[CC 1987 §100.130; Ord. No. 110 §§3 — 5, 5-21-1947; Ord. No. 561 §§1 — 3, 4-20-1964]
A. 
United States standard time for the zone in which the City of Northwoods is located shall be the official time of said City, except that the official time for the City of Northwoods shall be advanced one (1) hour from 2:00 A.M. on the last Sunday in April until 2:00 A.M. on the last Sunday in October in each year.
B. 
When reference is made to any time without qualification in any ordinance, resolution or order heretofore passed or which may be passed hereafter by the Board of Aldermen or in any official notice, advertisement or documents of the City, or in any contract to which the City is a party, it shall be understood to refer to the official time of the City as herein described. When the words "daylight-saving time" are used, the reference shall be to the advanced time herein prescribed as the official time from the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October.
C. 
Nothing herein contained shall be interpreted as closing establishments selling intoxicating beverages by the drink on days authorized before the hour of 2:30 A.M. when daylight-saving time is in effect.
D. 
In all ordinances, resolutions or orders of the Board of Aldermen and in all official notices, advertisements or documents of the City and in all contracts to which the City is a party relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of the City or relating to the time within which any rights shall accrue or determine or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be the official time of the City as herein prescribed.
E. 
All clocks or other timepieces in or upon public buildings or other premises maintained at the expense of the City shall be set and run according to the official time as provided herein. It is hereby made the duty of the officer or other person having control and charge of such building or buildings and premises to see that said clocks or other timepieces are set and run in accordance with official time.
F. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
[CC 1987 §100.140; Ord. No. 83-7 §1, 5-24-1983]
All persons are forbidden to make, draw, utter, or deliver, with intent to defraud, any check, draft, or other order to the City of Northwoods, further providing said check, draft, or order shall be made good and paid to the City of Northwoods within ten (10) days, and the maker or drawer of said instrument shall pay to the City the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the costs of any notice sent by the City, cost of presentation, and bank or other charges, provided that the said twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid within ten (10) days after notification to the City of Northwoods that the said negotiable instrument was not honored.
[Ord. No. 09-05 §1, 7-14-2009]
A. 
The Mayor and/or City Administrator shall have authority to sign checks on behalf of the City.
B. 
The Acting President of the Board of Aldermen shall sign checks issued to the Mayor or City Administrator.
[CC 1987 §100.170; Ord. No. 84-2 §1, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 84-3 §1, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 84-4 §§1 — 2, 1-24-1984]
A. 
The Mayor of this City is hereby authorized, empowered and instructed to file with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development an application to participate in the Urban Homesteading Program and to take such action and file such other applications as are necessary and proper for the participation by the City of Northwoods in the Urban Homesteading Program and such other coordinated or related programs that may be necessary to establish and develop a satisfactory homesteading program.
B. 
The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with HUD/FHA for the purchase through negotiations from HUD/FHA of all property within the City of Northwoods, Missouri, which HUD/FHA has acquired through foreclosure or other means. The exact terms for the purchase of each particular piece of property will be negotiated by the Mayor, as approved by the Board of Aldermen.
C. 
The City of Northwoods, Missouri, is hereby authorized to purchase, hold, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter acquire, provided said property is located within the boundaries of the City of Northwoods, Missouri; all in accordance with its powers as granted to all Fourth Class Cities under the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
D. 
The Mayor of the City of Northwoods, Missouri, is hereby authorized to sign any and all papers in connection with the purchase, lease, sale, or other disposition of any property.
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Editor's Note: As to applications to purchase and procedures regarding the City's Homestead Program, see Ch. 513.