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All copies of the Municipal Code of Hampshire of 1985 belonging to the Village shall be deposited with the Village Clerk. He shall deliver one copy thereof to the Village President, one to each member of the Village Board, and copies to such other persons as the Board may direct. (1985 Code)
The Village President shall have the power to extend to or reciprocate the courtesies of other municipalities by presenting to them a copy of the Municipal Code of Hampshire of 1985, bound at the expense of the Village as to him may seem suitable; and he shall have the power to present two (2) copies of this Code to the Illinois Municipal League. (1985 Code)
All general ordinances passed by the President and Board of Trustees prior to April 18, 1985, except as are expressly excepted from repeal herein, and except such as are referred to herein as being still in force or are by necessary implication herein reserved from repeal, are hereby repealed (subject to the saving clauses contained in the following section). The following ordinances are expressly excluded from the general repealer in this Section and are not repealed:
A. Ordinances relating to boundaries and annexations;
B. Franchise and other ordinances granting special privileges to persons or corporations;
C. Contract ordinances;
D. Salary ordinances;
E. Ordinances establishing, naming or vacating streets, alleys or other public places;
F. Ordinances setting speed limits;
G. Ordinances authorizing the execution of a contract;
H. Improvement ordinances;
I. Bond ordinances;
J. Ordinances relating to elections;
K. Ordinances relating to the transfer or acceptance of real estate by the Village; and,
L. All special ordinances. (1985 Code)
No ordinance relating to railroads or railroad crossings with streets or other public ways or relating to the conduct, duties, service or rates of public utilities shall be repealed by virtue of the passage of this Ordinance or by virtue of the preceding section, or considered as amending such ordinance or ordinances in the respect of such provisions only. (1985 Code)
A. No new ordinances shall be construed or held to repeal a former ordinance, whether such former ordinance is expressly repealed or not, as to any offense committed against the former ordinance, or as to any act done, any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising under the former ordinance, or in any way whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or so done, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued or claims arising before the new ordinance takes effect, save only that the proceedings thereafter shall conform, as far as possible, to the ordinance in force at the time of proceeding.
B. If any penalty, forfeiture or punishment is mitigated by any provision of a new ordinance, such provision may, by consent of the party affected, be applied to any judgment pronounced after the new ordinance takes effect.
C. This Section shall extend to all repeals, whether the repeal is in the ordinance making any new provisions upon the same subject or any other ordinance.
D. Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as abating any action now pending under or by virtue of any general ordinance of the Village herein repealed; or as discontinuing, abating, or modifying or altering any penalty accrued or to accrue, or as affecting the liability of any person, firm or corporation, or as waiving any right of the Village under any section or provision of ordinances existing at the time of the passage of this Ordinance. (1985 Code)
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