ADOPTING ORDINANCE

   AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE VILLAGE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF GRANT PARK, ILLINOIS

SECTION ONE: From and after the date of passage of this Ordinance, the Village Code of the Village of Grant Park, Illinois, prepared by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., under the direction of the governing body of the Village, containing all ordinances of a general nature in effect at the time of such codification, shall be accepted in all courts without question as the official Code and Law of the Village as enacted by the President and Board of Trustees.

SECTION TWO: There is hereby adopted, as a method of perpetual codification, the loose-leaf type of binding together with the continuous supplement service provided by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., whereby each newly adopted ordinance of a general and permanent nature amending, altering, adding to or deleting provisions of the Official Village Code is identified by the proper catchline and is inserted in the proper place in each of the official copies. Each such new provision shall become effective upon the passage of the Ordinance and the insertion of the proper replacement pages in the copies of the Code, three (3) copies of which shall be maintained in the office of the Village Clerk, certified as to correctness and available for inspection at any and all times that said office is regularly open.

SECTION THREE: All ordinances of a general nature included in this official Village Code shall be considered as a continuation of said ordinance provision, and the fact that some provisions have been deliberately eliminated by the Governing Body shall not serve to cause any interruption in the continuous effectiveness of ordinances included in said Official Village Code.

All ordinances of a special nature, such as tax levy ordinances, bond ordinances, franchises, vacating ordinances and annexation ordinances shall continue in full force and effect unless specifically repealed or amended by a provision of the Village Code. Such ordinances are not intended to be included in this Official Village Code.

SECTION FOUR: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the Law of the Village to be misrepresented thereby.

Any person, firm or corporation violating this Section shall be punished as provided in Section 1-4-1 of the Village Code of Grant Park, Illinois.

SECTION FIVE: The Village Clerk shall, at the time of the passage of this Ordinance Code Book, see that the ordinances and the records of the Village, being repealed, and the Constitution and Ordinance records of the year 1899, shall be bound and preserved and held under key for the future observation and education of the people of the Village of Grant Park, Illinois. These documents and records shall be declared of historical value.

SECTION SIX: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

SECTION SEVEN: This Ordinance and the Code adopted by the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in accordance with law, as printed and published in book form by order of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village.

   PASSED THIS            DAY OF           , 1994.

   APPROVED THIS            DAY OF           , 1994.

   FOR THE VILLAGE OF GRANT PARK, ILLINOIS.

   By    

   H. Russell Hilgert

   Mayor

ATTEST:

   David F. Dillman

   Village Clerk

   MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

   Ron Bleyle   Richard Boicken

   Fred Kurth   Dave Ritter

   Gary Ritter   Lee Theesfeld