1-1-7: PROVISIONS CONSTRUED AS CONTINUATIONS OF EXISTING ORDINANCES:

The provisions appearing in this code, so far as they are substantially the same as those of the municipal code of the Village of Oak Park of 1957 and those of all other ordinances existing at the time of the adoption of this code, shall be construed as a continuation thereof and not as new enactments. (1981 Code)

1-1-8: CORPORATE SEAL; DESCRIPTION; FACSIMILE:

The corporate seal of the Village shall be circular in form and be so constructed as to impress upon paper the words "Village of Oak Park, Illinois. 1901" within a circle formed by a circular wreath of oak leaves and acorns, and the words "Organized, Village Seal", together with two (2) oak trees, an acorn surmounted by an eagle with spreading wings, and a sunburst in the center of the acorn, all enclosed within an inner circle. A facsimile of the seal showing the words and figures thereof is as follows:

(1981 Code)

1-1-9: CORPORATE SEAL; USE AND CUSTODY:

The corporate seal of the Village shall be and remain in the custody of the Village Clerk and any successor in office, to be used by the Clerk in all cases provided for by any provisions of this code or other ordinances of the Village or the laws of the state, and in all such other cases when the laws and customs of any state or nation require the use of the corporate seal of the Village. (1981 Code)

1-1-10: BASE OR DATUM ESTABLISHED:

The base or datum for the Village levels shall be, and the same is hereby established, at the plane of the low water mark of Lake Michigan in the year 1847, as determined by the trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and being indicated by bench marks within the Village limits as follows:

   43.176 feet below the top of the southwest corner of square base of column at west side of south entrance to Emerson School;

   42.309 feet below the top of the southeast corner of square base of column at east side of west entrance to Whittier School;

   49.503 feet below the top of the northwest corner of the square stone base of the west column, at the north entrance to the former Municipal Building, Lake Street and Euclid Avenue. (1981 Code)

1-1-11: FISCAL YEAR:

The fiscal year of the Village shall begin on January 1 of each calendar year. (1981 Code)

1-1-12: EFFECT OF REPEAL OF ORDINANCE:

Whenever an ordinance shall be repealed or modified by a subsequent ordinance, the ordinance or part of ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the effective date of the ordinance repealing or modifying the same; but no suit, proceeding, right, fine or penalty, instituted or created, given, secured or accrued under any ordinance previous to its repeal, shall in anywise be affected, released or discharged, but may be prosecuted, enjoyed and recovered as fully as if such ordinance had continued in force, unless it shall be therein otherwise expressly provided. (1981 Code)

1-1-13: EFFECT OF REPEAL OF REPEALING ORDINANCE:

When any ordinance repealing any former ordinance, clause or provision, shall be itself repealed, such repeal shall not be construed so as to revive such former ordinance, clause or provision, unless it shall be therein so expressly provided. (1981 Code)