, rents and tolls in respect of the use by any person of any market or slaughter-house belonging to or provided by such rural district council; (b) to issue licences under Part XIII of this Ordinance and to collect the fees therefor; (c) to provide, establish, lay out, plant, improve, maintain and regulate parks, gardens and other places of resort or recreation within such rural district for the use of the public; (d) to cause the names of all public roads, streets, lanes and squares to be affixed therein and to cause the houses therein to be numbered; (e) to plant and maintain trees along the sides of any public road, street, lane or square and to erect guards to protect such trees: Provided that such roads, streets, lanes or squares shall not be unduly obstructed thereby; (j) to provide, maintain and regulate water supplies and street lighting; (g) to provide for the relief of the poor; (h) with the consent of the Governor to engage m the purchase, distribution and sale of any commodity m the public interest; (i) to act as the agent of the Rural Area Council for the purposes of this Ordinance; (j) with the approval of the Governor, to provide for all other matters and services as the rural district council may consider necessary for public safety, health or convenience whether such matters or services are of the same kind as the matters and services hereinbefore enumerated or not.