Section 79, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

(1) vVith respect to contracts made by the Rural Area Council or a rural district council under this Ordinance, the following provisions shall be observed, namely- (a) Every contract, whereof the value or amount exceeds one hundred pounds, shall be in writing and if made by the Rural Area Council shall be sealed with the common seal of the Rural Area Council and if made by a rural district council shall be signed and sealed by the chairman and one other member. (b) Every contract made by the Rural Area Council or a rural district council under this Ordinance shall specify the work, materials, matters or things to be furnished, had or done, the price to be paid, and the time or times within which the contract is to be performed, and shall specify some pecuniary penalty to be paid in case the terms of the contract are not duly performed. Rural Area [Cap. 75 737 ----------------------------------------------------------- (c) Before contracting for the execution of any works under the provisions of this Ordinance, the Rural Area Council or rural district council, as the case may be, shall obtain an estimate in writing of the probable expense of executing the work in a substantial manner. (d) Before any contract of which the value or amount exceeds twenty-five pounds is entered into by the Rural Area Council or a rural district council, as the case rna y be, public notice shall be given describing the nature and purpose thereof and inviting tenders for the execution of the works so described and the local authority shall require and take sufficient security for the due performance of the contract. Such public notice shall, where the contract exceeds one hundred pounds in value or amount, specify a period of not less than two weeks during which tenders may be made. (2) The common seal of the Rural Area Council shall not he Use of comused or affixed to any document except in pursuance of a mon seal. resolution in that behalf passed at a duly constituted meeting of the local authority and recorded in the minutes. (3) Subject to the provisions of section 115 all contracts in writing entered into by a village committee shall be signed by the chairman and one other member thereof. pART XIII.-RURAL AREA LICENCES.