§ 10.17  ORDINANCES WHICH AMEND OR SUPPLEMENT CODE.
   (A)   If the legislative body shall desire to amend any existing chapter or section of this code, the chapter or section shall be specifically repealed and a new chapter or section, containing the desired amendment, substituted in its place.
(1992 Code, § 10.17)
   (B)   (1)   All ordinances passed subsequent to this code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system hereof and printed for inclusion herein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection, or any portion thereof, the repealed portions may be excluded from this code by omission from reprinted pages. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence that the subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new code by the town.
      (2)   Amendments to any of the provisions of the code shall be made by amending provisions by specific reference to the section number of this code in language substantially similar to the following: “Section               of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, is hereby amended as follows: [. . .].” The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
      (3)   If a new section not heretofore existing in the code is to be added, language substantially similar to the following shall be used: “The Code of Ordinances, Town of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered               , which section shall read as follows: [. . .].” The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.
      (4)   All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.
   (C)   In addition to such indication thereof as may appear in the text of the proposed ordinance, a caption or title shall be shown in concise form above the ordinance.