162. No contract for any work of building or maintenance of the railway, except works of ordinary repair, or of immediate necessity, shall be entered into, until after tenders for such work have been invited by public notice therefor, given for at least four weeks in some newspaper published in the place nearest to that at which the work is required to be done; but the company shall not be compelled to accept any such tender.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 179.