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1.04.020 Title of office.
   Use of the title of any officer, employee, department, board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the city.
(Ord. 360 § 2, 1980).
1.04.030 Interpretation of language.
   All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
(Ord. 360 § 3, 1980).
1.04.040 Grammatical interpretation.
   The following grammatical rules shall apply in the ordinances of the city of Gridley unless it is apparent from the context that a different construction is intended:
   A.   Gender. Each gender includes the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
   B.   Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
   C.   Tenses. Words used in the present tense include the past and the future tenses and vice versa, unless manifestly inapplicable.
(Ord. 360 § 4, 1980)
1.04.050 Acts by agents.
   When an act is required by an ordinance, the same being such that it may be done as well by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed to include all such acts performed by an authorized agent.
(Ord. 360 § 5, 1980)
1.04.060 Prohibited acts include causing and permitting.
   Whenever in the ordinances of the city of Gridley, any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act or omission.
(Ord. 360 § 6, 1980)
1.04.070 Computation of time.
   Except when otherwise provided, the time within which an act is required to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless the last day is Sunday or a holiday, in which case it shall also be excluded.
(Ord. 360 § 7, 1980)
1.04.080 Construction.
   The provisions of the ordinances of the city of Gridley, and allproceedings under them, are to be construed with a view to effect their objects and to promote justice.
(Ord. 360 § 8, 1980)
1.04.090 Repeal shall not revive any ordinances.
   The repeal of an ordinance shall not repeal the repealing clause of an ordinance or revive any ordinance which has been repealed thereby.
(Ord. 360 § 9, 1980)