In the construction of this code, and of all ordinances, the following rules are observed unless the construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Town Board of Trustees:
A. 
“Town” shall mean the Town of Slaughterville;
B. 
“Board of Trustees” shall mean the Town Board of Trustees of the Town of Slaughterville;
C. 
“Town Administrator” shall mean the Town Administrator of the Town of Slaughterville;
D. 
“And/Or” shall mean the word “Or” may read “and,” and the word “and” may be read “or,” if the sense requires it;
E. 
“Computation of Time.” Whenever a notice is required to be given or an act to be done a certain length of time before any proceeding shall be had, the day on which the notice is given or the act is done shall be counted in computing the time but the day on which the proceeding is to be held shall not be counted;
F. 
“County” or “this county” shall mean the County of Cleveland, Oklahoma;
G. 
“Following” shall mean the next after;
H. 
“Gender.” A word importing one gender only shall extend and be applied to other genders and to firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and other legal entities as well;
I. 
“Joint authority.” All words giving “joint authority” to three or more persons or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such persons or officers;
J. 
“Law” includes the applicable Oklahoma State Statutes, applicable federal law, provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the State of Oklahoma, the ordinances of the Town and, any and all rules and regulations promulgated under state and federal agencies;
K. 
“Mayor” shall mean the mayor of the Town;
L. 
“Month” shall mean a calendar month;
M. 
“Non-technical and technical words.” Words and phrases which are not specifically defined shall be construed according to the common and accepted usage of the language; but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning;
N. 
“Number.” A word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied to several persons and things as well as to one person and thing. Words used in the plural number may also include the singular unless a contrary intention plainly appears;
O. 
“Oath.” The word “oath” shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted or an oath, and in such cases, the words “swear” and “sworn” shall be equivalent to the words “affirm” and “affirmed”;
P. 
“Other officials or officers, etc.” Whenever reference is made to officers, agencies or departments by title only, i.e. “Clerk,” “Town Clerk,” “Town Attorney,” “Fire Chief,” they shall mean the officers, agencies or departments of the Town;
Q. 
“Person” shall extend and be applied to an actual person, any persons and to associates, clubs, societies, firms, partnerships, and bodies politic and corporate, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them, unless a contrary intention plainly appears;
R. 
“Preceding” shall mean next before;
S. 
“Property” shall include real and personal property;
T. 
“Signature or subscription” includes a mark when a person cannot write;
U. 
“State or “this state” shall be construed to mean the State of Oklahoma;
V. 
“Statutory References.” References to statutes of the State of Oklahoma mean the statutes as they now are or as they may be amended to be;
W. 
“Street” shall be construed to embrace streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts, highways, courts, places, squares, curbs and all other public ways in the Town which are dedicated and open to public use;
X. 
“Tense.” Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present;
Y. 
“Week” shall mean be construed to mean seven days; and
Z. 
“Year” shall mean a calendar year.
The captions or titles of sections in this code are printed in capital letters. Citations included at the end of sections are intended to indicate the original historical sources and references.[1] The captions or titles of sections and citations shall not be deemed or taken to be sources of such sections, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when the ordinances are amended or re-enacted.
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Editor's Note: With the 2023 republication, section titles are no longer in all capital letters, and historical citations follow the section title for each section.
A. 
The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinances in force before or at the time the ordinance repealed took effect.
B. 
The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor any suit, prosecution or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal, of an offense committed under the ordinance repealed.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Trustees that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this code or of any ordinance in the code shall be declared unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this code or ordinance.
A. 
All ordinances passed subsequent to this code of ordinances which amend, repeal, or in any way affect this code of ordinances may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this code and printed for inclusion therein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection or any portion thereof, the repealed portions may be excluded from this code by omission from reprinted pages.
B. 
Amendments to any of the provisions of this code may be made by amending the provisions by specific reference to the section of this code in substantially the following language:
“Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Slaughterville, Oklahoma that Section __________ of the code of ordinances of the Town of Slaughterville, Oklahoma, is hereby amended to read as follows: (Set out new provisions in full.) Any language of similar intent complies with this section.
C. 
When the Board of Trustees desires to enact an ordinance of a general and permanent nature on a subject not heretofore existing in the code, which the Board of Trustees desires to incorporate into the code, a section in substantially the following language may be made part of the ordinance:
“Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Slaughterville, Oklahoma, that Section __________ of the code of ordinances of the Town of Slaughterville, Oklahoma is hereby adopted to read as follows:” (Set out new provisions in full.) Any language of similar intent complies with this section.
D. 
All sections, articles, chapters or provisions on this code desired to be repealed may be so repealed by section or chapter number, as the case may be.
It is unlawful for any person to change or amend by additions or deletions any part or portion of this code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with this code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Town to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided by law.
The enforcement of any ordinances or parts thereof to force compliance may be brought in a civil court. Any violation shall result in the Town of Slaughterville recouping from the violator all costs associated with the enforcement of these Ordinances, including but not limited to all attorney fees, court costs, expert fees and all other costs associated with the lawsuit. All fines shall be recoverable by civil action before any court of competent jurisdiction in addition to any other method provided by law.
All ordinances of the Town now in effect within the Town are hereby extended to all real property belonging to, or under the control of, the Town, and shall be in full effect therein, insofar as they are applicable. All ordinances of the Town, which shall go into effect in the future, shall also apply to, and be in full effect within the boundaries of all outlying real property, insofar as they may be applicable. Any words in any ordinance indicating that the effect of an ordinance provision is limited to the corporate limits of the Town shall be deemed to mean and include also the outlying real property belonging to, or under the control of the Town, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.[1]
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Editor's Note: See ordinances for listing of ordinances adding territory to Town, and office of the Town Clerk.