The within Ordinance shall be known and hereafter cited by the title “REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MT. VERNON”. All ordinances enacted after the effective date hereof which shall amend or otherwise modify the terms hereof shall specify the part or portion of this revised code of ordinances which shall be amended or affected. A copy of the within code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk in looseleaf form as the official Revised Code of Ordinances and the City Clerk shall insert therein all amendments, hereto immediately upon the same becoming effective.
(Prior Code, Art. 22, § 22.1)
In the construction of the within Revised Code of Ordinances, except as specifically otherwise provided in any Article or section hereof, the following terms and words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(A) The word “person” shall include and be applied to associations, firms, partnerships, corporations, clubs, societies, and bodies politic, as well as to individuals.
(B) The term “city” shall mean the City of Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
(C) The term “City Council” shall mean the City Council of the City of Mt. Vernon, including the elected Councilmen and Mayor of such City.
(Prior Code, Art. 22, § 22.2)
The following rules of construction shall be observed in the enforcement and interpretation of the within ordinance:
(A) All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of language, except that technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a special meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such special meaning.
(B) Every word herein importing the masculine gender shall extend and be applied to females as well as males. Every word importing the singular only shall extend and be applied to the plural as well as to the singular; and every word importing the plural shall extend and be applied to the singular as well as to the plural.
(Prior Code, Art. 22, § 22.3)
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