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§ 10.02 APPLICATION TO FUTURE LEGISLATION.
   All of the provisions of Title I, not incompatible with future legislation, shall apply to ordinances hereafter adopted amending or supplementing this code unless otherwise specifically provided.
(Prior Code, § 10.002)
§ 10.03 CAPTIONS.
   Headings and captions used in this code, other than the title, chapter and section numbers, are employed for reference purposes only, and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section.
(Prior Code, § 10.003)
§ 10.04 GENERAL DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION.
   (A)   Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders.
   (B)   Words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular.
   (C)   Either conjunction “and” or “or” shall include the other as if written “and/or”.
   (D)   A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the class enumeration unless expressly so limited.
   (E)   For the purpose of this code of ordinances, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Riverton.
      CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION or MUNICIPALITY. The Village of Riverton, irrespective of its population or legal classification.
      COUNTY. The County of Sangamon, Illinois.
      ILCS. Illinois Compiled Statutes.
      ILL. REV. STAT. Illinois Revised Statutes.
      MONTH. A calendar month.
      PERSON. (and its derivatives) A corporate body or any body of persons corporate or incorporate.
      PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes every species of property, except real property.
      PROPERTY. Includes real and personal property.
      REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and shall embrace all chattels real.
      SHALL. Considered mandatory and not directory, except as otherwise specifically provided.
      STATE. The State of Illinois.
      THIS CODE or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. The city code, as adopted hereby, and as hereinafter modified by amendment, revision and by the adoption of new titles, chapters or sections.
(Prior Code, § 10.004)
§ 10.05 RULE OF SEPARABILITY.
   Each chapter, section or, whenever divisible, part section of this code of ordinances is hereby declared to be separable, and the invalidity of any chapter, section or divisible part section shall not be construed to affect the validity of any other chapter, section or part section of this code.
(Prior Code, § 10.005)
§ 10.06 REFERENCE TO OTHER SECTIONS.
   Whenever in one section reference is made to another section hereof, the reference shall extend and apply to the section referred to as subsequently amended, revised, re-codified or re-numbered unless the subject matter be changed or materially altered by the amendment or revision.
(Prior Code, § 10.006)
§ 10.07 REFERENCE TO OFFICES.
   Reference to a public office or officer shall be deemed to apply to any office or officer exercising the powers, duties or functions contemplated in the provision irrespective of any transfer of functions or change in the official title of the functionary.
(Prior Code, § 10.007)
§ 10.08 ORDINANCES REPEALED.
   This code, from and after its effective date, shall contain all of the provisions of a general nature of the village pertaining to the subjects herein enumerated and embraced. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated by this code, and adopted prior to the effective date of this code, shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this code of ordinances; provided, however, that, nothing contained herein shall affect any rights, actions or causes of action which shall have accrued to the village prior to the effective date of this code of ordinances. All prior ordinances adopted after 7-1-2013, but prior to the effective date of this code, shall not be deemed repealed by the adoption of this code and shall be construed and take effect as amendments of this code.
(Prior Code, § 10.008)
§ 10.09 ORDINANCES UNAFFECTED.
   All ordinances of a temporary or special nature, and all other ordinances pertaining to subjects not enumerated and embraced in this code of ordinances, shall remain in full force and effect unless herein repealed expressly or by necessary implication.
(Prior Code, § 10.009)
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