The form of ordinances shall be as follows: First, the title, which clearly and fully expresses every subject contained in the text of the ordinance; second, the statutory ordination clause as follows: “Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Schuyler, Nebraska;” third, the text of the ordinance properly divided into sections, each section to contain and express, as nearly as possible, a single unit of legislative matter; fourth, a section repealing prior ordinances in conflict with the ordinance; fifth, a section prescribing the time when the ordinance shall take effect, which in every case shall be upon its passage, approval, and publication according to law; sixth, a violation and penalty section, where the ordinance is penal in character; seventh, the date of the passage and approval of the ordinance, the signature of the Mayor and the attestation of the Municipal Clerk thereto.
(1972 Code, § 1-804)