Every ordinance imposing any penalty, fine, imprisonment or forfeiture shall, after the passage thereof, be published in every issue of the official paper for ten days; if the official paper be published weekly, the publication shall be made in one issue thereof; and proof of such publication shall be made by the printer or publisher of such paper, making affidavit before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and filed with the person performing the duties of City Clerk or Secretary and shall be prima facie evidence of such publication and promulgation of such ordinance in all courts of the State, and such ordinance so published shall take effect, and be in force, from and after the publication thereof, unless otherwise expressly provided. Ordinances not required to be published shall take effect, and be in force from and after the passage, unless otherwise provided.
(Adopted May 8, 1923)