Municipality may take relief on measure in case of famine or serious

distress :~ It shall be lawful for a municipality to take such measures as it thinks fit for the relief of famine or serious distress within its area, and for that purpose to—

1. (1) open and maintain such relief works as may be necessary;
2. (2) open and maintain such temporary hospitals, power houses, orphanages and places for the gratuitous distribution of food as may be necessary:
3. (3) distribute such gratuitous relief in the form of doles of money or food as may by necessary.