ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 691

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

   WHEREAS, the Council of the Village of Mount Gilead, Ohio, 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 Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such codification, and

   WHEREAS, the codification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council,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 Council of the Village of Mount Gilead, State of Ohio:

   SECTION 1.The ordinances of the Village of Mount Gilead, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Mount Gilead, Ohio, 1965.

   One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the Clerk of Council, attached to this ordinance as a part hereof, and filed with the permanent ordinance records of the Village of Mount Gilead, Ohio.

   SECTION 2.The provisions of the Codified Ordinances shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage of this Adopting Ordinance. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof, enacted prior to November 15, 1965, which are inconsistent with any pro-vision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as follows: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 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 recodification.

   (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 annexation or detachment of territory.

      (9)   The dedication of property or plat approval.

      (10)   Any legislation enacted subsequent to November 15, 1965.

   SECTION 3.The Clerk of Council, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Sections 731.23 and 731.231, shall cause to be published in the manner required by law a summary of new matter contained in the Codified Ordinances. All sections of the Codified Ordinances, without a previous ordinance or resolution history at the end thereof, indicate that the section contains new matter ordained by this Adopting Ordinance. The Comparative Section Table lists by section number all sections which contain new matter adopted by this Adopting Ordinance.

   SECTION 4.This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the Village, and for the further reason that there exists an imperative necessity for the earliest publication and distribution of the Codified Ordinances to the officials and citizens of the Village, so as to facilitate administration, daily operation and avoid practical and legal entanglements, wherefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and immediately after its passage and approval by the Mayor.

                  /s/ Sid Tennant
                     Mayor

PASSED      , 1965

ATTEST    /s/ Hollis W. DeMuth
         Clerk