[CC 1999 §2-61]
All ordinances hereafter passed by the City Council shall have
a title indicating the nature and object thereof.
[CC 1999 §2-62]
The style of ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Chillicothe, Missouri",
but may be entitled, when the ordinances are published in book or
pamphlet form, as prescribed by ordinance.
[CC 1999 §2-63]
Every ordinance imposing a fine, penalty or imprisonment or
forfeiture for violation shall, after passage thereof, be published
in the official newspaper of this City and proof thereof by the affidavit
of the printer or publisher of such newspaper taken before any officer
authorized to administer oaths and filed with the City Clerk, or any
other competent proof of such publication shall be conclusive evidence
of the legal publication and promulgation of such ordinance in all
courts and places.
[CC 1999 §2-65]
All ordinances passed by the City Council and requiring publication
shall be in force from and after publication thereof unless it be
otherwise provided. Ordinances not requiring publication shall take
effect and be in force from and after their passage, unless it shall
therein otherwise be provided expressly.
[CC 1999 §2-66; Ord. No. 90-33, 10-29-1990]
The City Clerk shall forthwith file in his/her office all the
original ordinances which have been passed and approved by the Mayor
and City Council and shall file and maintain the same in the office
of the Clerk. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to see that all
ordinances requiring publication be published in the official newspaper
of the City and shall note said date of publication on the original
ordinance kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.