A. 
There is hereby adopted the Mesilla Town Code which consists of the ordinances of the town that have ongoing effect including those ordinances existing prior to the adoption of the 1978 Code of Mesilla as limited and amended by any ordinances adopted after the adoption of the 1978 Code of Mesilla which specifically amend or modify those ordinances and all new ordinances adopted after the adoption of the 1978 Code of Mesilla.
B. 
This code may be cited as the Mesilla Town Code.
C. 
This code may be amended by reference to code section without the necessity of referring to the underlying ordinance. All ordinances adopted by the town of Mesilla and not previously rescinded by official action of the board of trustees prior to the date of the ordinance codified in this chapter remain in full force and effect and are part of the new Mesilla Town Code.
D. 
New ordinances may be added to the code, and if an ordinance is enacted with a numbering system that is inconsistent with the code numbering system, the town clerk is authorized to assign an appropriate code number and to codify the ordinance accordingly.
E. 
The repeal of any code section does not revive the original text of the code section, but rather, repeal of an existing section repeals the underlying ordinance section and all of its amendments.
(Ord. 2003-09 § 1)
The adoption of this code shall not affect any prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the adoption of the town code, nor shall the adoption of the town code be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty due and owing at the effective date of the code adoption, nor shall adoption affect the validity of any bond or cash deposited with the town pursuant to the terms of any ordinance, upon its codification; but rather, all rights and obligations pertaining under ordinances in effect prior to codification shall remain in full force and effect.
(Ord. 2003-09 § 1)
If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The town declares that it would have enacted this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 2003-09 § 1)