[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.