Public notices how to be made known

Whenever it is provided by this Act that public notice shall or may be given of anything, such public notice shall be in writing under the signature of the Commissioner or of a municipal officer empowered under section 119 to give the same and shall be given wide publicity in the locality to be affected thereby affixing copies thereof in conspicuous public places within the said locality, or by publishing the same by beat of drum or by advertisement in the local newspapers or by any two or more of these means and by any other means that he shall think fit.