[1983 Code]
Upon adoption by the Board of Trustees, this Village Code is
hereby declared to be and shall hereafter constitute the official
Village Code of Thornton. This Village Code of Ordinances shall be
known and cited as the "Thornton Village Code," and it is hereby published
by authority of the Board of Trustees and shall be kept up to date
as provided in § 1-1-3 of this chapter. Any reference to
the number of any section contained herein shall be understood to
refer to the position of the same number, its appropriate chapter
and title heading, and to the general penalty clause relating thereto,
as well as to the section itself, when reference is made to this Village
Code by title in any legal document.
[1983 Code]
This Village Code, as hereby presented in printed form, shall
hereafter be received without further proof in all courts and in all
administrative tribunals of this state as the ordinances of the Village
of general and permanent effect, except the excluded ordinances enumerated
in § 1-2-1 of this Code.
[1983 Code]
Any ordinance amending this Village Code shall set forth the
title, chapter and section number of the section or sections to be
amended, and this shall constitute a sufficient compliance with any
statutory requirement pertaining to the amendment or revision by ordinance
of any part of this Village Code. All such amendments or revisions
by ordinance shall be immediately forwarded to the codifiers and the
said ordinance material shall be prepared for insertion in its proper
place in each copy of this Village Code. Each such replacement page
shall be properly identified and shall be inserted in each individual
copy of this Village Code.
[1983 Code]
It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to alter, change,
replace or deface in any way any section or any page of this Village
Code in such a manner that the meaning of any phrase or order may
be changed or omitted. Replacement pages may be inserted according
to the official instructions when so authorized by the Village Board.
The Clerk shall see that the replacement pages are properly inserted
in the official copies maintained in the office of the Clerk. Any
person having in his custody an official copy of this Village Code
shall make every effort to maintain this Code in an up to date and
efficient manner. He shall see to the immediate insertion of new or
replacement pages when such are delivered to him or made available
to him through the office of the Village Clerk. Said Code books, while
in actual possession of officials and other interested persons, shall
be and remain the property of the Village and shall be returned to
the office of the Clerk when directed so to do by order of the Village
Board.