Section 1. All ordinances passed by the city council of said City of Chillicothe shall provide for a single object only, which shall be clearly set out in the title thereof.
Section 2. The style of all ordinances shall be: "Be it Ordained by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Chillicothe," but may be entitled when ordinances are published in book or pamphlet form, as herein prescribed.
Section 3. Every ordinance imposing any fine, penalty or imprisonment, or forfeiture, for violation of its provisions, shall after the passage thereof be published in the official newspaper of said city, and proof of such publication, 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. Ordinances passed by the city council and requiring publication shall be in force from and after due 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 be therein otherwise expressly provided.
Section 4. The ordinances of said city, as revised under this charter, which are of a general character, shall be published within six months after the passage of this act, and it shall be the duty of the city council to cause to be printed in pamphlet form for distribution at the end of each municipal year all ordinances passed during the said year and then in force.
Section 5. In pleading any ordinance of said city, or a right derived therefrom, it shall be sufficient to refer to such ordinance by its title and the day of its passage.
Section 6. All ordinances, regulations and resolutions now in force, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall remain and be in force until altered, modified or repealed by the city council.
Section 7. All actions brought to recover any penalty or forfeiture incurred under this Act, or any ordinance, by-law or police regulations made in pursuance thereof, shall be brought in the corporate name. It shall be lawful to declare generally in debt for such penalty, fine or forfeiture, stating the clause of this act or the by-laws or ordinances under which this penalty or forfeiture is claimed, and to give the special matter in evidence under it.
Section 8. In all prosecutions for any violations of any ordinance, by law or other regulation of such city, the first process shall be by summons, unless oath or affirmation be made for a warrant as herein provided.
Section 9. A warrant shall be issued in all cases in favor of the City of Chillicothe, for a violation of any ordinance, by-law or other regulations, when any person shall make an oath or affirmation that such a violation has been committed or upon information by the city attorney, marshal or constable.
Section 10. The mayor, councilmen, marshal or his deputies and all public officers shall be conservators of the peace, and all officers of the city created conservators of the peace by this act, or authorized by any ordinance, shall have power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who shall break the peace, or be found violating any ordinance of the city, commit for examination, and if necessary, detain such persons overnight or the Sabbath, in the city prison or any other safe place, or until they can be brought before the city recorder, and shall have and exercise such other powers as conservators of the peace as the city council may prescribe.
Section 11. This act shall not invalidate any legal act done by the city council or by its officers, nor divest their successors under this act of any right or property or otherwise, or liability which may have accrued to or been created by said corporation prior to the passage of this act, and all rights, actions, fines, penalties and forfeitures, in suit or otherwise, which have accrued from the several acts heretofore in force, shall be vested in and prosecuted or defended by said corporation.
Section 12. No person shall be an incompetent judge, justice, witness, or juror, by reason of his being an inhabitant or freeholder in the City of Chillicothe in any action or proceeding in which said City shall be a party in interest.
Section 13. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and may be read in evidence, in all courts of law and equity in this State, without further proof, when specially pleaded.
Section 14. The General Assembly may at any time alter, amend or repeal this charter.
Section 15. The mayor and city council of said City of Chillicothe shall, immediately after the passage of this act, promulgate the same within the limits of said city, in such manner as in their discretion they shall think proper.
Section 16. All other acts or parts of acts, heretofore passed, inconsistent with the act incorporating said City of Chillicothe, are hereby repealed.
Section 17. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved 26th February, 1869. (Acts 1869, page 96.)