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§ 32.43 SUBJECT AND AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
   No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. No ordinance or section thereof shall be revived or amended unless the new ordinance contains the entire ordinance or section revived or amended and unless the ordinance or section so amended is repealed. Each such resolution and ordinance shall be adopted or passed by a separate vote of the Legislative Authority and the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the journal.
(R.C. § 731.19)
§ 32.44 AUTHENTICATION AND RECORDING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
   Ordinances and resolutions shall be authenticated by the signature of the Presiding Officer and Clerk of Council of the municipality. A succinct summary of ordinances of a general nature or providing for improvements shall be published as provided by §§ 32.45 and 32.47 before going into operation. No ordinance shall take effect until the expiration of 10 days after the first publication of such notice. As soon as a resolution or ordinance is passed and signed, it shall be recorded by the Clerk in a book furnished by the Legislative Authority for that purpose.
(R.C. § 731.20)
§ 32.45 PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROOF OF PUBLICATION AND CIRCULATION.
   (A)   A succinct summary of each municipal ordinance or resolution and all statements, orders, proclamations, notices and reports required by law or ordinance to be published, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Proof of the publication and required circulation of any newspaper used as a medium of publication as provided by this section shall be made by affidavit of the proprietor of the newspaper, and shall be filed with the Clerk of the Legislative Authority.
   (B)   The publication shall contain notice that the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution may be obtained or viewed at the office of the Clerk of the Legislative Authority and may be viewed at any other location designated by the Legislative Authority. The Legal Counsel of the municipality shall review the summary of an ordinance or resolution published under this section prior to forwarding it to the Clerk for publication, to ensure that the summary is legally accurate and sufficient.
   (C)   Upon publication of a summary of an ordinance or resolution in accordance with this section, the Clerk of the Legislative Authority shall supply a copy of the complete text of each such ordinance or resolution to any person, upon request, and may charge a reasonable fee, set by the Legislative Authority, for each copy supplied. The Clerk shall post a copy of the text at the Clerk’s office and at every other location designated by the Legislative Authority.
(R.C. § 731.21)
§ 32.46 TIMES OF PUBLICATION REQUIRED.
   The publication required in § 32.45 shall be for the following times:
   (A)   Summaries of ordinances or resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in R.C. § 7.16;
   (B)   Notices, not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks or as provided in R.C. § 7.16; and
   (C)   All other matters shall be published once.
(R.C. § 731.22)
§ 32.47 PUBLICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCES IN BOOK FORM.
   (A)   When ordinances are revised, codified, rearranged, published in book form and certified as correct by the Clerk of the Legislative Authority and the Mayor, such publication shall be a sufficient publication, and the ordinances so published, under appropriate titles, chapters and sections, shall be held the same in law as though they had been published in a newspaper. A new ordinance so published in book form, a summary of which has not been published as required by §§ 32.45 and 32.46 and which contains entirely new matter, shall be published as required by such sections. If such revision or codification is made by the municipality and contains new matter, it shall be a sufficient publication of such codification, including the new matter, to publish, in the manner required by such sections, a notice of the enactment of such codifying ordinance, containing the title of the ordinance and a summary of the new matters covered by it. Such revision and codification may be made under appropriate titles, chapters and sections and in one ordinance containing one or more subjects.
   (B)   Except as provided by this section, a succinct summary of all ordinances, including emergency ordinances, shall be published in accordance with § 32.45.
(R.C. § 731.23)
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