ORDINANCE NO. 4-1-90

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OP MARTINSVILLE, 1990, BEING A CONSOLIDATION, CODIFICATION AND REVISION OF THE GENERAL BODY OF CITY ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES; TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT NEW MATTER THEREIN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, Illinois, has had the matter of codification and general revision of the ordinances before it for some time, and;

WHEREAS, it has heretofore entered into a contract with The Justinian Publishing Company to prepare and publish such codification and general revision, and;

WHEREAS, the codification and general revision of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed, are before the Council;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, CLARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as follows:

   SECTION 1. Pursuant to Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 24, Sections 1-2-3 and 1-3-1 et seq., the ordinances and resolutions of the City of Martinsville, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, arranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections, and consisting of Parts Two through Sixteen, are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Martinsville, Illinois, 1990.

   The Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the City Clerk and three copies thereof shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and there kept available for public use, inspection and examination.

   SECTION 2. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to March 15, 1990, which are inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as follows:

   (a)   The enactment of the Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to affect a right or liability accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of such enactment, or an action or proceeding for the enforcement of such right or liability. Such enactment shall not be construed to relieve any person from punishment for an act committed in the violation of any such legislative provision, nor to affect an indictment or prosecution therefor. For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and codification.

   (b)   The repeal provided above shall not affect:

      (1)  The grant or creation of a franchise, license, right, easement or privilege;

      (2)   The purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property;

      (3)   The appropriation or expenditure of money or promise or guarantee of payment;

      (4)   The assumption of any contract or obligation;

      (5)   The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations or other instruments of indebtedness;

      (6)   The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges;

      (7)   The establishment, naming, vacating or grade level of any street or public way;

      (8)   The dedication of property or plat approval;

      (9)   The annexation or detachment of territory;

      (10)   Any legislation enacted subsequent to March 15, 1990.

PASSED AND APPROVED this   4th  day   April  , 1990.

AYES    6              

NAYS    0              

   /s/ Truman Dean

   Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Charles Guinn

City Clerk